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  • Holocaust memoir to Michael Joseph

    02 Feb 2018

    UK rights in Jeremy Dronfield’s The Stone Crusher: The True Story of the Kleinmann Family’s Fight for Survival in the Holocaust have been bought by Michael Joseph.

  • UK rights in Stalin's War to Penguin

    02 Feb 2018

    UK & Commonwealth rights , excluding Canada, in Sean McMeekin’s revisionist study Stalin’s War have been bought by Penguin.

  • History of Anglo-Chinese relations to Weidenfeld

    02 Feb 2018

    World rights in Lawrence James’s Lion and Dragon , a history of Anglo-Chinese relations have been bought by his regular publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

  • Reissue of Naples: A Travellers' Companion

    02 Feb 2018

    :Little Brown have bought World English rights in Desmond Seward’s Naples: A Travellers Companion , a topographical anthology which recreates for today’s tourist the drama, the history and the life of the city in buildings and locations that can be visited.

  • Mail on Sunday serialise police dog memoir

    28 Jan 2018

    Mail on Sunday have begun their serial of Fabulous Finn: The Brave Police Dog Who Was Stabbed and Came Back from the Brink to be published next month by Quercus. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5320577/Finn-police-dog-refused-let-go.html

  • Another glowing review for J. D. Dixon

    09 Jan 2018

    J. D. Dixon’s astounding debut novel The Unrivalled Transcendence of Willem J. Gyle has received another rave review:

    “Will keep you engrossed at every turn… This gut-wrenching novel… This book is a must -read for everyone.” Underrated Reads

  • Unravelled film short-listed for a BAFTA

    09 Jan 2018

    Kingdom of Us, Lucy Cohen’s documentary about the Shanks family based on VIkie Shanks’s memoir Unravelled has been short-listed for a BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer. The prize-giving is on 18th February.

  • The Brideship Wife sold to Simon & Schuster Canada

    08 Jan 2018

    Leslie Howard’s extraordinary debut novel The Brideship Wife has been bought by Simon & Schuster Canada. The book tells the story of one woman’s quest for independence and adventure in the “modern world” of 1862, from England to the gold fields of British Columbia.

  • Brexit novel to Duckworth

    08 Jan 2018

    C. M. Taylor’s novel Staying On, a comedy drama about an ex-pat family crushed by a family bereavement, while struggling with the consequences of Brexit, has been bought by Duckworth, who will publish in July 2018.

  • Lownie remains top selling non-fiction agent in the world

    06 Jan 2018

    According to Publishersmarketplace, Andrew Lownie has 46 recorded deals over the last twelve months making him the top selling non-fiction agent in the world and second overall. He is

    1 in International rights: UK Non-fiction 1 in Non-fiction: Biography

    The agency is also the third top sellling agency in the world for reference.