Pitch Prize Winners 2023

Thursday, November 30, 2023

We are delighted to reveal the winners of the BPA Pitch Prize 2023. This year we saw many stories depicting art forgery, unreliable narrators, and the ways artificial intelligence may intrude deeper into our intimate lives… Our judge, literary agent Millie...

How to Write Emotion

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Reading is above all else an emotional experience. We read to connect with characters, to experience their emotions and to compare them to our own. Nailing emotion is therefore essential to writing compelling fiction. But how to be sure to write emotion in a way that...

Ask an Agent: Olivia Maidment from Madeleine Milburn

Monday, October 9, 2023

Olivia Maidment joined the Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency in 2020. Previously, she worked with award-winning authors and global literary brands during her time at The Blair Partnership and United Agents. As well as representing a list of literary, upmarket and book...

2023 BPA First Novel Award Winners

Monday, October 2, 2023

[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” bg_type=”bg_color” bg_color_value=”#f7f4ee”][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” gap=”10″ css=”.vc_custom_1632147117804{background-position: center...

Author Q&A: Saloni Surah

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Saloni Surah worked closely with Blue Pencil Agency’s head editor and founder Sara Sarre on an Early Reader book Flora Investigates: The Case Of The Missing Gold Eggs which she has recently self-published. We were curious about her self-publishing journey – an...