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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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  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 »