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Gollancz reissue Gwyneth Jones’ Bold As Love

Many congratulations to Gwyneth Jones on the re-issue this week of her Clarke Award winning Bold As Love, as part of Gollancz's SF Masterworks…

Sharon Bolton’s THE SPLIT announced today as a Richard & Judy Christmas Book Club choice

More great news to report this morning. We are so proud of Sharon Bolton whose unusual and highly charged thriller THE SPLIT is one of six titles…

Tariq Ashkanani’s Welcome to Cooper to Thomas & Mercer

We are delighted to announce that Jack Butler at Thomas & Mercer has acquired at auction world English language rights in Tariq Ashkanani’s…

Autumn news 2020

Two further pre-Frankfurt deals to report, with more to follow soon: John Matthews, the expert on everything to do with King Arthur, has been…

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…