📚Submissions Are Open📚
We're delighted to be re-opening submissions! We are now only accepting submissions via the form on our website. All details can be found here:
We look forward to reading your stories 📖
📢 Calling all
#amwriting
and
#amquerying
writers📢
Tomorrow at 6pm (BST), we'll be holding an
#AskAgent
evening. For one hour, our agents will be online to answer any questions you have about writing, querying and publishing.
We'll see you tomorrow!
Writers! Would you like to have your book finished, ready and in front of publishers in six months’ time?
We are now open to applications for our 2024
#BookCamp
Mentorships.
Full details here:
#AmWriting
#WritingCommunity
#AskAgent
Writers! Would you like to work with a literary agent to get your book publication ready?
Apply to be a 2024
#BookCamp
mentee!
Former mentees have gone on to be published by HarperCollins, Headline, Hodder & Head of Zeus.
#AskAgent
#WritingCommunity
Reading has become more popular in lockdown. But what are people reading?
We conducted our own market research here at the Kate Nash Literary Agency to find out.
Here is our report.
1/12
#LockdownReading
Deal News! 🚨
6 book deal for Leonie Mack (
@LeonieMAuthor
) with
@BoldwoodBooks
, for romantic women's fiction with international locations and big feelings.
Agent: Saskia Leach (
@saskialeach_
)
Acquiring Editor: Sarah Ritherdon
📢 We are delighted to announce the expansion of the Kate Nash Literary Agency agenting team with the promotion of
@saskialeach_
to junior agent 🍾
>
@thebookseller
#AskAgent
* A thread *
Would you like to have your book finished, ready and in front of publishers in six months time?
We will be taking on up to six writers of adult fiction or narrative non-fiction, in our programme to help these writers bring their ideas to fruition.
1/6
#BookCamp
Kate Nash Literary Agency picks seven writing stars of the future.
We are delighted to announce our 2024
#BookCamp
writers!
Congratulations to all our mentees 🎉🍾🎊
Full announcement:
#BookCamp
Update:
Thank you to those who entered our 2024 BookCamp Mentorship.
We received a staggering 488 entries; therefore, it is taking us a little longer to read through the submissions.
We thank you for your patience and will be contacting applicants later in February.
After three busy days,
#LBF23
is officially finished!
It's been a brilliant fair for the team and we're already looking forward to next year. Bring on LBF 2024 🎉📚
🎉🍾🎉🍾
Jon Barton
Christopher Byford
Annabel Campbell
Radostina Christova
Joanne Clague
Adam Cook
Louise Davidson
Kate Galley
Nicola Jones
Imogen Martin
Katie McDermott
Samantha Pennington
Tony O'Reilly
Georgia Summers
Laura Sweeney
Kathryn Whitfield
Helen Yendall
#BookCamp
🚨News!🚨
We are so excited to share that our very own Kate Nash is shortlisted for Agent of the Year by the Romantic Novelists' Association (
@RNAtweets
), celebrating the hard work and talent of people who champion the genre of romantic fiction.
Congratulations
@katenashagent
!
📢 Kate Nash Literary Agency is launching a scheme to nurture writing talent:
The
#BookCamp
mentorship programme
* Zoom launch *
Thurs 28th May, 1pm
Join us to be the first to hear and Q&A our agents live!
Book here:
#WritingCommunity
#AskAgent
#BookCamp
Update
Thank you very much to all those who entered our 2024 BookCamp Mentorship, and for your patience while we've read your entries.
Applicants can expect to have heard from us by Friday 22nd March.
"Francesca’s instincts are a perfect fit for the agency’s success in commercial fiction and we couldn’t be more delighted to have her on the team."
Francesca Riccardi has joined
@KNLitAgency
as a literary agent.
Read here:
Thank you to each and every one of the 339 writers who has taken the time and trouble to send in their unfinished novels for consideration for our
#BookCamp
mentorship scheme.
We look forward to spending the summer reading. Our mentees will be announced on 1st September.
📢 Deal news!
We're thrilled to announce a deal for
@sophielflynn
, her debut novel ALL MY LIES to
@simonschusterUK
🎉
Acquiring editor: Bethan Jones
Agent:
@katenashagent
>>>> read about Sophie Flynn >>>>
THANK YOU to each of the 335 writers who applied to
#BookCamp
. The trouble you took to enter made our summer of discovery richer.
Because of so much to read, we'll be announcing our mentees on 15th September.
However, all applicants will be contacted today.
2/2
One day left to apply for our exciting new mentorship programme! Deadline: 1st July.
