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…
London Book Fair 2018 - pre-fair agency news 2: Adrian Selby, Guy Jones, Phillip Window
Our second pre-fair update features three new deals for long-standing clients of the agency. Orbit have acquired two further books from Adrian…
London Book Fair 2018 - pre-fair agency news 1: Ben Crane, Blood Ties
The countdown to the beginning of the London Book Fair 2018 is well and truly underway, and in the first of three daily pre-LBF news instalments,…
Jin Yong - A Hero Born; what a start!
A Hero Born, the first part of Jin Yong’s epic Chinese fantasy series Legends of the Condor Heroes, is book of the day in the Guardian; Marcel…
Prince of Mirrors - Alan Robert Clark debut to Fairlight Books
The Prince of Mirrors, Alan Robert Clark’s fascinating novel about Queen Victoria’s favourite grandson, the bisexual Prince Eddy, will be the…
Double deal excitement for Ali Harper
More good pre-Christmas news: book rights in Ali Harper’s feminist crime debut Between the Lines have been acquired by HarperCollins’ Killer…
Jin Yong and winter news
A recent piece in The Observer pointed out that Jin Yong, our Chinese author whose Legends of the Condor Heroes we represent, was the world’s…
Autumn news
A very busy late summer here at Ampersand towers, with numerous deals being done and books released. The highlights include deep ocean expert…
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. This is a…
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…