Pontas Agency


The Prophecy of the Birds (Le Présage des Oiseaux) Myriam Chirousse Set in a reimagined Middle Ages, Chirousse’s contemporary fable is about a woman who silences her desires for the common good, until the day her city burns.


Agent Anna Soler-Pont French Le Soir Venu/Jouvence


The Shipikisha Club Mubanga Kalimamukwento Three generations of Zambian women are confronted with the reality of the female condition in a courtroom drama.


Agent Clara Rosell


UK Cassava Republic, US Dzanc Books, French Éditions de l’Aube, Italian Astoria, Brazil, South Africa


Born at the End of the World Donica Merhazion An epic of espionage, love and sacrifice in 1970s Eritrea, where two young people find each other in the underground resistance.


Agent Anna Soler-Pont World English Catalyst


Mamita Gustavo Rodríguez The Peruvian literary star’s witty metafictional novel traces the extraordinary story of his family back to the Putumayo genocide.


Agent Anna Soler-Pont


World English Charco, Spanish Alfaguara


The Shepherd and the Whale (La Baleine et le Berger) Olivier Truc At the end of the 19th century in Corsica, a young goat shepherd stumbles upon a stranded whale and the lifeless body of a young sailor.


Agent Anna Soler-Pont French Éditions Cambourakis


Portobello Literary


Under the Hammer Samantha Dooey-Miles ( 26) Insightful, hilarious and pacey, this debut novel, described as “the ultimate Generation Rent revenge novel”, will be cathartic to every disillusioned tenant.


Agent Caro Clarke Agent Nelle Andrew


UK & Commonwealth excluding Canada Verve Books, German Atrium, French Le MacGuffin


Joy, Joy, Nothing Else Soula Emmanuel The award-winning Irish writer’s provocative, modern and literary Greek tragedy about fate, modernity and the perils of getting everything you want. “Anne Enright meets Yorgos Lanthimos.”


Agent Caro Clarke


Q Is for Garden Jenny Chamarette A moving and tender exploration of the connections between the natural world and queerness, binaries, fluidity, culture and the paths we choose.


Agent Caro Clarke UK & Commonwealth excluding Canada


Manchester University Press


The Great Escapism Joe Donnelly Donnelly’s fascinating look at how to escape from reality and relieve stress while celebrating video games.


Agent Caro Clarke


The New Eden JC Niala Combining memoir, social history and cultural commentary, Niala celebrates city life and asks what we are missing by overlooking nature in the everyday.


Agent Caro Clarke World English Gaia


UK & Commonwealth, US Del Rey, Germany dtv, Spain Urano, Italy Newton Compton, France Olympe, Brazil, Portugal, Greece, Hungary, Ukraine


1912: Reinvention, Rebellion and Revolt – The Year that Changed Women’s Lives Forever and its Bittersweet Legacy Annabel Abbs A gripping narrative seen through the lens of women as they grapple with profound shifts of status, opportunity and new notions of what a "New Woman" is.


The Brain Game Dr Soumya Mukherjee A neurosurgeon’s guide to upgrading brain health and performance.


Agent Rachel Mills


UK & Commonwealth Cornerstone, North America Hanover Square, Germany Fischer, Spain Destino, Italy Vallardi, Netherlands and six others


The Library of Stars Jordan Rose An “enchanting” fantasy that explores the pull between legacy, duty and destiny.


Agent Nelle Andrew


Ratri Saranya Murthi The Deborah Rogers Award winner’s debut, in which 11-year-old Ratri is cast in a horror film. With ever more disturbing events taking place both on and off set, will she be able to keep hold on reality?


Agent Matthew Marland


The Castle Jon Ronson Ronson journeys into a world of masculinity in crisis.


Agent Natasha Fairweather UK Viking


The Neverfear Katherine Rundell The third Impossible Creatures title, set in the magical world of the Archipelago.


