Perfect Your Pitch for the Rights Catalogue: A Workshop by Simon Trewin
Schedule
Sat Nov 08 2025 at 12:30 pm to 01:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
MFCC Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre | Attard, MA
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The National Book Council’s Foreign Rights Catalogue is a crucial gateway for local authors and publishers to showcase their work and open doors in international fora. In this focused, hand-on 60-minute workshop, veteran literary agent Simon Trewin cuts through the noise to show you exactly how to position your entry in the catalogue for maximum impact. Drawing on hard-won insights from decades in the trenches, he exposes the Top Ten Pitch Mistakes authors and rights administrators make and how to fix them on the spot.
You’ll see real-world examples of pitches that bombed (and why), alongside the streamlined approaches that won major deals. By the end of the session, you’ll have:
• A rights-specific hook that grabs sub-agents and foreign publishers
• Strategies for anticipating objections and turning them into selling points
• A checklist to ensure your entry in the rights guide never undersells its own potential
Come ready to question every assumption about how rights pitches ‘should’ work, sharpen your own pitch under Simon’s skeptical eye, and walk away with the confidence to get your rights guide noticed – every time.
Participation to the event is free of charge, but registration is required on Submittable: https://ktieb.submittable.com/submit.
Participation will be capped on a first-come, first-served basis. Kindly note that creating an account with Submittable is mandatory prior to registration.
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