Pitch Prize Winners Announcement

BPA Client Kara Gnodde to be Published by Mantle

The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything by Kara Gnodde will be published as Mantle’s lead debut fiction title for 2023. After completing the BPA mentorship programme with head editor Sara Sarre, Kara signed with Charlotte Seymour at Johnson & Alcock, and the...

BPA Client Sophie Keetch signs with Marina de Pass

We are delighted for our editorial client Sophie Keetch, who has accepted representation from literary agent Marina de Pass with her stunning debut novel, a feminist retelling of Arthurian mythology. Our editor Fiona Mitchell, who provided feedback on Sophie’s...

Carole Hailey Signs with Marina de Pass

Congratulations to Carole Hailey for signing with Marina de Pass, literary agent at The Soho Agency. Carole reached the final stage of judging for the BPA First Novel Award 2020 but wasn’t selected by the judges for the longlist. However, her novel The Silence...

BPA client Jane Lomas launches a blog

Here at BPA, we’ve been enjoying a new writing blog set up by client Jane Lomas, and we wanted to let you know about it too! Jane has been in our mentorship programme over the past year while working on a contemporary novel, and she recently took a field trip...
July Success Stories

July Success Stories

  Neil Daws Neil Daws, who is represented by Nelle Andrew of Rachel Mills Literary after being commended in last year’s BPA First Novel Award, has signed a three-book deal with Amazon Publishing imprint Thomas & Mercer. In Spite of all Terror, the novel he...
Book launch and an agent signing for Mandy Robotham

Book launch and an agent signing for Mandy Robotham

2018 First Novel Award runner up Mandy Robotham has signed with agent Broo Doherty of DHH Literary Agency. Sales of her first book A Woman of War have surpassed expectations – e.book and paperback sales in UK are now at 81,000, with the paperback edition titled...