Posts By: Donald Winchester
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6th February 2025
Lucie McKnight Hardy moves to John Murray with new folk horror novel
Welsh author Lucie McKnight Hardy is moving to John Murray with a new folk horror novel. Yassine Belkacemi, editorial director at John Murray, an imprint... more »
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24th January 2025
Michael Taylor’s IMPOSSIBLE MONSTERS shortlisted for The Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize
Congratulations to Michael Taylor, whose IMPOSSIBLE MONSTERS (The Bodley Head) has been shortlisted for The Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2025! The winner will be... more »
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10th January 2025
Canelo signs Michael Arnold’s series on the Roman invasion of Britain
Canelo has signed a four-book deal with Michael Arnold for The Savage Isles series that looks at the Roman invasion of Britain from the perspective... more »
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25th November 2024
Hachette Children’s partners with RSC, RSB and IOP for new education series
Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) is partnering with Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Royal Society of Biology (RSB) and the Institute of Physics (IOP) for a... more »
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10th October 2024
Hera signs ’emotional’ 1960s-set saga series from Pam Weaver
Hera has signed a three-book deal for Pam Weaver’s new 1960s-set saga series. Commissioning editor Jennie Ayres acquired world English-language rights from Megan Carroll at... more »
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30th September 2024
Hiba Noor Khan wins at The Week Junior Book Awards 2024
The winners of The Week Junior Book Awards 2024, brought to you by The Week Junior and The Bookseller, with partners WHSmith, World Book Day and... more »
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18th September 2024
Andersen Press to publish Hiba Noor Khan’s ‘unforgettable’ novel as a super-lead title
Andersen Press has landed The Line They Drew Through Us, an “unforgettable” novel set against the backdrop of the Partition of India from Hiba Noor Khan.... more »
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19th August 2024
Matthew Fox To Headline ‘The Assassin’ Drama Series In Works At Max From John Glenn, Gaumont & Entertainment 360
Lost alum Matthew Fox has signed on to star in The Assassin, a new drama series from writer-producer John Glenn (SEAL Team) in development at Max, sources tell Deadline. Gaumont and Entertainment 360 set the series up... more »
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31st July 2024
Lynne Reid Banks: ‘She didn’t just write stories, they were real to her’
Gillon Stephenson pays tribute to his late mother, the celebrated author Lynne Reid Banks, on what would have been her 95th birthday “Never send to... more »
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18th July 2024
Simon & Schuster swoops for C B Everett’s ‘jaw-dropping’ gothic thriller
Simon & Schuster has swooped for The Other People, a high-concept gothic thriller from C B Everett, the pseudonym for Martyn Waites. Deputy publishing director Katherine Armstrong... more »
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16th July 2024
Atlantic Fiction nabs a ‘swaggering debut’ about London’s ‘girl gangs’
Atlantic Fiction has nabbed The Kings Head, a “swaggering debut of conflict and camaraderie” by Kelly Frost, about a London gang known as the “Teddy Girls”. Joanna... more »
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20th June 2024
Safiyyah’s War has won the Indie Book Prize for the Children’s Fiction category
The awards are curated by independent bookshops, and run as part of Independent Bookshop Week (IBW), which is organised by the Booksellers Association from 15th-22nd... more »
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30th May 2024
Hiba Noor Khan wins the Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize
Hiba Noor Khan has been announced as the winner of the Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize for Safiyyah’s War (Andersen Press). The winner was announced... more »
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30th April 2024
Headline acquires Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock’s new memoir TOXIC
Headline has acquired Toxic: Tackling ‘Razor’ and Finding the Real Me, a memoir from ex-footballer Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock. Consultant sports publisher Jonathan Taylor acquired world English... more »
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16th April 2024
Barbara Nadel’s D I Ikmen novels adapted for BBC
Barbara Nadel’s D I Ikmen novels have been adapted for the screen by the BBC, produced by Miramax in association with Paramount. “The Turkish Detective” series... more »
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4th March 2024
