Annual Archives: 2021

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  13th July 2021

  Professor Samson Kambalu wins Fourth Plinth commission

  Samson Kambalu, Professor of Fine Art at Ruskin School of Art, has won a commission for a place on the ‘fourth plinth’ in Trafalgar Square... more »

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  22nd June 2021

  #watsonlittleprize – Watson, Little staff make their upmarket fiction choices

  In celebration of the agency’s 50th anniversary, we are delighted to launch the Watson, Little Prize. The prize is international, genre-specific, and in this inaugural... more »

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  17th June 2021

  EIGHT DETECTIVES by Alex Pavesi is on the Glass Bell 2021 longlist!

  Goldsboro Books have announced the longlist for the 2021 Glass Bell Award, and it includes Alex Pavesi‘s brilliant debut EIGHT DETECTIVES! Now in its fifth... more »

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  16th June 2021

  We are delighted to announce the launch of The Watson Little Prize!

  In celebration of the agency’s 50th anniversary, Watson, Little Ltd is delighted to announce the launch of the Watson, Little Prize. The prize is international,... more »

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  10th June 2021

  Akemi Tanaka wins D&AD Award

  Akemi Tanaka has won a D&AD Award for her beautiful design for THE POWER OF CHOWA. The prize’s website wrote: “The Power of Chōwa is... more »

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  28th May 2021

  Michael Taylor – THE INTEREST is on the Orwell Prize shortlist 2021

  Michael Taylor’s THE INTEREST: How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery (The Bodley Head) has been shortlisted for The Orwell Prize for Political... more »

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  28th May 2021

  Remembering Akemi Tanaka 1959-2021

  ‘In Japan, when you turn 60, you are reborn.’ So Akemi Tanaka told us in 2019, when she not only celebrated her 60th birthday, but... more »

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  3rd May 2021

  Alan Moore’s ILLUMINATIONS and LONG LONDON sold to Bloomsbury

  Paul Baggaley, editor-in-chief at Bloomsbury, has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights including audio from James Wills at Watson Little for two major projects from Alan... more »

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  29th April 2021

  Mara Timon’s CITY OF SPIES shortlisted for Specsavers Crime Fiction Debut Award

  Congratulations to Mara Timon, who has been shortlisted for the 2021 Specsavers Crime Fiction Debut Award for her debut novel CITY OF SPIES (Bonnier). CRIMEFEST... more »

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  15th April 2021

  Martin Edwards and Christopher Fowler longlisted for CWA Dagger Awards 2021

  Two Watson, Little authors have been longlisted for the Crime Writer’s Association (CWA) Dagger Awards 2021. Martin Edwards for HOWDUNIT (Collins Crime) is on the... more »

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  9th April 2021

  Michael Taylor’s THE INTEREST longlisted for Orwell Prize

  Michael Taylor’s THE INTEREST: How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery (The Bodley Head) has been longlisted for The Orwell Prize for Political... more »

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  5th March 2021

  Watson, Little featured in The Bookseller

  Managing Director James Wills was interviewed by Tom Tivnan at The Bookseller as part of a feature celebrating the agency’s fiftieth anniversary. An excerpt from... more »

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  22nd February 2021

  Head of Zeus has signed two more ‘Golden Age Gothic’ books from Martin Edwards

  Laura Palmer, publishing director for fiction at Head of Zeus, has bought two new Golden Age murder mysteries from Diamond Dagger winner Martin Edwards. Palmer... more »

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  9th February 2021

  Watson, Little Ltd Literary Agency celebrates its 50th anniversary

  Watson, Little Ltd is delighted to announce it is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Originally incorporated as Bolt and Watson Ltd in February 1971, the agency... more »