| We're welcoming Valerie Jack to the Agency this week, who joins Tom Drake-Lee's list. Valerie, who lives in the Chilterns with her family, studied at Oxford, York and Brunel before going on to teach English and Classical Civilisation for 12 years, alongside writing poetry and plays. |  |
Client Henrietta Heald appeared on Dublin's radio channel, NewsTalk, on their show Talking History.
Henrietta discussed with host Patrick Geoghan her book, Magnificent Women and Their Revolutionary Machines.
You can catch up here.
Henrietta discussed with host Patrick Geoghan her book, Magnificent Women and Their Revolutionary Machines.
You can catch up here.
| Released a little over a week ago, Chris McGeorge's new brian-scrambling book, Half-Past Tomorrow received a fantastic quote from author, Judith O'Reilly: "Original, compelling and mind-bending fun, Chris McGeorge is writing some of the most interesting fiction out there. What time did you say it was? Half-Past Tomorrow time. And I loved it." |  |
Henley Literary Festival is joyfully going ahead and appearing on the sixth day of the festival (8th October) is client Lucinda Hawksley, who will be talking about her forthcoming book, Letters of Great Women.
From some of the most significant moments in history to everyday joys and sorrows, Letters of Great Women combines biography, archival images and transcribed letters by everyone from Katherine of Aragon, Cleopatra and Florence Nightingale to Nina Simone, Greta Thunberg and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Having previously written books on the Queen, Lizzie Siddal and her great-great-great-grandfather Charles Dickens, the March Women March author joins Daniel Hahn to discuss her carefully curated collection of compelling correspondence.
To book your tickets, click here.
From some of the most significant moments in history to everyday joys and sorrows, Letters of Great Women combines biography, archival images and transcribed letters by everyone from Katherine of Aragon, Cleopatra and Florence Nightingale to Nina Simone, Greta Thunberg and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Having previously written books on the Queen, Lizzie Siddal and her great-great-great-grandfather Charles Dickens, the March Women March author joins Daniel Hahn to discuss her carefully curated collection of compelling correspondence.
To book your tickets, click here.
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Congratulations to Stuart Turton and Clare Whitfield, who have both been long listed for the HWA Awards 2021.
The Devil and the Dark Water, by Stuart, is up for the HWA Gold Crown Award, and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character is up fo the HWA Debut Crown Award.
The 2021 Crown Awards (Debut, Gold and Non-Fiction) are for full length books published for the first time in English in the UK between the 1st April 2020 - 31st March 2021. The shortlist will be announced on the 5th October, with the winner's ceremony on the 24th November 2021.
The Devil and the Dark Water, by Stuart, is up for the HWA Gold Crown Award, and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character is up fo the HWA Debut Crown Award.
The 2021 Crown Awards (Debut, Gold and Non-Fiction) are for full length books published for the first time in English in the UK between the 1st April 2020 - 31st March 2021. The shortlist will be announced on the 5th October, with the winner's ceremony on the 24th November 2021.
The cover for Thomas Mogford's forthcoming book, The Planthunter (Welbeck, February 2022) was released last week and it is a beauty!
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1867. King's Road, Chelsea, is a sea of plant nurseries, catering to the Victorian obsession with rare and exotic flora. But each of the glossy emporiums is fuelled by the dangerous world of the planthunters – daring adventurers sent into uncharted lands in search of untold wonders to grace England's finest gardens.
Harry Compton is as far from a planthunter as one could imagine – a salesman plucked from the obscurity of the nursery growing fields to become 'the face that sold a thousand plants'.
But one small act of kindness sees him inherit a precious gift – a specimen of a fabled tree last heard of in The Travels of Marco Polo, and a map.
Seizing his chance for fame and fortune, Harry sets out to make his mark. But where there is wealth there is corruption, and soon Harry is fleeing England, rounding the Cape of Good Hope and sailing up the Yangtze alongside a young widow – both in pursuit of the plant that could change their futures.
To pre-order, click here.
Harry Compton is as far from a planthunter as one could imagine – a salesman plucked from the obscurity of the nursery growing fields to become 'the face that sold a thousand plants'.
But one small act of kindness sees him inherit a precious gift – a specimen of a fabled tree last heard of in The Travels of Marco Polo, and a map.
Seizing his chance for fame and fortune, Harry sets out to make his mark. But where there is wealth there is corruption, and soon Harry is fleeing England, rounding the Cape of Good Hope and sailing up the Yangtze alongside a young widow – both in pursuit of the plant that could change their futures.
To pre-order, click here.
Finally, we were over the moon last week to hear that Jo Thomas' Escape to the French Farmhouse (Transworld, July 2020), has now sold 100,000 copies!
We couldn't be more delighted for Jo and this well-deserved landmark.
Jo's new book, Chasing the Italian Dream, is out now!
We couldn't be more delighted for Jo and this well-deserved landmark.
Jo's new book, Chasing the Italian Dream, is out now!
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