Dialogue Books acquires Diana McCaulay’s book about ownership, land and identity
Dialogue Books has acquired Diana McCaulay’s A House for Miss Pauline — a book about ownership, land and identity. Editorial director Hannah Chukwu acquired UK and Commonwealth... more »
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30th January 2024
Head of Zeus snaps up Alex Churchill’s and Nicolai Eberholst’s ‘radical’ First World War book
Head of Zeus has snapped up Ring of Fire: A New People’s History of the World at War, 1914 by military historians, broadcasters and battlefield guides Alex... more »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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27th January 2023
Simon & Schuster snaps up two thrillers by Ripley
Simon & Schuster UK has acquired two standalone thrillers by Sam Ripley. Deputy publishing director for fiction Katherine Armstrong acquired UK and Commonwealth (excluding Canada)... more »
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28th November 2022
The Watson, Little x Indie Novella Prize
We are absolutely delighted to have teamed up with writers’ forum Indie Novella for a new version of the Watson, Little Prize in 2023. The prize... more »
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15th November 2022
Footnote Press signs exploration of queer single motherhood by Hannah Silva
Writer and performer Hannah Silva’s “genre-fluid memoir that questions what it is to write, to parent and to love”, entitled My Child, the Algorithm, has been... more »
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31st October 2022
Simon & Schuster/Gallery buys rights in SEVENTEEN by Joe Gibson
Gallery has signed SEVENTEEN, an “achingly poignant” memoir written under the pseudonym Joe Gibson. Commissioning editor Alison MacDonald acquired World English Language rights from Donald... more »
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17th October 2022
Cornerstone Press buys rights in THE SOCIAL BRAIN
The Social Brain: The Psychology of Successful Groups by Tracey Camilleri, Samantha Rockey and Robin Dunbar has been signed by Cornerstone Press/PenguinRandomHouse, for publication in... more »
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7th October 2022
Jones, Kinnear and Clifford join starry cast to read Moore’s audiobook
Actors including Toby Jones, Rory Kinnear, Sian Clifford and Emilia Fox are among those who will be recording the audiobook of Alan Moore’s Illuminations (Bloomsbury). In his... more »
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30th September 2022
HQ snaps up two books from Blackhurst, writing as J L Blackhurst
HQ has snapped up two books from Jenny Blackhurst, writing under J L Blackhurst. Cicely Aspinall, senior commissioning editor, acquired world English language rights from... more »
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24th August 2022
Pan Mac lands ‘hilarious’ autobiography from football reporter Shreeves
Matthew Cole, senior commissioning editor at Pan Macmillan has landed Geoff Shreeves’ “wildly entertaining” autobiography Cheers, Geoff! Tales from the Touchline. Cole acquired world rights... more »
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28th July 2022
Alice Bell’s OUR BIGGEST EXPERIMENT shortlisted for Wainwright Prize
Congratulations to Alice Bell, whose OUR BIGGEST EXPERIMENT (Bloomsbury Sigma) has been shortlisted for the 2002 James Cropper Wainwright Prize! Named after much-loved nature writer... more »
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29th June 2022
KEEPING THE HOUSE longlisted for Gordon Burn Prize 2022
Congratulations to Tice Cin, who has added the Gordon Burn Prize longlist to a slew of other prize listings for her debut novel KEEPING THE... more »
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23rd June 2022
Alice Bell and Jeremy Williams are longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2022
Congratulations to Alice Bell (OUR BIGGEST EXPERIMENT) and Jeremy Williams (CLIMATE CHANGE IS RACIST) who have both been longlisted for the 2022 James Cropper Wainwright... more »
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7th June 2022
KEEPING THE HOUSE shortlisted for Desmond Elliott Prize
The accolades keep coming in for KEEPING THE HOUSE – it has now been shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2022. In a shortlist of... more »
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1st June 2022
Tice Cin’s KEEPING THE HOUSE wins a Somerset Maugham Award
Congratulations to Tice Cin for winning a Somerset Maugham Award for her debut novel KEEPING THE HOUSE! The Somerset Maugham Awards are for published works of... more »
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20th April 2022
KEEPING THE HOUSE is on the Jhalak Prize shortlist
The prize accolades keep stacking up for KEEPING THE HOUSE, as it has been shortlisted for the 2022 Jhalak Prize. The Jhalak Prize is an... more »
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4th April 2022
