The Team
 Rachel and Lucy the dog Rachel Sentes I am a Writer, Editor, part time Literary Agent and Publicist. I was the co-creator of Book Television’s 3 Day Novel Writing Contest and I’m skilled at the nuances of book and business marketing and promotion. I served as the Publicity Manager for an Edmonton firm and as a Manager for Indigo Books and Music. I am a published writer and I write and distribute press releases, book media interviews on a local and national level and work with publishers, authors, and agents to promote the Canadian publishing industry. I have appeared on CTV, Breakfast Television, Life Network, Shaw Television, TSN, Global Television and Bravo. I have also appeared in the Globe and Mail, Edmonton Examiner, Edmonton Journal, and the Edmonton Sun commenting on everything from dogs to romance, and music to lost Canadian novels. I live in Vancouver and enjoy watching horror movies, reading, writing, playing with my dogs, and in roughly that order. |
 Not an actual image of Brian, but pretty close Brian Wood I started out in the book industry working for Prospero Books ( now part of Indigo) in Ottawa and Toronto. In 1999, I became the regional book buyer for all of the Coles stores in B.C. In 2001, I became the Western Regional buyer for all of the large format stores ( Chapters, Indigo) in B.C. After leaving Indigo I became a full time agent. I have always worked in non-fiction but now I’m branching out to fiction (it’s easier to read with a good scotch). I live and work in Vancouver and enjoy watching NFL games on TV, reading, writing, playing tennis, and music, and in roughly that order.Oh yes, and I have an agent website: Brian J Wood Literary Agent- so you can check that out as well. Occasionally I write a blog or two on there. |
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 Kate Hickman Kate Hickman -Communications and PR representative Kate is a life-long book lover and general reading machine. She earned her BA in English Literature and two Editing certificates from Simon Fraser University. During her education she also worked in a variety of positions including Administrative and Marketing roles in the Financial, Architectural and Retail sectors. Kate cut her teeth in a popular bookshop where she did everything from stocking shelves to helping organize book launches and signing events. After seven years she decided to take her practical experience and formal education on the road and she established herself as a freelance Communications and PR rep. Since then Kate has collaborated with various clients providing a full suite of PR, Communications, Marketing and Event planning solutions. She specializes in writing and editing online content, press releases and product blurbs. When she’s not bent over her keyboard, you can usually find her with her nose in a book. |
 Tina Hunter Tina Hunter Management and Design Tina Hunter is a writer first and has been published primarily in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres, however she’s also been known to dabble in horror and general fiction. She supports her writing habit with a day job working for the local provincial government, as well as her Management and Design projects – helping authors and small publishers with websites, book trailers, project management and publishing administration. Since starting in the fall of 2009, Tina has built a few websites and book trailers, managed many projects and contests for a small Canadian publisher and learnt the in’s and out’s the publishing world. It’s a part time gig she hopes will one day support her writing full time, but until then she is having fun working with some really awesome people. |
 El Designo El Designo- Web designers/Illustrators Marc Nipp and Patrick O’Kane are El Designo, an environmentally conscious design studio located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We use our skills to protect the environment, battling papers that lead to deforestation, inks that lead to pollution and printing techniques that create waste. And they are amazing web and graphic designers! Visit their website at: El Designo |
