T. L. Huchu’s The Library of the Dead wins Nommo Best Novel award
T. L. Huchu’s The Library of the Dead has won the Best Novel award at 2022’s Nommos, announced last weekend at the World Science Fiction…
A. Y. Chao’s Shanghai Immortal to Hodder in 5-way auction
More summer deal news: Molly Powell at Hodderscape has acquired Shanghai Immortal plus two further novels by debut adult fantasy novelist A. Y.…
A hot summer for Ampersand
Tariq Askanani’s taut and visceral thriller Welcome to Cooper is shortlisted for Bloody Scotland’s influential Crime Debut of 2022 award. In…
Ampersand authors in the running for two of this year’s most sought-after Crime Writers’ Association Dagger awards
We are celebrating two Ampersand authors whose novels are shortlisted for the CWA Dagger 2022 awards: Sharon Bolton for The Pact (Ian Fleming Steel…
Recent deals and other news
Highlights of the year so far: * Sîan Hughes’ debut literary novel Pearl has been sold to The Indigo Press. Pearl is a contemporary story about…
Moses McKenzie chosen by The Observer as one the 10 best debut novelists of 2022
A cracking start to the year, as Moses McKenzie is celebrated in yesterday's edition of The Observer as one of the 10 best debut novelists…
End of year news round-up
We’ve been so busy that we’ve hardly had time to post news on the website lately, but here are a few highlights from the last few months: * A…
Green light for Wilderness!
Amazon Prime Video have just greenlit a series adaptation of Beverley Jones’s revenge thriller Wilderness which will premiere in 2023. The series…
US book deal for Moses McKenzie’s debut novel
As reported in US publishing trade journal Publishers Weekly: 'Little, Brown’s Ben George nabbed Moses McKenzie’s debut novel, An Olive…
Award news
Many congratulations from all at Ampersand to Sheila Mitchell, whose memoir of her late husband Harry Keating has won the 2021 Macavity Award for…
April news
Sharon Bolton’s much praised THE SPLIT has been shortlisted for Crimefest’s eDunnit Award for the best crime novel of 2020. THE STEPMOTHER, an…