Ajay Chowdhury gets new two book deal with Harvill Secker
Harvill Secker has signed a two book deal with Ajay Chowdhury, the winner of the Bloody Scotland debut prize for The Waiter. Publisher Katie Ellis-Brown... more »
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29th March 2022
Chris Naunton shortlisted for Peter Mackenzie Smith Book Prize 2022
EGYPTOLOGISTS’ NOTEBOOKS by Chris Naunton has been shortlisted for the 2022 Peter Mackenzie Smith Book Prize. The prize was announced in a ceremony on 28... more »
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25th March 2022
Tice Cin shortlisted for British Book Awards
Tice Cin‘s KEEPING THE HOUSE has added another prize listing, this time the British Book Awards‘ Discover Shortlist. The Discover shortlist is aimed at amplifying... more »
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15th March 2022
KEEPING THE HOUSE by Tice Cin is on the Jhalak Prize longlist
Tice Cin‘s debut novel KEEPING THE HOUSE has been longlisted for the 2021 Jhalak Prize. The Jhalak Prize awards celebrate writing by British and British... more »
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15th February 2022
Anika Scott’s THE SOVIET SISTERS sold to Duckworth and William Morrow
Publisher at Duckworth Rowan Cope bought UK and British Commonwealth rights for print and e-book for Anika Scott‘s THE SOVIET SISTERS from Laetitia Rutherford. US... more »
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4th February 2022
Hayley Hoskins takes The Whisperling to Puffin
Puffin has acquired two books by Hayley Hoskins, an “exciting new voice” in historical middle-grade fiction. Assistant editor Katie Sinfield acquired world English rights from... more »
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4th February 2022
Bloomsbury Wins the Internet with Adam B
Bloomsbury Children’s has scooped Adam Wins the Internet, a “properly belly-laugh funny” children’s book from YouTuber and TV presenter Adam Beales, also known as Adam B,... more »
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3rd February 2022
KEEPING THE HOUSE by Tice Cin longlisted for Dylan Thomas Prize
Tice Cin has been longlisted for the 2022 Dylan Thomas Prize for her debut novel, KEEPING THE HOUSE. One of the UK’s most prestigious literary... more »
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13th January 2022
Samson Kambalu’s THE JIVE TALKER bought by September Publishing
September Publishing has acquired an updated edition of Samson Kambalu‘s “wickedly funny, artistic” childhood memoir THE JIVE TALKER: OR HOW TO GET A BRITISH PASSPORT.... more »
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7th January 2022
New novel from Alex Marwood acquired by Sphere
Award-winning author Alex Marwood has written a Jeffrey Epstein-inspired psychological thriller for Sphere, THE ISLAND OF LOST GIRLS, exploring the “obscene levels of wealth and the sex... more »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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10th December 2020
Icon to publish new non-fiction titles from Dr Alice Vernon and Dr James Riley
Icon will publish two books by Watson, Little clients. NIGHT TERRORS, a debut title by Dr Alice Vernon, who investigates the world of nightmares, hallucinations and... more »
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7th December 2020
BBC Studios options Ajay Chowdhury’s prize-winning debut, THE WAITER
BBC Studios has optioned TV rights for THE WAITER by Ajay Chowdhury, winner of the Harvill Secker Crime Writing Competition in association with Bloody Scotland.... more »
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2nd October 2020
Headline Review scoops Freya Berry’s ‘electrifying’ debut at auction
Headline Review will publish Freya Berry’s debut novel, The Dictator’s Wife, as a lead hardback launch in 2022. Editorial director Sherise Hobbs acquired world rights at... more »
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27th August 2020
Trio of Khan titles go to MCB and Walker
Two titles by writer and activist Hiba Noor Khan have been snapped up by Macmillan Children’s Books, with a third going to Walker. Watson Little agent... more »
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19th August 2020
Farrago signs debut ‘rom-com with a twist’ by Lee Farnsworth
Farrago, Duckworth Books’ fiction imprint, has acquired Lee Farnsworth’s debut novel Odd Bird. Editor-at-large Abbie Headon bought world English language rights from James Wills at Watson,... more »
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27th July 2020
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher pens new book for Transworld
Transworld has acquired a new book by former Liverpool FC defender and Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher, The Greatest Games. Editorial director Henry Vines acquired world rights... more »
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17th July 2020
Have a burning history question? Ask Greg Jenner for his new book ASK A HISTORIAN!