At
#BookCamp
we will work with up to 6 writers to complete their manuscripts and take forward to present to publishers.
Details and how to apply:
#AskAgent
The 1st of September is here!
Every one of the 335 applications we received for our
#BookCamp
mentorship programme has been considered by our agents.
We've done so much reading.
It has been inspiring.
So much talented work.
Some very hard decisions to make.
1/2
Deal News!🚨
3 book deal for Anna Britton (
@BrittonBookGeek
) with
@canelo_co
for a crime thriller detective series!
SHOT IN THE DARK will be published in October 2023.
Agent: Saskia Leach (
@saskialeach_
)
Acquiring Editor: Sian Heap (
@sianbelizabeth
)
👉
We couldn't be prouder that last night Jane Lovering won the
@RNAtweets
Contemporary Romantic Novel Award for her heartwarming and uplifting book A COTTAGE FULL OF SECRETS!
Huge congratulations
@janelovering
🎉🍾
#RNARomanticNovelAwards2023
Deal News! 🎉
Joanne Clague (
@jonewsiom
) has signed a three book deal with
@canelo_co
(world english) for THE HOUSE OF HOPE, a drama set around a charity home for destitute women and girls in 19th century Yorkshire.
Acquiring editor:
@EmBedfd
Agent:
@katenashagent
Thank you very much to everyone who entered our 2024
#BookCamp
Mentorship.
All applicants have now been contacted by email. If you have not received an email, then please check your spam/junk folder.
Thank you for your patience. We look forward to announcing our mentees.
*A
#BookCamp
Update*
Thank you to everybody who has entered our 2024
#BookCamp
Mentorship. We have greatly enjoyed reading everybody's entries.
Applicants will be contacted by Tuesday 26th March.
🚨 Cover Reveal! 🚨
It's time for 'reality' to get very real...
We are very excited by the cover to LIE OR DIE by A. J. Clack (
@alisonclack1
), a YA thriller where Big Brother and The Traitors meet Squid Game.
Now available to pre-order! 👉
📢 Deal news
AN ETHICAL GUIDE TO MURDER by debut author Jenny Morris (
@Dr_Jenny_Morris
) in a 2 book deal with Simon & Schuster UK
Acquiring editor:
@katherinecrime
Agent:
@friccar_
>>
📢 News!
Kate Nash Literary Agency is holding an Open Day in Birmingham on Sat 26th Nov.
Come and meet our team and sign up for a free 121 about your work in progress
#askagent
We are thrilled to announce that Publishing Director Kate Lyall Grant has agreed a deal with bestselling author Faith Martin for her new Hillary Greene mystery!
@FaithMartin_Nov
We couldn't be prouder of Bella Osborne who last night WON the
@RNAtweets
Jane Wenham-Jones Romantic Comedy Novel Award for her wonderfully heartwarming and uplifting rom com THE PROMISE OF SUMMER! 🍾
The biggest of congratulations to
@osborne_bella
! 🎊
#RoNAS22
#Ronas
🚨COVER REVEAL🚨
There is a rumour that a new regency romance is soon to be published...
We adore the cover for A LADY'S RISK by Felicity George! Congratulations
@ElizabethWelke
🎉
Out 29th September! Pre-order 👉
📽️
@books_dash
📢 News!
We're making available a series of courses for new writers on practical skills we teach internally.
From understanding rights to how to write a winning synopsis these classes will be led by our literary agents:
#AskAgent
#BookCamp
📢 Our
#BookCamp
Mentorships 2020 details are announced 🎉🎉🎉
Would you like to have your book finished, ready and in front of publishers in six months time?
Application details are all here >>>>>>
#WritingCommunity
Last night our wonderful author Casey King received an honourable mention at the 2021
@AmazonPub
New Voices Awards for her crime & thriller fiction 'No Time to Cry'!
A huge congratulations
@letstalkcrime
from all of us at KNLA! 🎉🎊
Deal news 🎉
Helena Dixon (
@NellDixon
) has signed a deal with
@bookouture
for six brand new cosy historical mysteries in the Miss Underhay series!
Agent: Kate Nash (
@katenashagent
)
Acquiring editor: Emily Gowers (
@e_gowers
)
📚
Cover Reveal! 🚨
We are thrilled to share the cover to CAREFUL WHAT YOU WITCH FOR, a wickedly charming witchy rom com by Emma Jackson (
@ESJackson1
) ✨
Two complete strangers. One life-changing spell.
Coming later in 2024 and available to pre-order NOW:
Deal news!
