The Carolyn Swayze Literary Agency represents some of the finest Canadian authors writing today. Since 1994, we have had the pleasure of guiding the careers of some of Canada's top literary talent.

For an overview of Carolyn Swayze Literary Agency authors, as well as the projects they have on the go, visit our authors page.

To learn more about Carolyn Swayze, the agency and our international co-agents, let us tell you about us.

Our roster grows slowly and carefully and, while we do look at new submissions, we are only able to take on a very small percentage of the writers who come our way.

NEWS FROM THE SWAYZE AGENCY
January 16 2012
Interviews online with Arley McNeney.
December 16 2011
Gayla Reid, author of Reaching Ross, was on CBC's North by Northwest. Listen here.
November 17 2011
Come to the Vancouver book launch for The Time We All Went Marching by Arley McNeney. Thursday, December 1, 7:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room, Level 3, Central Library, 350 W. Georgia St. Admission is free. Seating is limited. A great review of the book in the Globe & Mail.
November 10 2011
Janet Romain, author of Grandpere, was on CBC's North by Northwest last week. Listen here.
October 21 2011
Pacific Place Publishing is our latest division. This venture publishes electronic books for titles which have never appeared as e-books.
October 16 2011
Reviews for Butterfly Winter from The Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald.
October 7 2011
Tracing Iris and Solitaria by Genni Gunn and BREAKOUT FROM JUNO: First Canadian Army in Normandy, July - August 1944, ORTONA: Canada's Epic World War II Battle, THE LIRI VALLEY: Canada's Word War II Breakthrough to Rome, JUNO BEACH: Canada's D-Day Victory, June 6 1944, ON TO VICTORY: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands - March 23 - May 5 1945 by Mark Zuehlke have been sold to audible.com. Both sales are for audio rights.
September 14 2011
Sticky Fingers by Méira Cook has been sold to Great Plains Publishing. A Message for the Emperor has been sold to Véhicule Press. Both sales are for Canadian rights.
September 6 2011
Solitaria by Genni Gunn is on the longlist for the Giller Prize.
August 25 2011
Genni Gunn is on a blog tour for her novel, Solitaria. Read her posts on The Savvy Verse & Wit, Linus's Blanket and Jenn's Bookshelves.
August 15 2011
The Time we all went MarchingArley McNeney's second novel, The Time We All Went Marching, will be published by Goose Lane Publishing in Canada on September 30, 2011. Vivid and evocative, with rich, convincing characters, The Time We All Went Marching is an episodic novel of storytelling, memory, and imagination — about a time in history rarely explored in fiction. Arley McNeney inhabits her characters with breathtaking conviction, reaching deep into the vulnerable solitude of individual perception while seamlessly holding her readers breathless.
August 10 2011
The Secret Lives of Litterbugs by M.A.C. Farrant and My Father Came From Italy by Maria Coletta McLean are now available as e-books.
August 2 2011
Until August 28, readers can vote for their favourite novels from the past year on the CBC Readers' Choice Contest. You can vote to add a book to this year's Giller Prize longlist. Swayze Agency novels which are eligible include Butterfly Winter, Grandpere, The Time We All Went Marching, Solitaria, Progress, The Evolution of Inanimate Objects and The Better Mother.
August 1 2011
The Evolution of Inanimate Objects by Harry Karlinsky (Insomniac) and Solitaria by Genni Gunn (Signature) are on the ReLit Awards longlist.
July 28 2011
Progress by Michael v SmithMichael V. Smith's novel Progress is reviewed in the Georgia Straight.

In the lonely years following the death of her fiancé, Helen is forced by the building of a dam to relocate. Helen’s brother, Robbie, who disappeared without a trace many years earlier, suddenly resurfaces. As he re-enters his sister’s life, he reveals the secret of why he left in the first place: a secret that tore their family apart, and affected Helen’s life in more ways than she ever realized.
March 28 2011
W.P. Kinsella's new novel, Butterfly Winter, has won the Colophon Prize and will be published in the fall by Enfield & Wizenty. Read the story in Quill & Quire. Kinsella is the author of Shoeless Joe, now available as an e-book.

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