Weidenfeld & Nicolson have commissioned public historian, author and podcaster Greg Jenner to write a book answering the funniest, most unique and curious questions he... more »
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29th June 2020
Sophie Claire signs up for three more with Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder & Stoughton has signed a deal for three more books from Sophie Claire. Women’s fiction publisher Kimberley Atkins acquired world rights from Megan Carroll. The... more »
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14th May 2020
Lime Pictures TV option for WATER SHALL REFUSE THEM by Lucie McKnight Hardy
Dead Ink Books are pleased to announce that they have optioned the right to Lucie McKnight Hardy’s debut novel, WATER SHALL REFUSE THEM, to Lime... more »
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3rd March 2020
Short Books snaps up Holan Liang’s A Manifesto For Belonging in pre-empt
Short Books will publish A Manifesto for Belonging: How to Find your Place in a Fractured World by child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr Holan Liang.... more »
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27th February 2020
Martin Edwards wins 2020 Diamond Dagger award for crime writing
Martin Edwards has won the 2020 Diamond Dagger award for writers of “sustained excellence making significant contributions to crime writing”. Edwards joins authors recognised with... more »
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13th December 2019
Walker signs three-book deal with Greg Jenner
Walker Books has signed a three-book deal with “Horrible Histories” historian Greg Jenner. Commissioning editor Daisy Jellicoe acquired world, all languages rights for one gift... more »
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13th November 2019
Bloomsbury buys Henry Scowcroft’s ‘professional and personal’ cancer memoir
A memoir billed as a “popular-science detective story” by science writer Henry Scowcroft has gone to Bloomsbury imprint Green Tree, focusing on his fiancée’s experience of advanced... more »
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8th October 2019
Head of Zeus signs Zoe Somerville’s debut in two-book deal
Head of Zeus has struck a two-book deal with debut author and English teacher Zoë Somerville. Madeleine O’Shea, commissioning editor at Head of Zeus, has... more »
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3rd October 2019
R.G. Adams’ procedural ALLEGATION snapped up for TV
Award-winning producer John Giwa-Amu of Red & Black Films and acclaimed executive music producer Mark Lo of Asylum Giant have partnered in acquiring TV rights... more »
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26th September 2019
Oneworld and St Martin’s Press acquire Sarah Gristwood’s new book THE TUDORS IN LOVE
Oneworld and St Martin’s Press have acquired the new book from Tudor historian Sarah Gristwood, The Tudors in Love: How Romance Made and Marred the... more »
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19th July 2019
Michael Joseph pre-empts Alex Pavesi’s ‘dazzling’ debut
Michael Joseph has triumphed over eight other publishers to pre-empt a “dazzlingly clever” debut mystery novel Eight Detectives by former Waterstones bookseller Alex Pavesi. Publisher Joel Richardson acquired... more »
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11th July 2019
Headline Home pre-empts Akemi Tanaka’s THE POWER OF CHOWA
Headline Home has pre-empted a book by Akemi Tanaka on Chowa, the Japanese philosophy of finding balance in life. Senior commissioning editor Anna Steadman scooped... more »
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22nd May 2019
Michael O’Mara Books to publish biography of Margaret Beaufort by historian Dr Nicola Tallis
Michael O’Mara Books is to publish the first comprehensive popular biography in over thirty years of Margaret Beaufort – mother of Henry VII, the first... more »
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17th May 2019
Bloomsbury snaps up Alice Bell’s OUR BIGGEST EXPERIMENT
Jim Martin, publisher of Bloomsbury Sigma, has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Alice Bell’s Our Biggest Experiment: The History of Climate Change from Donald Winchester. Sigma... more »
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17th May 2019
Martin Edwards nominated in two categories at this years CWA Dagger Awards
Congratulations to Martin Edwards who has been nominated in two categories at this years CWA Daggers. He is up for the CWA Sapere Historical Dagger... more »
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28th March 2019
PRH Children’s buys feminist YA series by Rebecca Elliott
PRH Children’s has bought a feminist teen series about an aspiring female comic by Rebecca Elliott, with the first book in the series Pretty Funny to be... more »
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26th March 2019
Bonnier Zaffre lands Mara Timon’s ‘brilliant’ female spy thriller debut
Zaffre has landed debut author Mara Timon’s “brilliant, expertly-researched” espionage thriller following a female Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent. World rights for City of Spies were acquired... more »
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23rd January 2019
Ajay Chowdhury scoops Harvill Secker BAME crime competition
Tech founder Ajay Chowdhury has won the inaugural Harvill Secker and Bloody Scotland competition with Arvon to find a new crime writer from a BAME (black,... more »
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13th December 2018
Rachel Richardson to join Watson, Little as Rights Director
Rachel Richardson is to join Watson, Little Ltd as Rights Director starting 3rd Janaury 2019. Richardson joins from Rights People, where she spent nine years... more »
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27th November 2018
Wren & Rook buys digital detox book by Vincent Vincent
Vincent Vincent’s latest book TURN OFF, LIVE ON, which encourages children to spend time away from screens will be published by Wren & Rook (part... more »
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1st November 2018
Martin Edwards wins the 2018 CWA Dagger in the Library Award
