Pitch Prize Winners Announcement

Pitch Prize Winner Amy Twigg to be Published by Tinder Press

When we read Amy Twigg’s submission to the Pitch Prize in 2021, we knew it was something special, and we’re delighted that Spoilt Creatures will be published by Headline’s Tinder Press as their lead fiction title for 2024. After the competition...

BPA Hosts the 2023 Spring Away Day

The Spring Away Day is always a highlight of our year at BPA, and it was wonderful to meet so many writers from across the country at this year’s event on Saturday April 22. Author Emma Darwin began the day with a ‘First Draft to Final Draft’...

BPA Client Claire Quinn Signs with Maddalena Cavaciuti at DHA

We’re thrilled for BPA Client Claire Quinn, who has signed with Literary Agent Maddalena Cavaciuti at David Higham Associates with her debut thriller. After being mentored by Tess O’Bamber at BPA, Claire was longlisted for the Cheshire Novel Prize and...

Away Day Guest Ana Garcia Signs with Joanna Swainson

We are delighted for novelist Ana Garcia, who has signed with literary agent Joanna Swainson after pitching to her at the BPA Away Day in October. Joanna judged the Pitch Prize in 2021, and we can’t think of a better match for Ana. Her debut novel BLANCA, a...

BPA First Novel Award Winning THE ACCIDENT by Julia Stone is Out Now

Julia Stone, winner of the BPA First Novel Award 2018, has released her second psychological suspense novel with Orion Dash. The Accident, which won the competition under the title My Poor Deluded Girl, is available now from Amazon, Bookshop.org and more.   ‘I...