Agenting Mega-merger as Carmen Balcells Joins Andrew Wylie

Literary agent Carmen Balcells —the super agent of the Spanish-language literary world — has agreed to merge her agency with that of Andrew 'The Jackal' Wylie. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Frankfurt’s Markets Conference: Andrew Wylie on Reading in a Globalized Society

Iconic literary agent Andrew Wylie spoke at the Frankfurt Book Fair's Markets conference about diversity in publishing, and giving readers what they want. The post Frankfurt’s Markets Conference: Andrew Wylie on Reading in a Globalized Society appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: In Opening Keynote, Andrew Wylie Defends the World

Wylie offered a strong defense of diversity in literature, and of the importance of international voices in a world that appears to be “broadly reassembling" along nationalist lines. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Agent James Carroll to join Diane Banks Associates

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Andrew Wylie and the Internationalist Imperative: ‘A Profound Moral Question’

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wallace and Vasilyeva join Andrew Nurnberg

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Andrew Wylie Makes First Apperance at Guadalajara

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Queen of the Spanish-language literary world: Isabel Allende on Carmen Balcells

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Carmen Balcells dies

Literary agent Carmen Balcells has died, Spanish newspaper El Pais has reported. Balcells, whose agency, founded in 1956, represented writers including Nobel Prize winners Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Pablo Neruda, as well as Isabel Allende and Javier Cercas, is said to have... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing Colleagues Share Their Admiration for Carmen Balcells

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When the agent is the author: Andrew Lownie

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How to Find a Literary Agent: Finding Agents Appropriate for Your Writing

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