We're excited to announce that
#GoingDark
, the first in
@neillancaster66
's bestselling Tom Novak series, is going to be translated into Swedish by Modernista.
📣DEAL NEWS
We're delighted to announce a 2 book deal for
@kezzawattsbooks
with
@HeraBooks
for a new Perth-set detective series, the first of which will be published this autumn.
Acquiring editor: Keshini Naidoo
Agent: Robbie Guillory
10 strangers trapped in a television studio. 42 remote cameras. 1 rule: trust no one.
LIE OR DIE by A. J. Clack is OUT TODAY!
Happy publication day
@alisonclack1
! 🎉
Perfect for fans of
#CBBUK
and
#TheTraitorsUK
, get your copy today:
Deal News! 🚨
3 book deal for
@ally_wiegand
with 8th Note Press (US/Can) &
@emblabooks
(UK/Comm) for
#FirstBase
, plus two more sports romances in the Chicago Heartbreakers series.
Agent:
@saskialeach_
Acquiring Editors: Katherine Pelz (8th Note) & Melanie Hayes (Embla)
Deal News 🚨
Sports romance HE'S A 10 by Jessica Yale to Penguin Michael Joseph.
HE'S A 10 will be published in June 2024 by
@MichaelJBooks
.
Agent: Saskia Leach (
@saskialeach_
)
Acquiring Editor: Madeleine Woodfield (
@mmwoodfield
)
Full Article:
Can Gretel find the recipe for the perfect Christmas?
THE GINGERBREAD CAFE, the new festive romance by Anita Faulkner is OUT TODAY in paperback, audio and eBook!
Happy publication day
@anita_faulkner_
🎉
Get the perfect festive read today 🎁
@BooksSphere
Deal news 🎉
Three books by debut author Joanne Clague (
@jonewsiom
) to Canelo.
THE RAGGED VALLEY, the first in the Great Sheffield Flood saga series, will be published in June 2022.
Acquiring Editor:
@EmBedfd
Agent:
@katenashagent
>>>
I am so hecking delighted to announce that I am now represented by the lovely
@saskialeach_
at the glorious
@KNLitAgency
🥳
I can’t wait to get to work on whipping my crime novels into shape and I hope my imaginary friends can become your imaginary friends too 🧡
Are you a writer of romance? Do you believe your story has commercial appeal?
We at Kate Nash have partnered with
@IAmInPrint
for their romance writing competition to help discover next big voices😍
We are accepting all types of romance fiction, including YA and historical!
Three bullets. Five suspects. No alibis.
#ShotInTheDark
, Anna Britton's crime thriller debut with an unforgettable female detective partnership, is OUT NOW!
Happy publication day
@BrittonBookGeek
🎊
Get your copy today 👉
@CaneloCrime
Cloaked strangers and danger abound...
#AFrightfullyFatalAffair
by Hannah Hendy, her brand new unputdownable village cozy mystery, is OUT NOW!
Happy publication day
@HendyHannah
🎉
Get your copy today:
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Deal news 🎉
THE FORTUNES OF OLIVIA RICHMOND by debut Louise Davidson, a gothic mystery in which a woman’s internal demons are haunting her.
Acquiring editor:
@CJ_Daugherty
Agent:
@katenashagent
"Lovers of gothic mysteries are going to devour this book."
@moonflowerbooks
has acquired The Fortunes of Olivia Richmond, a “dark and twisting” début novel by Louise Davidson.
Read here:
Deal News! 🚨
2 book deal for Helen Hawkins (
@helenwritesit
) with
@AllisonandBusby
for contemporary Cotswolds romances.
A CONCERT FOR CHRISTMAS will be published in November 2023 and A FRIENDLY RIVALRY in summer 2024.
Agent:
@saskialeach_
Acquiring Editor: Susie Dunlop
Deal News! 🚨
2 book deal for J L Simmonds (
@MissJoSimmonds
) with Penguin Random House Children's for LGBTQ+ YA romantic thriller RUN AWAY WITH ME.
Agent: Saskia Leach (
@saskialeach_
)
Acquiring Editor: Amina Youssef (
@AminaYoussef20
)
Read more:
🚨COVER REVEAL🚨
We love the cover for DECEIT, Casey King's utterly gripping debut gangland thriller set in Dublin. Congratulations
@letstalkcrime
!🎊
Out 21st September, pre-order your copy now:
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Congratulations
@janelovering
-
#TheCountryEscape
is now an Amazon Kindle UK Top 100 bestseller! 🎉
An uplifting, funny and romantic read for 2021, you can still get your hands on a copy here 👉
@BoldwoodBooks
We are thrilled that Lesley Eames has signed a deal with
@TransworldBooks
for a three-book WW2 saga series, The Wartime Bookshop!
