Agent Provocateur

Arts & Culture Podcasts

News, stories and insider accounts from the perspective of literary agents, writers and publishers about books, literature and culture.

Episodes

Agent Provocateur S2 Ep 06: Literary Agents Respond to Your Elevator Pitches

Agent Provocateur S2 Ep 05: On the Length of Manuscripts, Logline Tips, and On How Much of Author/Agent Submissions Get Read

Agent Provocateur S2 Ep 04: On Pandemic Book Promo and the Inevitable Question of Author Platform

Agent Provocateur S2 Ep 03: On Jamie Lynn Spears and the Potentially Disturbing Topic of Trigger Warnings

Agent Provocateur S2 Ep 02: Frankfurt Book Fair Redux, On Receiving Passes from Editors, and Bad Art Friend

Agent Provocateur S2 Ep 01: On the American DOJ Vs. The Proposed PRH and S&S Merger

Agent Provocateur Ep 06: On Harry & Meghan's Book Deal and Dangerous Ideas in Non-Fiction

Agent Provocateur Ep 05: On Men in Publishing, Books for Boys, and Pitching via Comps

Agent Provocateur Ep 04: On the Rise and Rise of Graphic Novels, Risque YA, and Awesome Wine/Book Pairings

Agent Provocateur Ep 03: On Transparency in Publishing, Fiction vs Memoir, and Britney and Books

Agent Provocateur Ep 02: On Book Clubs, Reading Lists, and Obama

Agent Provocateur Ep 01: On BookTok, COVID and Virtual Book Fairs