Thursday, December 29, 2022
Characterisation is everything in fiction. Readers love a compelling story, but only if a character’s emotional journey is at its core. Ray Bradbury says this: ‘Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
We are delighted to reveal the winners of the BPA Pitch Prize 2022. The standard of submissions was incredibly high. Our judge, literary agent Hattie Grünewald, and the team at BPA felt honoured to read so many compelling stories and promising pitches, and it was...
Monday, December 12, 2022
Karen Pierce won second place in the BPA First Novel Award 2022 after impressing the judges with her historical coming-of-age novel, Petal. She has since signed with literary agent Katie Fulford. We decided to ask her some questions about the novel and her journey to...
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
We are delighted for novelist Ana Garcia, who has signed with literary agent Joanna Swainson after pitching to her at the BPA Away Day in October. Joanna judged the Pitch Prize in 2021, and we can’t think of a better match for Ana. Her debut novel BLANCA, a...
