2023 - Watson Little

21st December 2023

What We Are Reading This Festive Period

As we look forward to the winter holiday, we’ve been chatting in the office about our favourite books this year and what we are looking... more »

15th December 2023

A Q&A with Mandy Little

This week, we interviewed long standing literary agent Mandy Little. Mandy joined what was then Bolt & Watson in 1981 and the agency became Watson,... more »

14th December 2023

Pan Mac scoops deep dive on secrets by Heretics host Gold

Pan Macmillan has acquired world rights to journalist and podcaster Andrew Gold’s debut book, The Psychology of Secrets: My Adventures With Murderers, Cults and Influencers. Originally... more »

1st December 2023

Frankfurt 2023 Roundup

Watson, Little had a great Frankfurt Book Fair, with over a hundred foreign meetings from over twenty-five countries, which may well be the record yet!... more »

18th October 2023

Footnote Press bags ‘luminous’ group biography of ‘forgotten communist radicals’ from Casey

Footnote Press has signed Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of World Revolution, a “luminous” group biography of the “forgotten communist radicals” who found friendship at a... more »

8th September 2023

Renard Press signs Diell’s ‘beautifully crafted’ debut novel about a woman who lays an egg

Renard Press has acquired Rose Diell’s debut novel Fledging, which was longlisted for the Reflex Press Novella Award 2022 and is described as “a brilliantly original... more »

29th August 2023

Mirror Books scoops Lederer’s ‘riotously funny’ memoir

Mirror Books has acquired Helen Lederer’s “riotously funny” memoir Not That I’m Bitter – A Truly, Madly, Funny Memoir, scheduled for release in April 2024.... more »

11th August 2023

Canelo lands two Australian-set rom-coms from debut author Lauren Ford

Emily Bedford at Canelo has acquired World English Language rights to two standalone, Australian-set rom-coms, by debut author Lauren Ford from Megan Carroll. Liv Is Not... more »

19th July 2023

S&S gets its paws on Mara’s ‘joyful’ series THE DOG PARK DETECTIVES

Simon & Schuster UK has snapped up The Dog Park Detectives series by Blake Mara. Katherine Armstrong, deputy publishing director for adult fiction, acquired world... more »

7th July 2023

Michael O’Mara to publish new biography of Elizabeth I

Michael O’Mara Books is to publish Young Elizabeth: Princess, Prisoner, Queen by Dr Nicola Tallis, the first fully comprehensive biography of the young Elizabeth I in over... more »

30th June 2023

Walker Books snaps up ‘riotously funny’ Totally Chaotic History series

Walker Books has bought UK & Commonwealth rights in a “riotously funny new series” called TOTALLY CHAOTIC HISTORY from public historian, author and You’re Dead... more »

24th May 2023

Orbit acquires Emma Vieceli and Malin Ryden’s enemies-to-lovers queer BREAKS

Orbit has acquired three manga volumes of BREAKS, a popular webcomic by Emma Vieceli and Malin Rydén. Editorial director Jenni Hill bought World English rights... more »

2nd May 2023

Watson, Little acquires Juliet Burton Literary Agency

Watson, Little has acquired the Juliet Burton Literary Agency, the agency founded by Burton in 1999. Juliet Burton joins the agency as Consultant, with the... more »

24th April 2023

Harvill Secker signs two more in Chowdhury’s Detective Kamil Rahman series

Harvill Secker has acquired two more thrillers in Ajay Chowdhury’s Detective Kamil Rahman series. World all-language rights were acquired by deputy publisher Katie Ellis-Brown, from... more »

13th April 2023

The Bookseller: Sheila Watson, co-founder of Watson, Little has died aged 92.

Sheila Watson, co-founder of Watson, Little has died aged 92. Mandy Little, chairman at Watson, Little writes: A graduate of King’s College London, Sheila joined Heinemann... more »

6th April 2023

Screen Gems & Temple Hill Team For Horror Novel ‘The Rule Of Three’

Don’t forget The Rule of Three/It’s coming for you/Like it came for me. Can you change your own fate? That question haunts three women. As they become increasingly... more »

27th March 2023

The Bookseller: Joanne Harris pays tribute to her friend and cheerleader, the late writer Christopher Fowler.

Confession: I’ve never done this before. To write a person’s obituary seems like a very final act, and I don’t want this to be final.... more »

9th March 2023

Duckworth scoops new historical novel by Anika Scott

Duckworth has scooped Anika Scott’s new historical novel. Rowan Cope, publisher, secured UK and British Commonwealth rights for print and e-book for The Soviet Sisters from... more »

3rd March 2023

The Guardian: Bryant & May novelist Christopher Fowler has died aged 69

Christopher Fowler, author of the Bryant & May series of detective novels, has died at the age of 69, having been diagnosed with cancer three... more »

27th January 2023

Andersen Press snaps up evocative debut from Noor Khan

Andersen Press has acquired the début fiction book from Hiba Noor Khan, which tells the true story of the Grand Mosque of Paris during the... more »