Love After Love wins the Costa First Novel Award 2020
The winners of the Costa Book Awards have been announced this week, and we are very pleased to congratulate author… Full story »
NOUGHTS & CROSSES journey concludes with ENDGAME in 2021
Malorie Blackman’s iconic Noughts & Crosses YA series will conclude with a sixth and final novel, Endgame. Penguin Random House Children’s UK… Full story »
Rave reviews for NOUGHTS + CROSSES on BBC One
BBC and Mammoth Screen’s long-awaited adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s seminal work NOUGHTS & CROSSES, is now available in full on iPlayer,… Full story »
The True History of the Kelly Gang
In cinemas now is the film adaptation of Peter Carey’s Booker Prize winning novel. The story of Australian bushranger Ned… Full story »
CROSSFIRE makes Costa 2019 shortlist
Malorie Blackman’s Crossfire, fifth title in her Noughts & Cross sequence, has been shortlisted for this year’s Costa Book Awards. Crossfire was… Full story »
Raymond Briggs’ TIME FOR LIGHTS OUT publication day
Time For Lights Out, Raymond Briggs’ exploration and contemplation of old age and death, is published by Jonathan Cape today.… Full story »
Stormzy’s PRH imprint #Merky Books to publish Malorie Blackman’s autobiography
Stormzy’s PRH imprint #Merky Books will publish Malorie Blackman’s as-yet untitled autobiography in 2022. “This book is an account of… Full story »
Maramedia picks up rights to Michael Bond’s OLGA DA POLGA
Scottish children’s entertainment production company Maramedia has acquired the rights to develop a new children’s series based on Michael Bond’s Olga… Full story »
Terrance Dicks 14th April 1935 – 29th August 2019
The Agency is sad to announce that Terrance Dicks died last Thursday after a short illness, aged 84. Originally represented… Full story »
CROSSFIRE – the reviews are in!
Malorie Blackman’s Crossfire published earlier this month on 8th August 2019. Since then, the reviews have come flooding in! A… Full story »
Candy Gourlay’s BONE TALK shortlisted for the Carnegie
We are proud to announce that Bone Talk, written by Candy Gourlay and published by David Fickling Books, has been shortlisted for the… Full story »
Cassie Powney wins Bath Children’s Novel Award with LOOPS
We’re delighted to welcome Cassie Powney to The Agency fresh from her recent success at the 2018 Bath Children’s Novel Award… Full story »
Jonathan Cape to publish Raymond Briggs’ TIME FOR LIGHTS OUT
Raymond’s collection Time for Lights Out will be published later this year, in November. The collection explores ageing, death and is… Full story »
Bart Van Es Wins Costa Book of the Year!
Huge congratulations to Bart Van Es, whose THE CUT OUT GIRL has been named the Costa Book of the Year.… Full story »
Louisa Reid’s new YA novel in verse GLOVES OFF to publish with Guppy Books
We are pleased to welcome Louisa Reid to The Agency Children’s Book List and announce the publication date for Gloves Off,… Full story »
