News
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US deal for Jon Conlin's Tales of Two Cities
18 Jan 2013
Jonathan Conlin’s Tales of Two Cities: Paris, London and the Birth of the Modern City , to be published by Atlantic in June, has been bought by Counterpoint. for a Fall 2013 release.
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Vet blog starts
18 Jan 2013
Anna Barrington, whose vet memoir Cows, coffee and cling-film, is currently on submission has begun to blog at
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Cathy Glass's Damaged is no 23 in US lists this week
18 Jan 2013
Cathy Glass’s Damaged continues its long reign in the New York Times e book best seller lists - this week at no 23.
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Three Daniel Tammet books in French top ten
18 Jan 2013
Daniel Tammet currently has an astonishing three books in Amazon France’s top ten bestsellers. In fact, if it weren’t for the Fifty Shades phenomenon, he would currently be holding positions 1, 2 and 4!
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'What Editors Want' generates interest
16 Jan 2013
The agency’s annual series of articles asking ‘What Editors Want’ has generated a lot of media interest this year, including the following…
The articles are also generating a lot of discussion and debate on the agency website. They can be found here:
What Fiction Editors Want 2013
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Another Forgotten Child is no 14
15 Jan 2013
Congratulations to Cathy Glass whose latest fostering memoir remains in the top twenty paperback non-fiction list.
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Launch of 'Afghanistan Revealed'
13 Jan 2013
Last night saw the launch of Afghanistan Revealed at the Royal United Services Institute, with attendees including General Sir David Richards, Chief of the Defence Staff, and Sandy Gaul.
The book features a chapter from agency author Bijan Omrani. Other contributors include Ahmed Rashid and the BBC’s David Loyn. The e-book has been published to raise money for the Afghanistan Appeal Fund, which raises money to build schools in Afghanistan.
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What Editors Want 2013
12 Jan 2013
Each year, the Andrew Lownie Literary Agency surveys a wide range of leading publishers and editors to find out what kinds of books they are hoping to acquire in the coming year. These pieces are always among the most popular articles on the agency website, providing some fascinating insights for anyone involved in publishing.
This year, for the first time, the agency has produced three separate features, respectively covering UK non-fiction, UK fiction, and US publishing:
http://www.andrewlownie.co.uk/2013/01/12/what-fiction-editors-want http://www.andrewlownie.co.uk/2013/01/12/what-uk-non-fiction-editors http://www.andrewlownie.co.uk/2013/01/12/what-us-editors-want-2013
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Cathy Glass's Another Forgotten Child is no 14
08 Jan 2013
Cathy Glass’s Another Forgotten Child remains in the top 20 paperback non-fiction list at number 14.
