Thursday, March 30, 2023
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...Tuesday, May 25, 2021
With the deadline of the BPA First Novel Award 2021 approaching, we decided to catch up with some of our past winners and shortlisted writers. It always gives us a huge thrill to hear that a novelist who amazed us has signed with a literary agent or that a book that...Thursday, March 11, 2021
We are absolutely delighted to announce that Tess O’Hara, who heads the editorial team, has signed up with Eve White literary agency with her novel, The Shelter. Sara says: Tess came to Bluepencilagency just over a year ago and fitted into the BPA team instantly. We...
Sunday, January 31, 2021
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...
