Annual Archives: 2021

8th December 2021

David Veevers wins a Giles St Aubyn Prize for Non-fiction

David Veevers has won a 2021 Giles St Aubyn Prize for Non-fiction. He receives £2,500 to go towards his forthcoming history, A New History of... more »
30th November 2021

Piatkus bags fairy-tale debut from Luci Adams

Piatkus has acquired Not That Kind of Ever After, a “modern fairytale” from debut author, Luci Adams. Publisher Anna Boatman and assistant editor Sarah Murphy negotiated... more »
22nd November 2021

Rugby star Steve Thompson’s memoir sold to Blink Publishing

Blink Publishing, part of Bonnier Books, has bought world rights in a “moving and brave” memoir from rugby player Steve Thompson, who has been diagnosed... more »
29th October 2021

Two books by Ian Friel shortlisted for The Mountbatten Award for Best Book

BRITAIN AND THE OCEAN ROAD and BREAKING SEAS, BROKEN SHIPS by Dr Ian Friel were both shortlisted for the 2021 Mountbatten Award for Best Book.... more »
15th October 2021

Watson, Little Prize 2021 Winner Announced!

The Watson, Little Prize is delighted to announce its inaugural winner, Diana McCaulay, for an extract from her novel Roots of Stone, as well as... more »
9th September 2021

Martin Edwards’ LIFE OF CRIME to Collins

Collins Crime Club has acquired World English language rights in a new book by Martin Edwards – the first major history of crime fiction in... more »
3rd September 2021

Titan lands Christopher Fowler’s Hot Water thriller

Titan Books has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights excluding Canada a new thriller from Christopher Fowler entitled HOT WATER. The book will be published on... more »
13th August 2021

Tamsin Omond’s book on climate change to be published by Do Books

Do Books will publish a book on climate change called Do Earth: Healing Strategies for Humankind by non-binary eco-activist Tamsin Omond, who is also standing for... more »
12th August 2021

Marianne Eloise’s memoir OBSESSIVE, INTRUSIVE, MAGICAL THINKING to Icon Books

Icon Books have acquired UK and Commonwealth rights in Marianne Eloise‘s memoir OBSESSIVE, INTRUSIVE, MAGICAL THINKING, which delves into her experiences as an autistic woman... more »
11th August 2021

Alex Pavesi and Michael Taylor on HWA Prize longlists!

Alex Pavesi and Michael Taylor have been longlisted for the 2021 Historical Writers’ Awards. EIGHT DETECTIVES, by Alex Pavesi, is on the HWA Debut Crown... more »
5th August 2021

Alex Pavesi’s EIGHT DETECTIVES has been shortlisted for The Glass Bell Award 2021

Alex Pavesi‘s EIGHT DETECTIVES has been shortlisted for the 2021 The Glass Bell Awards 2021! Judged by the team at Goldsboro Books, the Glass Bell... more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »