BOOKS
Johnson & Alcock
Mare
Emily Haworth-Booth The children’s author and graphic novelist’s Myslexia Prize-winning literary début draws on the conventions of fable, poetry and the lyric essay to challenge the idea of contemporary motherhood.
Agent Ed Wilson Rights UK and Commonwealth (Granta)
Oddbody Rose Keating “Weird, transgressive and utterly unique” literary horror/gothic début short story collection from a Marian Keyes Young Writer Award winner.
Agent Ed Wilson Rights UK (Canongate), US (Simon & Schuster)
Sunbirds Penelope Slocombe “Gripping” upmarket novel about the shift in identity through life and the grief of loss, following Anne on her quest to find her 20-year-old son, who disappeared in the Himalayas seven years earlier.
Agent Anna Power Rights UK (John Murray Press), Germany, Italy, Hungary
Hiroshima Men Iain MacGregor The latest from the historian—and Head of Zeus publishing director— is the “page-turning” narrative of the personal experiences of key figures across continents from 1936–46, when the world was plunged into a catastrophic global conflict.
Agent Anna Power Rights UK (Constable), US (Scribner)
The Language of Lies Dr Kirsty King Real-life case studies and stories to show how language can reveal the liars among us—and the linguistic clues to how you can spot truth from lies.
Agent Michael Alcock Rights UK (Cornerstone)
Frankfurt Book Fair 2024 Agents’ hotlists
Jonathan Clowes
Love Child Maureen Duffy Reissue of Duffy’s 1971 classic, in which, on holiday in their villa in Italy, a love affair develops between the mother and the father’s secretary.
Agent Nemonie Craven Rights North America (McNally Editions), German (Reclam)
Quelques pas dans les pas d’un ange: une enfance avec Marc Chagall David McNeil Recollections of an extraordinary childhood as the son of Marc Chagall, with photos and illustrations.
Agent Nemonie Craven Rights France (Gallimard)
The Tailor of Temperance Town David Llewellyn The Polari-shortlisted author’s newest set in the multicultural Cardiff of the early 20th century, inspired by the real-life trial for “indecency” of Louis Perlin.
Agent Nemonie Craven Rights UK and Commonwealth (Parthian)
¡Viva Palestina! The story of the Palestinian revolution in Latin America Jacob Norris & Layla Zaglul Ruiz Exploring the links between Palestinian and Latin American politics, based on oral history including conversations with Yasser Arafat’s Nicaraguan lover.
Agent Nemonie Craven
An American Book of the Dead Kirsten Norrie “Transportive, deeply intelligent” début novel by Norrie, also known as musician and Bloodaxe poet MacGillivray.
Agent Nemonie Craven Rights UK and Commonwealth (Broken Sleep)
Kate Hordern Literary Agency
Christmas at a Highland Castle
10 4th October 2024 IAIN MACGREGOR
Rachel Barnett Jess’s new job as housekeeper at Kirkshield Castle feels like something out of a fairytale, but then she meets the new earl and his widowed mother, and realises she’s not exactly welcome. But perhaps the magic of Christmas will spark romance and make the castle a home?
Agent Anne Williams Rights World English (Bonnier Embla)
Maria Theresa: Empress Richard Bassett New biography of the formidable Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, the single most powerful woman in 18th century Europe, using hitherto unpublished sources.
Agent Kate Hordern Rights World English (Yale UP)
A Class Act Julie Houston The first in a new series from Kindle top 10 bestseller Houston, set in the world of London’s West End musical theatre, and a Yorkshire village.
Agent Anne Williams Rights World English (Boldwood), options in Denmark, Germany
The Falmouth Spy Frederick Petford “Charming” 1914 Falmouth-set crime novel with Alma—unexpectedly becoming the heir of Timperley Hall aged 22—joining local police to find the killer of maid who was murdered during a Zeppelin air raid.
Agent Kate Hordern
Main Character Era Laura Starkey
Agent Saskia Leach Rights World English (HarperCollins)
In Starkey’s fourth romance, English literature lecturer Jess swaps academia for a role as a script consultant on a TV show of her beloved 18th-century author Georgiana Scott’s historical romantic novel.
Agent Kate Hordern Rights World English (Bonnier Embla), option in Denmark
Kate Nash Literary Agency
Soul Hate
Hannah Kingsley Romantasy début where everyone has a soul mate, but also a “soul hate”. What if you fall for the one you are fated to destroy?
The Secret Pianist Andie Newton The bestseller tells a gripping story of female bravery and sisterhood in wartime France.
Agent Kate Nash Rights World English (HarperCollins)
Wolf 6 Alex Shaw First of a new series in which an elite Ukrainian assassin has to confront the deadly legacy of his and his family’s past.
Agent Justin Nash Rights World English (Boldwood)
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife June O’Sullivan A young lightkeeper’s wife struggles to protect her family in an inhospitable landscape at the edge of the known world in this début novel inspired by a true story.
Agent Francesca Riccardi Rights World English (Poolbeg)
The Vicarage Murder Faith Martin A vicar’s wife turns sleuth in this newly reissued series from the phenomenal bestseller.
Agent Kate Nash Rights World English (Joffe), Estonian (Eesti Raamat)
Ki Agency
The Gilded Crown Marianne Gordon “The Witch’s Heart meets The Foxglove King” in a dark fantasy début about a woman who can bring people back from the dead, and the princess she must protect. First in the Raven’s Trade series.
Agent Meg Davis Rights World English (HarperVoyager), Russia (AST) and Ukraine (Knigolove)
The Antlered King Marianne Gordon Second in the Raven’s Trade series is a “thrilling” fantasy following Hellevir’s story as she navigates political expectations, losing pieces of herself (quite literally) and figuring out who she is.
Agent Meg Davis
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