How do you get a literary agent? What do literary agents even do, and why do you need one? How does agenting work in South Africa? What kind of titles are agents looking for?Join Modjaji Books and Aoife Lennon-Ritchie for a seminar on the do’s and don’ts of approaching a literary agent.
Time: 6pm South African time
Date: Wednesday 18 August
Where: Online via Zoom – attend from anywhere in the world!
Cost: R300 or purchase any Modjaji title in the month of August. Send us POP or post a picture of the book to social media and tag us.
Date: Wednesday 18 August
Where: Online via Zoom – attend from anywhere in the world!
Cost: R300 or purchase any Modjaji title in the month of August. Send us POP or post a picture of the book to social media and tag us.
We’ll send you the Zoom link on the day.
Pay via Yoco: https://pay.yoco.com/modjaji-books
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The Lennon-Ritchie agency is a literary agency based in Cape Town. The agency represents a select group of international writers of literary and commercial fiction, non-fiction, and children’s literature. Their award-winning books include 2019 Sunday Times Fiction Prize winning The Theory of Flight by Gloria Siphiwe Ndlovu (Penguin Random House SA; Catalyst Press US), winner of the 2020 SALA awards and the 2020 Humanities and Social Sciences best novel award, Lacuna by Fiona Snyckers (Picador Africa; Europa Editions US, UK), and more. Their acclaimed YA authors include Maya Fowler (Elephant in the Room, Kwela) and Helen Brain (The YA Elevation/Fiery Spiral Trilogy, NB Publishers SA; Catalyst Press US).
The Lennon-Ritchie agency also sells International and film rights for publishing houses including Penguin Random House South Africa, Pan Macmillan South Africa, Jonathan Ball Publishers, and Duck Creek Press, New Zealand.
Aoife Lennon-Ritchie is also a managing partner, along with David Kayser, of Torchwood, a literary agency for film and television representing screenwriters, directors, and producers worldwide. With roots in London and Dublin and offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, they offer their international clients unparalleled access to the global screen industries.