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 bestsellers 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 the very few literary agencies based in the north; though our reach is global, with writers published in more than 30 territories around the world.
We are always on the lookout for new talent. So, whatever your experience – including none at all – if you’re writing and seeking representation, then please Hit the North by going to our submissions page.
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.
We are always on the lookout for new talent. So, whatever your experience – including none at all – if you’re writing and seeking representation, then please Hit the North by going to our submissions page.
After a shortlisting in the Romantic Saga Awards category at the Romantic Novel Awards 2023 Vicki Beeby has won with her book A New Start for the Wrens!
The awards were announced and celebrated at an award ceremony in London.
The shortlist for the Romantic Novel Awards 2023 has been released and we are absolutely delighted to see two of our authors celebrated on it: Vicki Beeby is shortlisted for her A New Start for the Wrens in the Romantic Saga Award, while Christina Courtenay is shortlisted for Hidden in the Mists in the Fantasy Romantic Novel Award category.
Read more here.
We’re celebrating having two of our authors and their debut novels for children on the Branford Boase Award 2023 longlist: Ann Sei Lin for Rebel Skies, and Andy Jones for Wishes Come in Threes.
Read more here.
Huge congratulations to Eli Lee, who won Best First Novel at the 2022 Writers’ Guild Awards for A Strange and Brilliant Light.
Read more about Eli’s prize-winning novel here.
Penguin Michael Joseph has snapped up an ‘unputdownable superyacht’ thriller, A Stranger on Board, by Cameron Ward.
‘The must-have summer thriller follows ex-marine Sarah French, as she takes up a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work aboard a luxury superyacht,’ PMJ said of the thriller. ‘But as they head into open water, tensions between the crew quickly build. And when someone goes missing, Sarah has a terrifying realisation. One of them is a killer. And all of them are suspects.’
Published for the first time and with the blessing of Pete’s estate, Ever Fallen In Love: The Lost Buzzcocks Tapes is a tribute to a founding member of punk and a chance to hear one of music’s true visionaries tell his own story at last.
‘Lots of great stories… A fascinating insight’ – John Maher, Buzzcocks
‘Perfectly executed, highly detailed, incredibly interesting’ – Henry Rollins, Black Flag
Written with a searing honesty and published for the tenth anniversary of Amy Winehouse’s death, My Amy by Tyler James is an evocative portrait of unbreakable lifelong friendship – and a devastating study into fame, addiction and self-sabotage.
Walker Books is to release a ‘pacy teen fantasy adventure’ from debut author Ann Sei Lin, after securing the Rebel Skies series in a pre-empt.
The first adventure story, also named Rebel Skies, follows 14-year-old Kurara, a lifelong servant on board the Midori – a giant flying banquet hall. But when her party trick of making paper come to life turns out to be a power treasured across the empire, she joins a skyship and its motley crew to become a Crafter… Read more.
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.
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.
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!
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…
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