United Agents have partnered with the Goldsmiths Department of English and Creative Writing, for the fifteenth year running, to recognise the excellence of the students on the Goldsmiths MA in creative and life writing programme. The Pat Kavanagh Prize commemorates literary agent Pat Kavanagh, one of the founding members of...

We're delighted to have three UA authors on the longlist for this year's Dylan Thomas Prize - Caleb Azumah Nelson for SMALL WORLDS (Viking), A. K. Blakemore for THE GLUTTON (Granta) and Camilla Grudova for THE COILED SERPENT (Atlantic). Congratulations, all!

The winners of this years Golden Globe Awards were announced, and we're thrilled to have several UA clients take home the coveted award.

Best Motion Picture – Drama:

Oppenheimer - Starring James D’Arcy

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:

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The shortlist for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2023 has been revealed and we're thrilled to share our clients who have been included.

Best Actor:

Lorn Macdonald for Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Best Actress:

Michael Blakemore, one of the great stage directors of the last half century, died peacefully in hospital last Sunday after a short illness, at the age of 95. He is survived by his second wife, Tanya McCallin (separated), his three children, Conrad, Beatie and Clemmie and three grandchildren.

Born...

Big congratulations to David Charap, who won 'Best Editing: Scripted' for his work on I AM RUTH at the RTS Craft Awards on Monday.

Directed by Dominic Savage and starring Kate Winslet, I AM RUTH aired on Channel 4 in December 2022 to critical acclaim.

The series is...

Nick Hern Books just released Running the Room: Conversations with Women Theatre Directors, which features insights from talented directors like Carrie Cracknell , Natalie Abrahami , and Nadia Fall .

Our most brilliant, fearless, and creative women directors open the door on their craft, discussing their work in the...

The David Cohen Prize, a biennial British literary award for a body of work worth £40,000, has been awarded to poet, novelist and memoirist John Burnside.

Congratulations to Caleb Azumah Nelson on being shortlisted for the Foyles Fiction Book of the Year for his second novel, SMALL WORLDS!