2022 First Novel Award Shortlist

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

We are excited to announce the BPA First Novel Award 2022 Shortlist. This year’s judges, literary agents Rowan Lawton and Marina de Pass from The Soho Agency and award-winning author Jo Bloom (Permission, Ridley Road), found it difficult to choose just six titles from...

2022 First Novel Award Longlist

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

We are thrilled to announce the BPA First Novel Award 2022 Longlist. This year’s judges are literary agents Rowan Lawton and Marina de Pass from The Soho Agency and author Jo Bloom (Permission, Ridley Road). Prizes for the winners include agent introductions as well...
Ask an Agent: John Baker from Bell Lomax Moreton

Ask an Agent: John Baker from Bell Lomax Moreton

Thursday, June 23, 2022

John Baker joined Bell Lomax Moreton in 2019 where, as a junior agent, he is focusing on building his own small, cultivated list, shaped around his passion for Science Fiction and Fantasy, alongside providing administrative support across the agency. John has built a...
Writing Plot Twists

Writing Plot Twists

Monday, June 20, 2022

Surprise is more powerful than any other emotion in its ability to move people: to laugh, to gasp, or to turn to the next chapter! Readers enjoy ‘not knowing’ and finding out, but they love thinking they know and finding out they were wrong, especially if...