Agent Claire Wilson


UK Bloomsbury, US Knopf, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey


Agent Rebecca Carter UK & Commonwealth John Murray Press


Everlasting Oak Song: Meetings With Miraculous Trees Robert Penn With his trademark blend of science, history, memoir and nature writing, Penn travels through Britain to explore the story and biology of 10 remarkable 1,000-year-old oak trees.


Agent Rebecca Carter


Limitless: Tech Visions of a Counter-Elite Unbound Benjamin R Teitelbaum The American academic and ethnographer, who has studied the far-right for a long time, examines the ideologies of the techno-futurists.


Agent Rebecca Carter World English Verso


UK Tuskar Rock, US New Directions, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Hungary, Denmark


UK & Commonwealth HQ, Germany dtv, Italy Newton Compton, under offer in US, Canada


Feel Human Dr Ayan Panja An accessible guide for the millions of busy people who have no medical diagnosis but are sick of feeling “not quite right”.


Agent Rachel Mills Agent Matthew Marland


UK Faber, US Viking, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden


The Security of the Hungarian Nation: Hunting for a Butterfly László Krasznahorkai The 2025 Nobel Laureate’s new novel about friendship, politics, butterflies, quantum physics and human nature.


Agent Laurence Laluyax


Rachel Mills Literary


The Last Act of Albert Hodge Laura Foster Octogenarian Hodge moves into Pear Tree Place intending to wait for death. But then his new neighbour Sylvia drags him into a decades-old search for justice and revenge.


RCW


The Newer World Sebastian Barry Barry’s newest is set in the world of Days Without End, following Tennyson Bouguereau – freed man, devoted brother, nascent singer, conflicted soldier and wanted man – in the aftermath of the American Civil War.


Rebecca Carter Literary


St Rita’s Day Lauren J Joseph Joseph is “at the top of her game” with a Muriel Spark-ish third novel about female friendship, intergenerational angst and the pursuit of bodily autonomy, set over a hot London summer.


Agent Rebecca Carter Such Stuff


Hannah Morrish Actor Morrish’s extraordinary and immersive debut about love, identity and grief, set during the hour before a young woman goes on stage to play Miranda in The Tempest.


Agent Rebecca Carter UK & Commonwealth Sceptre


The English Boys Sameer Rahim A tragicomedy of male friendship and cultural identity, as two Muslim boys navigate their London sixth-form school-days at the end of the 20th century.


Rich Lit Rights


The Kennedy Rule KC Carmichael A steamy rivals-to-lovers gay romance featuring hockey-league pressure, locker-room loyalty and the kind of love that conquers all.


Agent Rachel Richardson on behalf of Storm


World English Storm, French Bragelonne, German LYX, Italian Giunti, Spanish Urano, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish, South American Portuguese, Romanian


A Fall to Remember Ellie Alexander Bestseller Alexander’s latest is a cosy, heartwarming romance “perfect for fans of Laurie Gilmore, Julie Olivia and Misty Wilson”.


Agent Rachel Richardson on behalf of Storm


The Mudpuddle Manual of Natural Magic Ciara Blume Cosy fantasy about an “ordinary” woman and the magical bakery and café she unexpectedly inherits, aimed at “anyone who believes it’s never too late for second chances”.


Agent Rachel Richardson on behalf of Storm


Father, a Fugue Jason Reynolds Two estranged brothers, with 20 years between them, reconnect on a road trip after their father’s death in this adult debut from the award- winning children’s author.


Agent Rachel Richardson on behalf of Heirloom Literary


UK Bloomsbury, US Scribner, German Reihe Hanser, Italian Rizzoli, Spanish Urano


The Blue Butterfly Philip Fracassi Speculative dark thriller about a young fashion designer who discovers a starlet’s vintage wardrobe, catapulting her back in time to relive one of Hollywood’s most infamous murders.


Agent Rachel Richardson on behalf of Confluence Literary World English Union Square


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