Congratulations to Martin Edwards who was announced as the winner of the 2018 CWA Dagger in the Library Award. The Dagger in the Library is... more »
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15th October 2018
Lee Rourke’s new novel, GLITCH, sold to Dead Ink Books
Lee Rourke’s third novel, GLITCH, tells the story of L-J who after spending two decades in the US is returning home to his native Suffolk... more »
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12th October 2018
Hutchinson pre-empts Anika Scott’s historical debut THE REMAKING OF CLARA FALKENBERG
Anika Scott’s debut historical novel, THE REMAKING OF CLARA FALKENBERG, has been sold to Sarah Rigby at Hutchinson, Penguin Random House. Hutchinson pre-empted world rights... more »
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10th September 2018
Martin Edwards wins the 2018 Macavity Award for Best Nonfiction
Last weekend mystery and crime writers gathered at Boucheron, the World Mystery Convention in St. Petersburg, Florida for four days of panels, interviews, signings—and, of course, the... more »
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27th July 2018
The Bodley Head acquires Michael Taylor’s new history of the British abolition of slavery in a five-way auction
The UK & Commonwealth rights to The Garden of Good and Evil by debut historian Michael Taylor have been acquired by Will Hammond, deputy publishing... more »
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28th June 2018
Evie Wyld named on the Royal Society of Literature’s new 40 under 40 Fellowship list
Evie Wyld, among others, has been elected into the Royal Society of Literature’s Fellowship under the new 40 Felllows under 40 scheme, three quarters of... more »
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25th June 2018
Head of Zeus to publish new Golden Age murder mystery from Martin Edwards
Nicholas Cheetham, publisher at Head of Zeus, has acquired world rights from James Wills for GALLOWS COURT, the new ‘Golden Age murder mystery’ from Martin... more »
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21st June 2018
Gordon Doherty revealed as the author behind the new Assassin’s Creed Odyssey novelisation
Ubisoft is teaming up with three companies to publish a line-up of books to support the game, one of which is a novelisation scheduled to... more »
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24th May 2018
Martin Edwards nominated in two categories at this years CWA Dagger Awards
Congratulations to Martin Edwards who has been nominated in two categories at this years CWA Daggers. He is up for the Dagger in the Library,... more »
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19th May 2018
Christopher Fowler and Martin Edwards nominated at the CrimeFest Awards
Christopher Fowler was up for the Last Laugh Award for the best humorous crime novel with the excellent BRYANT & MAY: WILD CHAMBER (Transworld, 2017) and... more »
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28th February 2018
Jean Adamson, creator of TOPSY AND TIM, celebrates 90th birthday
Topsy and Tim creator, Jean Adamson MBE, celebrates her 90th birthday today! Since 1960 over 140 TOPSY AND TIM titles have been published, selling upwards... more »
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25th January 2018
Jenny Blackhurst awarded the Silver Bestseller Award for debut, HOW I LOST YOU
Congratulations go out to Jenny Blackhurst! Her debut, HOW I LOST YOU, was awarded the Silver Bestseller Award at the Specsavers Bestseller Awards (powered by... more »
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3rd November 2017
Alex Rowson’s THE YOUNG ALEXANDER sold to William Collins
William Collins has acquired a book about the “new history” of Alexander the Great by writer, archaeologist and TV producer, Alex Rowson set for publication in... more »
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11th October 2017
Headline buy two more psychological thrillers by Jenny Blackhurst
Senior commissioning editor Kate Stephenson acquired UK and commonwealth rights excluding Canada from Laetitia Rutherford. Headline will publish the first book on the new contract, THE... more »
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6th October 2017
Orion Spring wins auction to publish Geeta Vara’s Ayurvedic guide to wellbeing
Wellness imprint Orion Spring has acquired the UK and Commonwealth, plus translation, rights to Geeta Vara’s AYURVEDA: ANCIENT WISDOM FOR MODERN WELLBEING. Editorial director, Olivia... more »
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29th September 2017
Sharmaine Lovegrove snaps up Lucy Ayrton’s ONE MORE CHANCE as her first acquisition for Dialogue Books
Sharmaine Lovegrove has announced Lucy Ayrton’s ONE MORE CHANCE as her first acquisition for new imprint Dialogue Books. ONE MORE CHANCE tells the story of... more »
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28th July 2017
Usborne’s Anne Finnis snaps up rights to two titles from teen author Kim Curran
Usborne has snapped up UK & Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) to two titles in a killer teen series by youth marketer Kim Curran from agent, James... more »
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12th April 2017
James Wong’s How to Eat Better is No.1 on Amazon
We would like to congratulate our author James Wong, whose amazing new book made it to the top of the Amazon Books chart only one... more »
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23rd November 2016
Children’s BAFTA success for Jean Adamson and Greg Jenner
Success at the 2016 Children’s BAFTA TV awards for two Watson, Little clients this week. The production team behind Jean Adamson’s Topsy and Tim series... more »
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15th August 2016
Jemma Wayne’s CHAINS OF SAND shortlisted for the Guardian’s Not The Booker Prize
Congratulations to Jemma Wayne, whose fantastic second novel CHAINS OF SAND (Legend Press) has been shortlisted for the annual Not The Booker Prize run by the Guardian.... more »
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28th July 2016
Success for Chris Fowler, Conrad Williams and Martin Edwards at The Daggers!
