Congratulations to Carys Davies , whom we represent on behalf of The Clegg Agency, on being shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2019 for her debut novel WEST, described by the judges as an 'audacious novella about a quixotic early American father'.

' Immensely engaging and brilliantly written , this short debut novel is a miniature masterpiece . [...] Scenes sparkle with wry comedy. Unexpected alliances form. Menace looms and ordeals are braved amid breathtaking landscapes.' Sunday Times Books of the Year 2018

Congratulations to Anna Mackmin on being longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2019! Her debut novel DEVOURED (propolis books, 2018) recently won the Fiction category of the East Anglian Book Awards.

We are delighted to announce that Tim Burton’s charming live-action remake of Disney’s Dumbo will be released in cinemas tomorrow, 29 th March. Starring Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito and Eva Green.

Featuring sensational choreography by UA client Francesca Jaynes .

Watch the full trailer here .

Congratulations to Sarah Moss , whose latest novel GHOST WALL has received its second longlisting in a month! Following the announcement of the Women's Prize 2019 longlist, we are absolutely delighted that GHOST WALL has also been nominated for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2019 , which honours books that evoke a strong sense of place. Set in Northumberland, at the site of an experimental reenactment of an Iron Age settlement, the novel features some of the most beautiful writing about the natural world that we have read.

2019 is the 15th anniversary of the RSL Ondaatje Prize, and to celebrate the occasion a longlist has been announced for the first time. This year’s judges are Sabrina Mahfouz , Michèle Roberts and Ian Thomson .

The shortlist will be announced at an event called ‘ The Spirit of a Place ’ on Tuesday 16 April. The winner will be announced on Monday 13 May.

Congratulations to Samantha Harvey , whose novel THE WESTERN WIND has made the shortlist for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2019 . One of the most intelligent, structurally daring historical novels of recent years, which is as relevant to today as it is to its medieval setting - if you haven't read it, now's the time!

The highly anticipated second season of Derry Girls will premier tonight, Tuesday 5 th March, at 9:15pm on Channel 4. Written & created by the brilliant Lisa McGee and directed by the wonderful Michael Lennox , the TV series stars Claire Rafferty and Ryan McParland and is co-edited by Joe...

We are thrilled to announce that GHOST WALL - the sixth novel by Sarah Moss ('one of our very best contemporary novelists' - Independent ) has been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 ! Chaired by Professor Kate Williams author, historian and Professor of History, the 2019 judging...

Samantha Harvey 's latest novel, THE WESTERN WIND (Jonathan Cape, 2018) has been selected as Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month for March 2019!

If you haven't yet travelled back in time with this Medieval murder mystery and philosophical meditation on morality and desire, you can find it...

Many congratulations to Caoilinn Hughes (whom we represent on behalf of The Clegg Agency) whose brilliant debut novel has been longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award! First published in 2018 by Oneworld in the UK and Hogarth in the US, it has been described as a 'remarkable,...