Auction for Moses McKenzie’s literary debut novel
Many congratulations to 22-year-old Moses McKenzie, whose debut novel has just been sold to Wildfire in a strongly contested auction. For…
Ampersand Agency update – Covid-19
We at Ampersand are continuing to work largely as normal during these worrying times. This means we will still be accepting submissions, replying…
Spring News Update
A Life of Crime, a biography of H. R. F. Keating by his widow, the actor Sheila Mitchell, will be published in June by Level Best Books. Apart from…
Autumn news: deals, deals, deals!
To celebrate the last burst of summer, we’re pleased to announce a whole raft of deals from across the agency. Having recently been appointed to…
Summer news update - Bev Jones, Tim Murari and H R F Keating
We welcome the summer with news that Bev Jones’s “perfect thriller” Wilderness, recently published by Constable, who are reissuing all…
January news update
Plenty of news to update you all on this month, following a very busy autumn and winter for the agency and our clients: Elizabeth’s Bailey’s…
Sharon Bolton’s The Craftsman - TV option sold
We’re delighted to announce that Sid Gentle Films, producers of the much praised tv series Killing Eve, have optioned TV rights to Sharon…
Early autumn news
As the glorious summer blows itself out, we have some cheer to usher in autumn. Numbed by Numbers, Paul Goodwin’s new book on our obsession with…
New client: T L Huchu
We are very excited to announce Ampersand’s latest client: T L Huchu. Originally from Zimbabwe and a long-term resident of Edinburgh, he is the…
June news update
Lots of news from Ampersand towers this sunny June: To begin, U.S. rights to Jin Yong’s Legends of the Condor Heroes, translated by Anna…
Sharon Bolton’s The Craftsman is another crime fiction bestseller!
We’re very pleased to report that Sharon Bolton’s new thriller The Craftsman is listed as no 5 in the Sunday Times/Times top ten bestselling…
London Book Fair 2018 - pre-fair agency news 3: Georgette Heyer renews with Arrow Books
In our final news update before LBF ‘18 kicks off tomorrow, we have news of the Ampersand Agency’s biggest ever deal. We are delighted to…