 | 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 debut from Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors, has been sold in the Arabic language to the Arab Culture Centre. The Book of Doors will publish in February 2024 from Penguin Transworld and also in the last week, picked up a fantastic endorsement from The Leviathan author, Rosie Andrews: "A real page-turner - incredibly ambitious and inventive, The Book of Doors is a great read." |  |
 | The forthcoming festive debut from Talia Samuels, The Christmas Swap, picked up a lovely review from Publishers' Weekly last week: "A fun and festive lesbian rom-com ... Sure to get readers into the yuletide spirit." Side note: the book is now available to request on NetGalley...! |
| 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. |  |
| 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. |  |
 | Finally, we are delighted to welcome new client, Sally Percy, to the Agency this week. Sally, who is the author of two business books, is an experienced business journalist and editor, specialising in leadership and management, and will be working with Emily Glenister on her debut novel, Thorny Crescent. |
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