Want to know more about
@LesleyEames
's story of a bookshop that brings together a wartime community? Read all about it here👇
📣 NEWS!
Firefly signs dark, reality-TV-based thriller Lie or Die by debut author A.J. Clack, perfect for fans of The Traitors.
Find out more about this 'dark, twisty thriller' here:
🚨COVER REVEAL🚨
We absolutely love the cover for THE MURDER AFFAIR, the ninth book in the cozy Beth Haldane Mystery series by Alice Castle (
@AliceMCastle
)!
Out 23rd May, pre-order your copy now 👉
One suspicious death. Two amateur sleuths. And an utterly impossible crime… 🕯️
#CozyCrime
fans rejoice, MURDER BY CANDLELIGHT, a brand new 1920s series by bestselling author Faith Martin, is OUT TODAY!
Happy Publication Day
@FaithMartin_Nov
!
👉 👈
We’re super excited to share that we’ve re-signed contracts with two of your favourite cosy crime authors and will be bringing more books your way from
@ClareChase_
and
@NellDixon
Read more:
🚨 COVER REVEAL 🚨
We absolutely love the stunning cover for Jane Lovering's new heartwarming novel, THE RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS!
Congratulations
@janelovering
🎉
Out 9th June, pre-order your copy today👉
@BoldwoodBooks
We love this beautiful cover for A COURTESAN'S WORTH, the second book in the breathtaking new
#Regency
romance series by Felicity George (
@ElizabethWelke
).
Can't wait to start this unputdownable series?
Pre-order book one, A LADY'S RISK, today 👉
Congratulations to our bestselling authors
@FaithMartin_Nov
and
@MaggieSAuthor
in this week's
@thebookseller
charts
🎉 THE LAND GIRLS OF CORONATION STREET at no15 in Original Fiction
🎉 A FATAL SECRET at No2 in Publisher's Ebook Chart
#Corrie
Can teenager Tom and pensioner Maggie save their local library? 📚
THE LIBRARY, a heartwarming bookclub novel by Bella Osborne, is OUT TODAY in beautiful PAPERBACK!
Happy Publication Day
@osborne_bella
! 🎊
Grab your copy here:
How to apply
Send us the first 15-20,000 words of your work-in-progress, along with a 1-2 page synopsis and introductory letter, in one Word document, before the 1st July 2020.
Full details >>>
5/6
#BookCamp
We are looking for a trainee at our busy literary agency, supporting us representing the careers of new and bestselling authors.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone to develop a career in agenting:
#WorkInPublishing
We couldn't be more thrilled that A COLOURFUL COUNTRY ESCAPE by Anita Faulkner is a contender for the Joan Hessayon Award for 2022!
Huge congratulations to
@anita_faulkner_
on this fantastic news! 🎉🍾🎊
#RNAJoanHessayonAward2022
A big congratulations to
@eimearlawlor58
! 🎊
DUBLIN'S GIRL is NUMBER 6 in the Irish Times Original Fiction bestseller chart! 🇮🇪
Falling in love with the enemy is the ultimate act of betrayal... Will Veronica choose love or loyalty? ❤️
👉
As two reality TV stars prepare for a beach wedding, all is not as it seems…
MURDER AT THE CELEBRITY WEDDING, book 2 in D.E. White's page-turning Bermuda Mystery series, is OUT NOW!
Congratulations
@DEWhiteAuthor
🎉
Get your copy for just 99p 👉
Exciting news! 📽️📺
Film/TV rights for Faith Martin's DI Hillary Greene series have been optioned by Southwell Neal Entertainment! 🎊
Huge congratulations
@FaithMartin_Nov
from all the KNLA team! 🎉
Full story:
@JoffeBooks
We are delighted that SUMMER AT THE CHATEAU by Annabel French is shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association's Contemporary Romantic Novel Award!
Congratulations to
@KatieGAuthor
! 🎉
@RNAtweets
🚨 COVER REVEAL 🚨
You don't know what she's capable of...
We absolutely love this cover for D.E. White's brand new twisty psychological thriller
#YouKnowHer
. Congratulations
@DEWhiteAuthor
! 🎉
Out 4th January 2024, pre-order today 👉
"Like Martina Cole but set in Dublin" -Reader review
EXPOSED is the upcoming gangland thriller from Casey King
@letstalkcrime
& we're delighted to share the cover!
#CoverReveal
Pre-order now
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