Congratulations to Christopher Fowler, Conrad Williams and Martin Edwards who have been shortlisted for a 2016 CWA Dagger Award. Chris and Conrad are up for... more »
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4th May 2016
Congratulations to Martin Edwards after his double award win!
Martin Edwards has recently become the recipient of both the Edgar Award for the Best Biographical/Critical Edgar award and the Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction for THE... more »
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18th March 2016
William Thacker’s film STEVEN revealed its lead actor today
Honlodge Productions today announces that Jack Lowden, the Olivier Award winning actor and star of BBC’s WAR & PEACE, has been cast in the lead... more »
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17th February 2016
Jean Adamson, creator of TOPSY AND TIM to be honoured today by Goldsmiths
Goldsmiths, University of London, is honouring alumna Jean Adamson, creator of TOPSY AND TIM with a university fellowship today. Having attended Goldsmiths to study illustration... more »
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20th January 2016
Martin Edwards’ THE GOLDEN AGE OF MURDER nominated for an Edgar Award!
THE GOLDEN AGE OF MURDER, the first book about the famous Detection Club written by current president Martin Edwards, has been nominated for an Edgar... more »
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8th October 2015
DAUGHTERS UNTO DEVILS by Amy Lucavics published today
DAUGHTERS UNTO DEVILS by Amy Lucavics is published today (Simon & Schuster). For troubled sixteen-year-old Amanda Verner, her family’s move from a cramped mountain cabin... more »
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17th September 2015
THE DUNGEON HOUSE by Martin Edwards is published today
THE DUNGEON HOUSE by Martin Edwards is published today (Allison & Busby). This gripping crime thriller is part of Martin’s Lake District Mysteries series. The... more »
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4th September 2015
Sue Armstrong’s P53: THE GENE THAT CRACKED THE CANCER CODE is Highly Commended at BMA Medical Book Awards
Sue Armstrong’s P53: THE GENE THAT CRACKED THE CANCER CODE was highly commended under the ‘Basis of Medicine’ category during last night’s BMA Medical Book... more »
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6th August 2015
Evie Wyld’s graphic memoir EVERYTHING IS TEETH published today
Evie Wyld’s latest work, a graphic novel and childhood memoir EVERYTHING IS TEETH (Jonathan Cape) is out today. Inspired by Evie’s childhood obsession with sharks and... more »
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7th July 2015
Hugh Purcell’s A VERY PRIVATE CELEBRITY: THE NINE LIVES OF JOHN FREEMAN published today
Hugh Purcell’s extraordinary biography of John Freeman is published by Biteback Publishing (The Robson Press) today! A VERY PRIVATE CELEBRITY: THE NINE LIVES OF JOHN... more »
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2nd July 2015
Lee Rourke’s VULGAR THINGS gets the paperback treatment
VULGAR THINGS (Fourth Estate), the haunting, modern and utterly compelling novel from Lee Rourke is out today in striking paperback! VULGAR THINGS follows Jon as... more »
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2nd July 2015
The second volume of Rebecca Levene’s THE HOLLOW GODS series published today!
Rebecca Levene’s highly anticipated THE HUNTER’S KIND (Hodder), book two of THE HOLLOW GODS series, is published today in a stunning hardback edition. The stunning... more »
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1st July 2015
Christopher Fowler wins the Dagger in the Library award at CWA’s The Daggers
Congratulations to Christopher Fowler, he was awarded the Dagger in the Library Award last night at the annual, The Daggers, organised by the Crime Writers’... more »
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29th June 2015
2015’s Macavity Award Nominations announced
Alex Marwood is among those nominated for the Best Mystery Novel. Her fantastic THE KILLER NEXT DOOR is nominated alongside titles by Peter May (THE... more »
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23rd June 2015
Martin Edwards named the next President of The Detection Club!
Congratulations to Martin Edwards, he has been named the next President of The Detection Club. The Club came into being in 1930 and there have only... more »
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4th June 2015
SHADOW OF THE WOLF out in paperback today!
Tim Hall’s ‘weird, wild and brutal’ SHADOW OF THE WOLF (David Fickling Books) is published in paperback today. A bold and imaginative retelling of the classic Robin... more »
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7th May 2015
Martin Edwards’ THE GOLDEN AGE OF MURDER published in hardback today
THE GOLDEN AGE OF MURDER is published by HarperCollins today in hardback and as an ebook. Martin Edwards, an award-winning crime novelist, explores the history... more »
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13th March 2015
Alex Marwood’s THE KILLER NEXT DOOR shortlisted for a Barry Award
Alex Marwood’s incredible THE KILLER NEXT DOOR has been short listed for a 2015 Barry Award in the Best Paperback Original category! The Barry Awards... more »
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10th March 2015
Jemma Wayne’s AFTER BEFORE longlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize!
