27th February 2026
Originate Literary Agency
The Wilding’s Path: A Reclamation of Your Authentic Self Katrice Horsley “Deep within the dark fairytale forest of your being, there is a vital and true part of yourself, waiting to be welcomed home.” Self-help title inviting us to decolonise our bodies from the dominant narrative defining us.
Agent Natalie Jerome Untitled
Anchal Seda ( 23) Powerful memoir from the author of What Would the Aunties Say? exploring South Asian culture. Covers love-bombing, the weaponisation of cultural familiarity and how psychological control can dismantle even the most capable women.
Agent Natalie Jerome
Black Girl, Disrupted Sylvia Ikomi Collection of this Black girlhood specialist’s work including her case studies of Child Q and Ma’Khia Bryant, and her Churchill Fellowship study on the adultification of Black girls in state care.
Agent Natalie Jerome
Kaisar Jiwa “Until we meet again, keep fighting for your dreams.” When a mafia prince and a devout village girl cross paths by fate, their hearts must choose between love, power and faith.
Agent Natalie Jerome Malaysia
Paper Literary
Pox August Thomas A sweeping historical novel based on the true story of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, the daring 18th-century adventurer and smallpox survivor. “For fans of Maggie O’Farrell and Lauren Groff.”
Agent Katie Greenstreet
How to Save a Dog from the Underworld SJ Cristea Debut fantasy romcom following a necromancer willing to go to hell and back for her dog – literally. Jodie travels to the Underworld to retrieve her beloved dead dog’s soul, only to find Zach, the infuriating God of the Underworld, pet sitting.
Agent Kiya Evans
Polite Conversation with the Enemy Seema Mitra A debut upmarket novel set in Manchester following a contemporary British Indian family. Set during a week of upheaval and told from the points of view of the three adult siblings, this title is “for readers of Monica Ali and Claire Lombardo”.
Agent Catherine Cho
Big Olive Abby Manship “Pineapple Street meets The Hunting Wives” in a southern-fried ensemble-cast novel set over the course of 24 hours in a South Carolina country club, shot through with upstairs/downstairs dynamics and a The White Lotus-esque murder-mystery angle.
Agent Katie Greenstreet
PEW
California Schemin’: How Two Lads from Scotland Conned the Music Industry Gavin Bain The true story of how a young rap duo from Dundee duped the music industry into believing that they were star rappers from the US.
Agent Patrick Walsh UK & Commonwealth Simon & Schuster
Rule of Lies: My Wild Ride Through Chaos, Corruption and Murder in Putin’s Russia Jamison Firestone Memoir of how the son of a New York conman became a daredevil lawyer in Moscow, battling mobsters, before morphing into an internationally renowned activist battling Putin’s corruption.
Agent Patrick Walsh World English HarperCollins
Despicable Insects: Creepy Crawly Carnage Dave Goulson An entomologist’s creepy- crawly compendium comprising 101 accounts of delightfully disgusting insect behaviour.
Agent Patrick Walsh UK & Commonwealth Profile
This Is Also a Love Story: Searching for Good in a Divided World Sally Hayden ( 24) Chronicles the human capacity for love and goodness in the middle of war, crisis and disaster.
Agent Patrick Walsh
UK & Commonwealth 4th Estate, North American Scribner, Dutch, Polish
Drawing Down the Sun: How Trees Fuelled Human Civilisation Harriet Rix Documents the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction longlistee Rix’s journey through time and space, examining the centrality of trees to human culture around the world.
Agent Doug Young 23 18 24 RACHEL MEAGHER
PFD
Blood Bound Ellis Hunter One of 2026’s hotly tipped fantasy romance debuts, set against a once-in-a-generation duel to the death between witches and dragons.
Agent Sarah Hornsley
UK HarperVoyager, US Atria, France Editions Seuil, Spain Hidra, Brazil, Poland
Daybreak Autumn Woods The conclusion to Woods’ Sorrowsong University duology is a dark academia romance full of mystery and forbidden love. Can Ophelia and Alex find a way to trust each other and repair the love they had?
Agent Daisy Chandley
UK HarperVoyager, US Zando, Germany Fischer, France Editis, Italy Newton Compton, and 17 others
How to Talk to AI Jamie Bartlett The award-winning tech writer’s essential reading for anyone who wants to discover how AI thinks and reasons.
Agent Caroline Michel UK Ebury, German Piper
A Carol and the Killing Reverend Richard Coles ( 25) Bestseller Coles’ latest Canon Daniel Clement cosy crime, this time set in the festive season.
Agent Tim Bates UK Weidenfeld
Lanvil, 2070 (Tè Mawon) Michael Roch The French cult sensation, shortlisted for both the Prix Utopiales and the Prix Julia Verlanger, imagines a Blade Runner-style Caribbean mega city split between a high-tech upper world and a buried undercity.
AgentsKieron Fairweather, Lucy Barry French La Volte
Like Stars in Sky Jessie James, Brendan Kearney A vibrant picture- book exploration of neurodivergent hyperfocus, in which a little cat’s obsession with the stars helps her to achieve her goals. But something is missing – can the constellations offer a clue?
Agent Hannah Whitty
The Plot Agency
The Mark of Moriarty Jack Anderson Reluctant detective James Moriarty reunites with Clara Mendel, this time in New York City, to solve the impossible disappearance of socialite Viola Bellman and unmask the secretive Arcane Society, whose crimes have the city living in fear.
Agent Marilia Savvides UK Raven, US Crooked Lane
The Trouble at Number 7 Margot Valette Described as “Emily in Paris meets Janice Hallett”, Valette's debut tells the story of Countess Aimée de Villiers, who opens a finishing school in her luxurious Parisian home, hiring influencer Lara Trent to attract students. But she gets more than she bargained for when Lara is suspected of murder. And then, another student turns up dead…
Agent Marilia Savvides
The Plum Agency
Rainbow Lion Jessie James, Anna Süßbauer For all children, and all children who might grow up LGBTQ+, this gorgeous picture book sees a little lion with a rainbow mane find his lost colours again.
Agent Hannah Whitty
Come with Casper Tim Budgen Come with Casper and his magical backpack on a new adventure in this joyful, character- led, preschool picture book series from debut author and established illustrator Budgen.
Agent Hannah Whitty
When Dragon Lost his Roar Paula Bowles A remarkable, empowering picture book for families navigating serious illness and uncertainty, from The British Book Awards 2025 shortlistee.
Agent Hannah Whitty
The Heart of Tanglewood Jonny Lambert Lambert’s “luminous” picture book has three determined friends help a forest spirit find his lost heart.
Agent Hannah Whitty
25
26
London Book Fair Special
Agents’ Hotlists
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68
