Call your Agent: How to Become a Successful Literary Agent

AGENDA

Introduction and welcome from chair
Jason Bartholomew

Keynote: What benefits do agents bring?
Michèle Roberts with Jacks Thomas

The publishing ecosystem 
Understanding how publishing works
Seonaid Macleod, Hachette

The role of the literary agent  
Isobel Gahan, Curtis Brown

• Qualifications, skills and experience 
• How a literary agent differs from a publisher or rights professional
• Why writers need literary agents

In Conversation: making the relationships work, from an agent’s perspective 
Luigi Bonomi, LBABooks Agency with Tom Tivnan, The Bookseller 

Panel Discussion: what if my country doesn’t use literary agents?
Karolina Jaszecka, Poland; Benas Berantas, Lithuania; Stephanie Barrouillet, Israel

Success story: learning from the best
Kardelen Genç, Kalim Agency, success in Turkey and the world

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