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Don’t get mired in details when wooing an agent with your book synopsis

Dear Agony Editor, I’ve been trying to get an agent for my first novel. One agent told me to send her a one-page synopsis. I’m not sure how to write one or what kind of information it should contain. Should it be a detailed overview of the book’s plot or should it be more highlevel and promotional?

Signed, Pitch Perfect

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April 2019
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Quill and Quire
Words and the bigger picture
IN JUNE 2018, a study by the National Endowment for
FRONTMATTER
Blood stream
Emily Carroll let creative intuition drive her new graphic novel, the erotic tale of a would-be vampire hunter BY LAURA KENINS
ePub evolution
Accessible reading has made giant strides in the past 10 years, yet most Canadian publishers aren’t keeping up BY RYAN PORTER
Love and friendship
How Jane Austen and a devastating personal crisis inspired Natalie Jenner’s debut novel BY SUE CARTER
Faking it
A touring exhibition of literary artifacts is not all it seems BY SUE CARTER
Bringing kids into the FOLD
The Festival of Literary Diversity invests in the future with its new weekend for the 12-and-under set BY RYAN PORTER
FEATURES
Selective listening
An online campaign reveals the tensions between Canadian libraries and multinational publishers over digital pricing and audiobook availability BY SUE CARTER
Poetry in motion
Karen Solie, Doyali Islam, and Matthew Walsh gather together to discuss the practice of poetry and its effects on both poets and readers
REVIEWS
Interpretation of dreams
Three strong new collections plumb the depths of the unconscious and linguistic possibility BY JESSE ECKERLIN
Second time’s a charm
Two sophomore collections make good on the promise in the poets’ first books
Life stages
Three new collections address birth, decay, and our tenuous relationship with the natural world
Warning signs
Novelist Anakana Schofield extends her stylistically brash, innovative examination of women and gendered violence
BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
What a monster
A new picture book from Kevin Sylvester is full of ire-breathing creatures and space robots – but also truths about parenting
Finding peace and quiet
A trio of illustrated stories encourage readers to embrace the calming powers of the moon, silence, and nature
What women don’t want
Three authors explore feminism in a direct and artistic manner
BOOK MAKING
Traditional tales, new ways
Indigenous studies texts get an innovative upgrade with UBC Press’s media-rich RavenSpace platform