Congratulations are in order for Jemma Wayne! The incredible AFTER BEFORE has been included in this years Baileys Women’s Prize longlist that was revealed earlier... more »
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5th March 2015
James Wong’s GROW FOR FLAVOUR is published by Octopus today!
The incredible James Wong’s GROW FOR FLAVOUR is published today by Mitchell Beazley (Octopus Publishing) in association with the Royal Horticultural Society. James trained at the... more »
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4th March 2015
Evie Wyld’s ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING wins the Barnes & Noble 2014 Discover Award for fiction
The unstoppable Evie Wyld has won yet another award for the fantastic ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING – this time its Barnes & Noble’s 2014 Discover... more »
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12th February 2015
BETRAYED by Rosie Lewis is published by HarperCollins today
An incredible new memoir from Rosie Lewis is published in the UK today. BETRAYED (HarperCollins) tells the story of one girl’s struggle to escape a... more »
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29th January 2015
Greg Jenner’s A MILLION YEARS IN A DAY published today by Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Greg Jenner’s fantastic A MILLION YEARS IN A DAY is published in hardback today by Orion Publishing Group’s Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Structured around one ordinary... more »
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27th January 2015
THE SHADOW OF THE WOLF makes the Branford Boase Award longlist!
Tim Hall’s compelling THE SHADOW OF THE WOLF has made it on to the Branford Boase Award longlist. Huge congratulations to Tim and the editors... more »
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5th December 2014
Fans were out in full force for Evangeline Lilly’s book signing yesterday!
Evangeline Lilly’s book signing at Forbidden Planet yesterday attracted plenty of fans of her fantastic new children’s book THE SQUICKERWONKERS. A huge thanks to all... more »
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2nd December 2014
Evie Wyld’s ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING on the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
Another day, another accolade for the excellent Evie Wyld! Her novel ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING was listed on the New York Times 100 Notable Books of... more »
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20th November 2014
Sue Armstrong’s P53 published in the UK today
P53: THE GENE THAT CRACKED THE CANCER CODE (Bloomsbury) celebrates its UK publication today. Sue Armstrong’s incredible book tells the story of medical science’s mission to unravel... more »
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18th November 2014
Evangeline Lilly’s THE SQUICKERWONKERS published by Titan Books today!
The beautifully illustrated THE SQUICKERWONKERS is published in the UK and the US today. With illustrations by Johnny Fraser-Allen and a foreword by Peter Jackson... more »
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16th November 2014
Happy Birthday to Chinua Achebe, the anniversary of the great Nigerian novelist’s birth is today.
Today, on what would have been his 84th birthday, we celebrate the birth of Nigerian novelist, poet, professor and critic Chinua Achebe. Achebe was represented... more »
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12th November 2014
ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING listed as Gayle Forman’s ‘most recommended’ read of 2014
Gayle Forman, award-winning New York Times best-selling author of JUST ONE DAY, and IF I STAY among others, has listed Evie Wyld’s ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING as one of her favourite reads... more »
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27th October 2014
COMPETITION: Win a copy of The Daily Mash 2015 Annual – RANDOM ACTS OF FOUL-MOUTHED CRUELTY
Ahead of the exciting launch of The Daily Mash 2015 Annual we are giving away 10 copies of the hilarious RANDOM ACTS OF FOUL-MOUTHED CRUELTY... more »
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23rd October 2014
A round up of our latest hilarious and fantastic Non-Fiction publications
We’ve had a fair few interesting, informative and downright hilarious non-fiction publications recently. Two of which are The Daily Mash latest annual and the most... more »
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21st October 2014
Tim Hall’s SHADOW OF THE WOLF and Jon Walter’s CLOSE TO THE WIND have been nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal!
The nominations are in and Tim Hall’s excellent debut SHADOW OF THE WOLF (David Fickling Books) and Jon Walter’s CLOSE TO THE WIND (David Fickling... more »
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9th October 2014
To gear up for the paperback publication of Jenny Blackhurst’s debut, HOW I LOST YOU was published as an ebook today!
Read the incredible debut from Jenny Blackhurst as an ebook today! HOW I LOST YOU (Headline) is the compelling and unsettling psychological thriller about a woman... more »
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9th October 2014
NYCTOPHOBIA, the brand new supernatural thriller by Christopher Fowler published today!
