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  • Persian cookery book to Head of Zeus

    30 Jul 2016

    Head of Zeus have bought world rights in Maryam Sinaiee’s book of authentic and little-known Persian recipes for publication in spring 2018.

  • Andrew Lownie continues to be top selling agent in world

    26 Jul 2016

    According to Publishersmarketplace Andrew Lownie is worldwide

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

  • Andrew Lownie Literary Agency is no 9 in agency rankings worldwide

    26 Jul 2016

    Andrew Lownie single handed is a top ten world agency according to Publishersmarketplace, with forty-one deals in six months, ahead of major companies such as Sterling Lord, William Morris and Janklow & Nesbit.

    The agency worldwide is

    1 in International rights: UK Non-fiction 3 in Non-fiction: Biography 4 in Non-fiction: History/Politics/Current Affairs

  • book-on-lawrence-of-arabia-circle-to-oup

    26 Jul 2016

    Oxford University Press have bought World English rights in Philip Walker’s Beyond the Lawrence Legend: The Forgotten Few who Shaped the Arab Revolt

  • Bad Blood is no 1

    26 Jul 2016

    Congratulations to Julie Shaw whose latest memoir in the Hudson family series Bad Blood has gone from no 3 to no 1 on a full week’s sales into the non-fiction paperback list.

  • Andrew Lownie continues to be top selling agent in world

    22 Jul 2016

    According to publishersmarketplace, Andrew Lownie continues to be the top selling agent in the world with thirty-five books sold in the last six months, five books ahead of his nearest rival.

    He is also

    1 in International rights: UK Non-fiction 2 in Non-fiction: History/Politics/Current Affairs

  • Andrew Lownie on John Buchan

    22 Jul 2016

    John Buchan biographer Andrew Lownie discusses the great man’s life and work in this interesting interview.

  • Matt Wilven shortlisted as an Amazon Rising Star

    22 Jul 2016

    Matt Wilven’s extraordinary debut novel The Blackbird Singularity has been selected as an Amazon Rising Star for August. You can find more details here, under the ‘August’ tab.

  • US rights in The Lives Of Tudor Women to Pegasus

    21 Jul 2016

    US rights in Elizabeth Norton’s The Lives of Tudor Women, the first comprehensive look at the experiences of 50% of the English population in the period, have been sold to option publisher Pegasus.

  • History of Medici family to Head of Zeus

    21 Jul 2016

    Head of Zeus have bought World English rights in Mary Hollingsworth’s history of the Medici family for publication next year.