Handles all genres, fiction and non-fiction, plus scripts for TV and film. No unsolicited mss. Prefers letter outlining all non-fiction. No reading fee.
Fiction, non-fiction, children's, biography, travel. Full-length MSS (home 12%, overseas 20%), short MSS (12%/20%), film and radio (15%/20%), TV (15%/15%). Will suggest revision.
Authors include Charlotte Bingham, Terence Brady, Peter Willet, and the Estate of John Bingham.
Jill Foster Ltd represents screenwriters and specialises in film and TV.
Particularly interested in film, TV and radio comedy and drama. Theatre, films, TV and sound broadcasting. Particularly interested in film and TV comedy and drama. No novels or short stories.
Recently established (2002), specialises in Theatre, Radio, Television and Film scripts, and related material on an ad hoc basis. Maintaining a high-quality client list, we represent and advise both experienced writers and those new to the business.
Does not represent poetry, short stories, science fiction and fantasy or children's writing. Read more
Specialises in commercial and literary fiction, non fiction, biography and auto biography (particularly related to politics, show business and the music business) and scripts for film and television. Does not deal with poetry, science-fiction, children's books or educational textbooks. Read more
Lavinia Trevor Literary Agency is an independent agency established in 1993 by Lavinia Trevor, who is a member of the Association of Authors' Agents.
The agency represents writers of both fiction (commercial and literary) and general non-fiction (including popular science).
Wherever appropriate they also handle and exploit underlying rights in clients’ books (e.g. translation, US, audio) usually working with co-agents around the world.
For film/television rights they work with The Agency, a distinguished independent theatrical agency also based in London.
The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) has described Artificial Intelligence (AI) company Anthropic's alleged use of "pirated books" to train AI chatbot Claude as "egregious" and "typical of a wider trend."
‘You can offend somebody in the 21st century with something you said in 1970... By the end of the process I was questioning myself, that was the problem. I wrote innocently and I wrote to make people laugh but when I read the book through I thought, gosh, really, is this offensive? And that? And that? Am I all these things?
Index on Censorship said 53% of librarians polled had been asked to remove books - and that in more than half of those cases books were taken off shelves
One of the persistent themes to emerge from the ongoing nationwide surge in book banning is that the bans are being pursued by a vocal, politically motivated minority. Read more
The New Zealand author channelled her experience of tragedy and mental illness with dazzling results. Now centenary celebrations will ensure her extraordinary vision lives on
Writing and publishing a nonfiction book is a big investment-of time, energy, and often money. In our work with authors, we find that people often approach the process with passion and ambition but without any sense of what it really takes to get the attention of an agent or editor, especially in today's crowded market. That's why we've created these five ways to test your book idea. Read more
In a spirited five-day celebration, held August 8-12 at the Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow, Scotland, crowds converged from all over the globe for the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention, known as Worldcon. Show organizers said that more than 8,000 membership badges were purchased in total, with over 7,200 issued at the venue and upwards of 600 in attendance online.
'I'm always on the lookout for stories that are escapist and inclusive; that carve out a space for all readers. As an editor, ensuring representation for all in the truest and most authentic way is something I am always working towards'
'The writer's intention hasn't anything to do with what he achieves. The intent to earn money or the intent to be famous or the intent to be great doesn't matter in the end. Just what comes out.'