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Summer news - Joel Bird, Druin Burch and Richard Smyth

Plenty of exciting news for the summer season from Ampersand Towers: Joel Bird’s terrific non-fiction debut The Book of Shed has been acquired by…

Snakewood - Gemmell Award update

Adrian Selby’s spectacular epic fantasy debut Snakewood (Orbit, 2016) has now been shortlisted for the 2017 Gemmell Morningstar award.

Cao Wenxuan - Marsh award winner!

Some very exciting news to report: Helen Wang’s translation of Ampersand client Cao Wenxuan’s Bronze and Sunflower (Walker Books) has won the…

Recent deals

Nate Crowley has been signed by Solaris to write a book based on his hugely popular series of tweets on fictional video games.Solaris will publish…

Sharon Bolton to Trapeze

Internationally acclaimed crime fiction author Sharon Bolton is moving to Orion Publishers for her next three books, in a substantial six-figure…

Gemmell awards and rights news

Adrian’s Selby’s debut Snakewood (Orbit) has been nominated for the David Gemmell Morningstar award for best fantasy debut of the year. David…

Deal news

Two exciting deals to announce this morning: Orbit have acquired world rights from Jamie Cowen in two further books by Adrian Selby, to follow up…

Winter news

. We are thrilled that Cao Wenxuan’s wonderful Bronze and Sunflower, translated by Helen Wang, has been shortlisted for this year’s Marsh Award…

Sharon Bolton - Dead Good award winner

Our very own Sharon Bolton was the winner of the Linwood Barclay Dead Good Reader Award for Most Surprising Twist at the Theakstons Old Peculier…

Deals galore!

Cora Harrison will write two more Reverend Mother books for Severn House. Alan Williams’ classic Cold War thrillers are enjoying a new lease of…

Spring has sprung!

Some nice news to celebrate the arrival of spring: Endeavour Press will republish Barbara Else’s wonderful historical pastiche Wild Latitudes, a…

Agency News - October 2015

Bev Jones has signed a two-book contract with Constable for her gripping psychological thrillers. Digital publisher Endeavour Press have signed up…