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 manuscript, said, ‘Sophie is very talented indeed.’ ‘I’m absolutely thrilled to have Marina as my…
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 to Northey Island as part of…
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 submitted to the award, will be published in September 2021,…
We are thrilled to announce that BPA client Carly Reagon has signed with Cathryn Summerhayes at Curtis Brown. The news followed the announcement that Carly was also shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize for her entry “I’ll Find You”. This is such a huge success, and here is what Carly had to say about…
We are delighted that author and BPA client Ruby Speechley has been signed by Hera for two psychological thrillers, the first of which will be published in July 2019. This success comes just less than a year after Ruby signed with agent Jo Bell from the Bell Lomax Moreton agency. Ruby is a talented writer…
Yesterday evening we had the pleasure of attending the launch for Carolyn Kirby’s debut novel ‘The Conviction of Cora Burns’. We are incredibly pleased about how far both the novel and Carolyn have come since we awarded her first prize in the inaugural blue pencil agency First Novel Award back in 2017, judged by agent…
On June 6 writers at our Wiltshire retreat were inspired and enthused by the very talented Claire Fuller who kindly came to talk about her journey to getting published, the inspiration behind her best selling novels Our Endless Numbered Days and Swimming Lessons and the tricks of good story telling. She also gave loads of…
Client Ruby Speechley posts about her journey to landing an agent “It’s been a long journey to find the right agent, but once we connected, it was a fairly swift process. I’m delighted to have signed with Jo Bell and the team at Bell Lomax Moreton Literary Agency. There are so many people to thank…
Congratulations to last year’s winner of the Award, Carolyn Kirby whose historical thriller Half of You was recently acquired by No Exit Press in the UK and Commonwealth with North American rights snapped up by Dzanc Books. Caroline describes winning the Award as “a real breakthrough in my writing life.” She is represented by the…
We asked author Fiona Mitchell, author of The Maids Room to give some tips to writers entering the 2018 competition: What will you be looking for in the competition line up? I’d love to see a brilliant character-led novel with a dynamic, original voice. I adore uplifting fiction, but am also a sucker for a book…