Agent Provocateur
News, stories and insider accounts from the perspective of literary agents, writers and publishers about books, literature and culture.
Podcasting since 2021 • 12 episodes
Agent Provocateur
Latest Episodes
Agent Provocateur S2 Ep 06: Literary Agents Respond to Your Elevator Pitches
In this episode TRF agents Jennifer Chevais, Tasneem Motala, Natalie Kimber, Kathryn Willms, and moderator Sam Hiyate respond to your audio pitches, focusing on what we like and what could be improved. The pitches we review are: GOOD GIRL GONE ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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35:29
Agent Provocateur S2 Ep 05: On the Length of Manuscripts, Logline Tips, and On How Much of Author/Agent Submissions Get Read
This week is all about the submission and review process. First, a panel on manuscript lengths with author/TRF editorial associate Amanda Sun and columnist, author and Dundurn Press editor, Russell Smith, moderated by TRF's own Kathryn Wi...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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43:52
Agent Provocateur S2 Ep 04: On Pandemic Book Promo and the Inevitable Question of Author Platform
This week is all about sales and promotion. First, a panel on pandemic book promotion with author Lee Matthew Goldberg and Senior Digital Marketing Manager for Harlequin, Lindsey Reeder, moderated by TRF's own Brand Manager, Anne Sampson. Autho...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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38:04
Agent Provocateur S2 Ep 03: On Jamie Lynn Spears and the Potentially Disturbing Topic of Trigger Warnings
This week we have two panels. First, Jamie Lynn Spears sparks a discussion about celebrity sibling memoirs moderated by our brand manager Anne Sampson, with agent Kathryn Willms and editorial assistant Claire Cavanagh, Second, editor Diane T...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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43:09
Agent Provocateur S2 Ep 02: Frankfurt Book Fair Redux, On Receiving Passes from Editors, and Bad Art Friend
This week we fondly look back at Frankfurt 2021 with special guest, literary agent, and host of the Make Books Travel podcast, Marleen Seegers; an opinion piece by TRF agent Kathryn Willms on receiving passes; and our first in-house panel di...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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