ABOUT US
The North was founded in October 2017 by a group of agents with decades of experience in the book world: not only as agents, but as booksellers and publishers – and even a writer. We’re a small agency, but we think our list of best-sellers and award winners shows that we punch above our weight. In a business dominated by large London publishers and agencies, we’re proud to be one of very few literary agencies based in the north; though our reach is global, with writers published in more than 30 territories around the world.
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C R Robertson to Hodder
Editorial director Eve Hall acquired world all language rights to The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill and a second book, following a three-publisher bidding war, from Mark Stanton at The North Literary Agency... Read more.
Win for Christina Courtenay
Congratulations to Christina Courtenay! Christina has won the Fantasy Romantic Novel Award at the 2021 RNAs for her dual-timeline Viking adventure Echoes of the Runes, published by Headline Review.
Cassell to publish Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley’s 'lost tapes'
Pete Shelley, member of punk band Buzzcocks, died in 2018, but recordings have now resurfaced of a series of 'long, personal and in-depth' interviews between the musician and his close friend Louie Shelley. These conversations will be published for the first time by Cassell (part of the Octopus Publishing Group).
Joe Cottington, editorial director, acquired world all language rights to Ever Fallen in Love: The Lost Buzzcocks Tapes by Pete Shelley with Louie Shelley from Kevin Pocklington at the North Literary Agency... Read more.
Two in Shortlist for 2021 Romantic Novel Awards
We're thrilled to announce that not one but two North authors have been shortlisted for the 2021 Romantic Novel Awards.
Vicki Beeby has been shortlisted for the Romantic Saga Award for her novel The Ops Room Girls.
And Christina Courtenay has made the Fantasy Romantic Novel Award shortlist with Echoes of the Runes.
Huge congratulations to both. What a way to kick off 2021!
Adam Southward to Headline
Headline have snapped up The Stranger Next Door, the latest novel from bestselling Kindle author Adam Southward.
This fast-paced, twisty thriller asks how well we really know those closest to us...
BSFA Award 2020 Longlist
Eli Lee's debut novel, A Strange and Brilliant Light, will be published by Jo Fletcher Books, Quercus in July 2021.
The cover artwork, by Sinjin Lee, has been longlisted for the BSFA Award for Best Artwork.
Afraid of the Christmas Lights
Eighteen bestselling crime writers, including North author Adam Southward, have contributed to an anthology to raise money for domestic abuse charities in the wake of a “shadow pandemic” created by Covid-19.
Afraid of the Christmas Lights is an eclectic mix of festive shorts, featuring contemporary crime writers such as Mark Billingham, Val McDermid, Sophie Hannah and Harriet Tyce... Read more.
CHRISTMAS CRIME FROM FIONA SHERLOCK
Hodder Studio will publishTwelve Motives for Murder by Fiona Sherlock in audio and ebook on the 10th December, followed by a print edition in autumn 2021. Sara Adams acquired World Rights in two books from Lina Langlee at the North Literary Agency... Read more
HEADLINE ACQUIRES TWO MORE FROM COURTENAY
Kindle top-fifty bestseller Christina Courtenay will be returning to the Viking era for two more romantic, epic timeslip novels with Whispers of the Runes in June 2021 and Tempted by the Runes in December 2021. World English Language rights were sold by Lina Langlee at the North Literary Agency... Read more
Sharon Dempsey double deal for Avon
Katie Loughnane, commissioning editor at Avon, has bought World English Language rights to Who Took Eden Mulligan? and one further book by Sharon Dempsey from Lina Langlee at The North Lit Agency... Read more.
Emma Haughton to Hodder in two-book deal
Hodder & Stoughton has pre-empted two standalone crime novels from Emma Haughton, with The Dark to be published as a “major” launch title for the publisher next summer.
Jo Dickinson, publisher of the crime & thriller list, acquired world rights from Mark Stanton and Julie Fergusson at The North Literary Agency… Read more.
Rachel Burton to Aria in two-book deal
Editorial director Hannah Smith acquired world English rights for both titles from Lina Langlee at The North Literary Agency. The first book, The Tearoom on the Bay, will be published as an e-book on 1st October 2020, with the second title to follow in early 2022… Read more.