Common Mistakes Writers Make: A Q&A with BPA’s Editors

Common Mistakes Writers Make: A Q&A with BPA’s Editors

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Blue Pencil Agency offers editorial reports to writers who want their manuscript to be in the best shape possible before they approach a literary agent or self-publish. Our editors are bestselling authors and industry experts with shrewd eyes and a passion for...
Review: How It Ends by Saskia Sarginson

Review: How It Ends by Saskia Sarginson

Saturday, November 16, 2019

A quick google search describes Saskia’s latest book, How It Ends, as ‘a sweeping and turbulent drama about the anxieties of post-war Britain, where one strong and inspirational young woman looks to find her place, no matter the cost…’ I’ve never really been a fan of...
Writing Advice with Mandy Robotham

Writing Advice with Mandy Robotham

Monday, March 11, 2019

Mandy Robotham is the author of “Breeder”, the story that was awarded the runner-up prize in the BPA First Novel Award Competition 2018. After completing a masters in creative writing at Oxford Brookes University, Mandy has won several prizes for her short...
Writing Advice with Jules Lampshire

Writing Advice with Jules Lampshire

Monday, March 4, 2019

Jules Lampshire is the winner of the Blue Pencil Agency First Novel Award 2018 for her novel My Poor Deluded Girl which she wrote while attending the six month Faber Academy Writing a Novel programme in 2017. Our judges praised her work as being “one of those...
What’s ‘Up Lit’?

What’s ‘Up Lit’?

Friday, February 1, 2019

What’s ‘Up Lit’? It’s the trend that everyone in the literary world has been talking about after it took 2018 by storm. There has been a surge in demand to read novels such as the award-winning ‘Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine’ and other ‘up lit’...