When is the right time to approach an agent?

When is the right time to approach an agent?

Jonny Geller (Managing Director - Curtis Brown (Books)) gives expert video advice on: What are literary agents looking for?; Do different agents specialise in different things?; Should I go for a well established agent or a smaller one? and more...

There is a right time to approach literary agents. I find that if you approach them around September or October, when it's just before the Frankfurt Book Fair, it'll be madness. September is always our busiest month and yet that's the time I get most unsolicited submissions. It's almost like back to term. I would advise authors to approach an agent at the beginning of the summer because everyone goes away, but it's quieter so there's probably time to read, and people are sorting out their desks.