IN DEPTH
London Book Fair Special Company Spotlight: Greyhound Literary
A year on from inception, Greyhound still buzzes with racetrack energy
The founders of Greyhound Literary, Charlie Campbell and Sam Edenborough, have ensured that the agency will not be short of ideas having recruited a stable of established agents
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Julie Vuong @julesvuong
04 31st March 2023
have to give Charlie Campbell and Sam Edenborough credit; I didn’t expect them to deliver an “oven-ready” profile that sums up a year of Greyhound Literary. But here they are at the National Theatre café for our meeting, impeccably prepared. Edenborough has already considered “what the pull quote for Greyhound” would be, having quizzed a journalist friend, and the pitch is a slick one: Greyhound is a company of established agents with start-up energy. “We’ve got all the talents, we’ve got people from all different backgrounds, and if you look at our client list, we’ve got best in class in all sorts of categories, includ- ing prize-winners and bestsellers,” says Edenborough. He adds, smiling: “We haven’t covered every single possible part of the market, but we’re working on that.” It’s been a year of highs since Greyhound—formerly Charlie Campbell Literary Agents—flew out of the blocks
PICTURED, LEFT TO RIGHT: DOTTI IRVING, SAM EDENBOROUGH, CHARLIE CAMPBELL, NATALIE GALUSTIAN, JULIA SILK. SEATED LEFT TO RIGHT:MARIA BRANNAN AND CHARLOTTE ATYEO
when Edenborough joined Campbell as co-owner and rights director. Today, there is another cause for celebra- tion: The British Book Awards shortlist announcement sees two of the agency’s titles on the Non-Fiction: Narrative shortlist—Alan Rickman’s diaries Madly, Deeply (Canongate) and Manni and Reuben Coe’s memoir
brother.do.you.love.me (Litle Toller). “It has been really exciting to be part of a company that behaves as a start-up in all sorts of ways,” Edenborough says. “Particularly in terms of being innovative and not cleaving to a particular tradition, behaviour or [way of ] thinking about business. But at the same time, because of Charlie, Charlote Ateo, Natalie Galustian and Julia Silk’s hard work, there’s a great base to be building on.” The duo have been particularly discerning with hiring, diligently homing in on esteemed agents to fulfil different areas of the market. Doti Irving, former c.e.o. of PR powerhouse Four Culture, and co-founder of the Baillie Gifford (then the Samuel Johnson Prize), joined in autumn last year, “bringing her own incredible address book”.
Photography: Spirited Photography
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