Sharon Bolton’s The Craftsman - TV option sold
We’re delighted to announce that Sid Gentle Films, producers of the much praised tv series Killing Eve, have optioned TV rights to Sharon…
Early autumn news
As the glorious summer blows itself out, we have some cheer to usher in autumn. Numbed by Numbers, Paul Goodwin’s new book on our obsession with…
New client: T L Huchu
We are very excited to announce Ampersand’s latest client: T L Huchu. Originally from Zimbabwe and a long-term resident of Edinburgh, he is the…
June news update
Lots of news from Ampersand towers this sunny June: To begin, U.S. rights to Jin Yong’s Legends of the Condor Heroes, translated by Anna…
Sharon Bolton’s The Craftsman is another crime fiction bestseller!
We’re very pleased to report that Sharon Bolton’s new thriller The Craftsman is listed as no 5 in the Sunday Times/Times top ten bestselling…
London Book Fair 2018 - pre-fair agency news 3: Georgette Heyer renews with Arrow Books
In our final news update before LBF ‘18 kicks off tomorrow, we have news of the Ampersand Agency’s biggest ever deal. We are delighted to…
London Book Fair 2018 - pre-fair agency news 2: Adrian Selby, Guy Jones, Phillip Window
Our second pre-fair update features three new deals for long-standing clients of the agency. Orbit have acquired two further books from Adrian…
London Book Fair 2018 - pre-fair agency news 1: Ben Crane, Blood Ties
The countdown to the beginning of the London Book Fair 2018 is well and truly underway, and in the first of three daily pre-LBF news instalments,…
Jin Yong - A Hero Born; what a start!
A Hero Born, the first part of Jin Yong’s epic Chinese fantasy series Legends of the Condor Heroes, is book of the day in the Guardian; Marcel…
Prince of Mirrors - Alan Robert Clark debut to Fairlight Books
The Prince of Mirrors, Alan Robert Clark’s fascinating novel about Queen Victoria’s favourite grandson, the bisexual Prince Eddy, will be the…
Double deal excitement for Ali Harper
More good pre-Christmas news: book rights in Ali Harper’s feminist crime debut Between the Lines have been acquired by HarperCollins’ Killer…
Jin Yong and winter news
A recent piece in The Observer pointed out that Jin Yong, our Chinese author whose Legends of the Condor Heroes we represent, was the world’s…