You have an idea for a book, or you're curious about the route to publication outside of academia, but don't know where to begin. How do you go about finding an agent and what role will they play in the process? What kind of materials do you need before you query agents, and what should that query include? And what will the process of publishing a trade book—from proposal writing to editing to publication--look like for an author?

The Center for the Humanities at Temple (CHAT) invites you to hear from literary agent Alia Hanna Habib and her client Laura McGrath, Temple University Assistant Professor of English, as they share insights from both sides of the publishing relationship and process.