Client Foluso Agbaje appeared on the podcast, I Said What I Said last week, which centres around the African millennial experience.

​The podcast is one of the biggest in Africa and you can catch the episode here!

Stay turned for more about Foluso and what her literary future holds for her...

The next Naija-set thriller starring psychologist Philip Taiwo, Gaslight by Femi Kayode (Bloomsbury Raven, November '23), was spotlighted in The Bookseller last week, as one of their crime & thriller picks:

"I loved Kayode's first Philip Taiwo novel, Lightseekers, and it was picked as a Book of the Month by The Times, Sunday Times, Independent, Guardian, Observer, Financial Times and Irish Times. In this second, the investigative psychologist is asked to clear the name of a bishop accused of murdering his wife - the "First Lady" of a Nigerian mega-church. Taiwo is a really interesting and original protagonist." 

In other rights news, Kat Devereaux's debut, Escape to Tuscany, has been sold to Central Kiadoi in Hungary. 

The book was published earlier this month by Head of Zeus' Aria imprint. 

Last week, author Louise Beech announced that she would be performing a one-woman show  in 2024. 

Technological Amazingness (and other titles that didn't make the cover) will go up for a very exclusive one-show performance, on Saturday 10th February at the East Riding Theatre, and will see Louise talk about her writing career thus far, what went on behind the scenes and with a focus on her four most popular books, End of Story, Eighteen Seconds, This Is How We Are Human and How To Be Brave. 

Book your tickets here.

Congratulations to Eve Smith, who last week hit the top 100 in three sub-categories on Amazon for her latest book, One. 

The book, which was called "pleasingly terrifying" by the New Scientist​, was published earlier this month by Orenda Books. 

Hot on the heels of winning the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 for his book, The Botanist​, M. W. Craven has given an interview to the Guardian on his life before books, and what brought him to where he is today. 

​You can read the full interview here.

Also published last week was the debut novel from Cat Green, The Curious Kidnapping of Nora W, an uplifting and enchanting story of love and kindness - with a few surprises thrown in for good measure!

Congratulations to David Wragg, who last week saw the publication of The Hunters, now out in eBook, audio and hardback.

This is the first in Wragg's new 'Tales of the Plains' series, full of intriguing and bloodthirsty stakes - and a heroine who won't quit. 

Congratulations to Suzie Edge, who has been shortlisted for the TikTok Book Awards, in the category of TikTok Author of the Year!

Edge's debut, Mortal Monarchs, was a runaway success in 2022, and is a favourite amongst her many followers on the app. Her forthcoming Vital Organs​ will be published in September this year.

TikTok says that the shortlist reflects the imagination, creativity and variety of the #BookTok community itself. The shortlist has been carefully curated with the help of some of the UK's biggest names in

The gorgeous new book from Erin Green, Summer Dreams at the Lakeside Cottage​, was published last week and is the perfect accompaniment to your upcoming summer holidays!

Matt Johnson's recently-published No Ordinary Day, was selected in the Summer Reading List for Parliamentarians, published last week. The list, which is a mix of recommendations from MPs and Peers across the House of Commons was launched on Times Radio. 

"A real life story of murder, espionage, terrorism and corruption which the Government would rather you did not know about."
Allan Dorans MP (Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock)

The new novel from Annie Taylor, The Truth About Her, was our penultimate book published last week - an absolutely unputdownable psychological thriller about the darker side of social media influencers...

The final DHH book published last week was the gripping last instalment of Adam Simcox's 'The Dying Squad' trilogy: The Ungrateful Dead, now available in eBook, audiobook and hardback. 

Congratulations to Suzie Edge, who has been shortlisted for the TikTok Book Awards, in the category of TikTok Author of the Year!

Edge's debut, Mortal Monarchs, was a runaway success in 2022, and is a favourite amongst her many followers on the app. Her forthcoming Vital Organs​ will be published in September this year.