Happy Publication Day to the amazing Christopher Fowler – his latest horrifying thriller NYCTOPHOBIA was published today by Solaris both here in the UK and... more »
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8th October 2014
Everyone is singing its praise: Evie Wyld’s ALL THE BIRDS , SINGING receives 2014 European Union Prize for Literature
Evie Wyld was announced winner of the 2014 European Union Prize for Literature, on Wednesday 8th October at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The European Union... more »
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2nd October 2014
Discover the gardens that inspired our best loved authors in THE WRITER’S GARDEN by Jackie Bennett
THE WRITER’S GARDEN (Frances Lincoln) celebrates it’s publication today. Delve inside the gardens that inspired some of the most popular authors of all time with incredible... more »
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25th September 2014
REVENGE OF THE ZEDS published today!
The sequel to the bestselling SOTERION MISSION was published today! REVENGE OF THE ZEDS (Curious Fox) from the fantastic Stewart Ross is now available in... more »
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12th September 2014
ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING longlisted for Prix Médicis Award
Evie Wyld’s ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING has added yet another accolade with a place in the longlist of the Prix Médicis Award for non-French language fiction,... more »
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1st September 2014
LEGO® ARCHITECTURE THE VISUAL GUIDE and HOW TO GET A JOB YOU LOVE published today!
Two fantastic non-fiction author’s celebrated their publication days today! Philip Wilkinson is the author behind LEGO® ARCHITECTURE: THE VISUAL GUIDE (Dorling Kindersley) a stunning guide to the... more »
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15th August 2014
Watson, Little have moved office
After several happy years in Camden, Watson, Little Ltd have moved to swish brand new premises in Highbury & Islington. Please note our new address, which is: Watson,... more »
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14th August 2014
Harness the power of your unconcious mind with Chris Paley’s UNTHINK
Chris Paley’s extraordinary UNTHINK: AND HOW TO HARNESS THE POWER OF YOUR UNCONSCIOUS (Coronet) was published in hardback today. UNTHINK explores the unconscious decisions we make,... more »
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9th August 2014
Alex Marwood nominated for a 2014 Silver Falchion Award for THE WICKED GIRLS
Congratulations are in order – Alex Marwood’s THE WICKED GIRLS has been nominated in the Best First Novel category at 2014’s Silver Falchion Awards! This... more »
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5th August 2014
Evie Wyld shortlisted for the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards
More brilliant news for Evie Wyld. Evie has been shortlisted for the West Australian Premier’s Book Award for her novel ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING in... more »
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31st July 2014
Rebecca Levene’s incredible SMILER’S FAIR published today!
The incredible SMILER’S FAIR (Hodder & Stoughton) is published in hardback today! SMILER’S FAIR tells the story of the great moving carnival where any pleasure can... more »
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28th July 2014
Jemma Wayne and Lee Rourke longlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker Prize
Jemma Wayne’s AFTER BEFORE (Legend Press) and Lee Rourke’s VULGAR THINGS (4th Estate) have been included in the longlist for the Guardian‘s Not the Booker... more »
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10th July 2014
Discover Shane Spall’s latest adventures in PRINCESS MATILDA COMES HOME published today!
Shane Spall’s heartwarming and hilarious PRINCESS MATILDA COMES HOME (Ebury Press) is published today – discover Shane and Timothy’s adventures on the second leg of... more »
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3rd July 2014
Watson, Little celebrates four publications today
Four Watson, Little authors are celebrating the publication of their books today. In alphabetical order: Tim Hall’s debut YA thriller SHADOW OF THE WOLF (David... more »
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3rd July 2014
Tim Hall’s SHADOW OF THE WOLF is one of David Fickling Books’ launch titles
Tim Hall’s brilliant debut SHADOW OF THE WOLF, a dark retelling of the Robin Hood myth, is published today (3 July) as one of the... more »
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26th June 2014
Evie Wyld wins Australia’s most prestigious literary award
Evie Wyld has won the 2014 Miles Franklin literary award for her novel, ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING. Wyld’s win, announced at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary... more »
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19th June 2014
Evie Wyld wins Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize
Evie Wyld was named as one of eight winners of the 2014 Jerwood Fiction Uncovered prize for her second novel ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING. Established in 2011 with backing... more »
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18th June 2014
Evie Wyld’s ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING wins Encore Prize
Evie Wyld has won the Encore Award for the best second novel. Wyld wins £10,000 for ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING (Jonathan Cape), which centres on Australian Jake... more »
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1st May 2014
THE WICKED GIRLS by Alex Marwood wins in the Best Paperback category at The Edgars
The brilliant Alex Marwood has won an Edgar award in the Best Paperback Original category for the excellent THE WICKED GIRLS. The Edgars (as they... more »