Ask an Agent: Samantha Brace from Peters Fraser + Dunlop

Ask an Agent: Samantha Brace from Peters Fraser + Dunlop

Monday, January 16, 2023

Sam Brace is an Agent building a list of crime and reading group fiction. Alongside working on her own list, Sam looks after podcasts for Peters Fraser + Dunlop. At PFD’s digital-first imprint Agora Books, Sam launched the Lost the Plot Writers Competition as...
What are Comp Titles and How do you Choose Them?

What are Comp Titles and How do you Choose Them?

Monday, January 9, 2023

What are Comp Titles? ‘Comp’ is short for ‘comparable’. Comp titles are published books that would appeal to a similar readership as your novel. It’s a good idea to mention two or three comp titles in your cover letter when you submit a novel to a literary agent. It’s...
Characterisation: BPA’s Advice for Novel Writers

Characterisation: BPA’s Advice for Novel Writers

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...
2022 Pitch Prize Winners

2022 Pitch Prize Winners

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...

Author Q&A: Karen Pierce, runner-up of the BPA First Novel Award 2022

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...