TikTok says that the shortlist reflects the imagination, creativity and variety of the #BookTok community itself. The shortlist has been carefully curated with the help of some of the UK's biggest names in the world of literature, publishing

The forthcoming debut novel from Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors, has received its first endorsement from Sunday Times bestselling author, Sunyi Dean (The Book Eaters):

"A brilliant page turner. A clever and beautiful novel about the power of books, and a tribute to those who champion them."

Very excitingly, Ian Rankin has blurbed Victoria Selman's All the Little Liars, which will be published at the end of August:

"Heathers meets Charles Manson in this tale of good girls gone bad. I loved it."

Finally, huge congratulations to Stephen Moss, who has been longlisted for the James Cropper Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing.

The book nominated is his fantastic Ten Birds That Changed the World. 

The shortlist will be announced on the 10th of August, with the winner announced on the 14th September. Congratulations, Stephen!​

With its release date next week, Eve Smith's forthcoming book, One, has been included in the New Scientist's roundup for the best new science fiction and fantasy books for July 2023.

"I love a good speculative thriller, and this one sounds pleasingly terrifying."

The first few endorsements for Femi Kayode's sensational second Philip Taiwo book, Gaslight, are in and we couldn't be more pleased!

"I loved it. The atmosphere and characters were authentic to the point I felt I could recognise them, and I was captivated to find out who was responsible and why."
Amen Alonge

"In the depths of faith, dark secrets lie buried. Welcome to the heart-pounding world of Femi Kayode’s Gaslight, where shadows dance to the rhythm of danger."
Leye Adenle

Congratulations to Phillipa Ashley, who will be moving from current publisher Avon to Century at Penguin Random House in a new four-book deal.

​Editorial director Katie Loughnane acquired world English rights from Broo Doherty. The first novel, Second Chance Summer, will be published in June 2024.

​Read the full announcement here.

A very warm welcome to new client Tariq Ashkanani.

Tariq, author of the Bloody Scotland Debut Award-winning, Welcome to Cooper, joins Harry Illingworth's list and will be working with him on his new book, The Midnight King​.

More acquisition news now; Sunday Times​ bestselling author A. J. West's new book, Mollies, has been sold to Orenda Books. 

Karen Sullivan bought World English Language rights from David Headley. The book is slated for hardback publication in June 2024.

Mollies is set amidst the hidden world of Georgian London’s gay scene; Gabriel Griffin must uncover a traitor while risking his life in the most dangerous of ways: by falling in love.

Orenda Books' Karen Sullivan has bought World English Language rights to the next book from The Spirit Engineer author, A. J. West, Mollies, in a deal negotiated by David Headley. The book is slated for hardback publication in June 2024.

Mollies is set amidst the hidden world of Georgian London’s gay scene; Gabriel Griffin must uncover a traitor while risking his life in the most dangerous of ways: by falling in love.

London, 1720. Grieving husband and father Gabriel Griffin lives a double life: ordinary carpenter by day, Lotty the giant molly in London by night. But when he falls for mysterious new arrival Thomas Wright, the danger becomes all too real. Someone is giving away the mollies’ secrets, and it’s down to Gabriel to unmask the traitor before they all hang.

Nearly five years after publication in the US, Stuart Turton's debut, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, was confirmed as being a USA Today​ bestseller! Congratulations, Stu!

The eBook for Julie Caplin's gorgeous new Romantic Escapes book, The French Chateau Dream, was released last week in eBook (and is part of the aforementioned KMD for July...).

​Let yourself be whisked away to France’s Champagne region, for a holiday you’ll never forget…

Congratulations to Phillipa Ashley, who last week, saw her recently-published book, A Secret Cornish Summer, soar into the official Top 50 Chart!

Also released last week was the highly-anticipated first in the new series from M. W. Craven, starring Ben Koenig, Fearless. 

​Within the past week, the book has also been sold to CIELA in Bulgaria and Luitingh-Sijthoff in the Netherlands.

The debut from Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors, has an enticing new trailer to its name. If this doesn't whet your appetite for what is sure to be one of the biggest fantasy releases of 2024, we don't know what will...!