Literary agent @ 42 📚 London Scot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Looking for addictive characters, immersive settings & expanding my horizons (fiction & non-fiction)

Joined November 2014
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We're delighted to announce the first ever winner of the Oxford / 42 New Writing Prize! Congratulations to Steve Mellen @stevemellen who was awarded the prize this evening in a ceremony at Magdalen College for his novel 'Ask the Ghosts'. Congratulations to all those shortlisted.
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Looking forward to listening to @hannah_ajala talking Flamboyant Funerals on @bbcworldservice on 30/01 - nice shout out incl in @timesculture 📻
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We're delighted to be partnering with @engfac on the Oxford / 42 New Writing Prize, calling all aspiring novelists, playwrights or screenwriters, who are living/working/studying in the UK 📚📽️🎭42mp.com/page/oxford-42-new-…
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I'm kicking off the week by reopening my submissions! Bring me a story with characters that never leave you and a narrative that pulls you in, keeping you in the world well after you’ve finished reading 📚42mp.com/agents
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Full submission guidelines (&email address) now on the website!
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A new local #indiebookshop #everybodyreads for West Londoners! Can’t wait to check it out 📚👀
What a fantastic first day we had today! Thanks to everyone who came through the door. We will be open tomorrow from 9.30am to 5.30pm #everybodyreads #newbookshop #bookshopsoflondon #indiebookshop #chiswick #hammersmith
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I love #xponorth day 📚Always on the lookout for a tantalising pitch!

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The news is out! More hijinks to come from Ally McCoist @CallumMcSorley @PushkinPress
.@PushkinVertigo will publish Glasgow-based author’s @CallumMcSorley’s ’Paper Boy’, a follow-up to his prize-winning debut. Read more 👇 thebookseller.com/rights/pus…
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I spy a notable debut I recognise…. #SqueakyClean @CallumMcSorley @PushkinPress
Best crime and thriller novels of 2023 theguardian.com/books/2023/d…
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Look who made the Times best crime novels of the year list … @CallumMcSorley @PushkinPress 🎉🌟
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She’s a star in our books for sure! Congrats @hannah_ajala 🎙️🎉
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I can’t repeat what I said when I saw the news, but am above and beyond proud and delighted for @CallumMcSorley - Winner of this year’s McILVANNEY PRIZE for #SqueakyClean @BloodyScotland @PushkinPress 🏆📚🎊
🌟BLOODY SCOTLAND 2023 McILVANNEY PRIZE WINNER 🌟 A HUGE congratulations to @CallumMcSorley, winner of the McIlvanney Prize 2023 with debut novel, Squeaky Clean. Well done! 🙌🏼
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And all hail Mover & Shaker @ElleTucker for this fabulous book update #ThanksforSharing 📚
Yesterday was a big day for my little (well, regular size) book... topping all of its categories AND the 'Movers & Shakers' chart on Amazon. 🤩 #ShamelessSelfpromoThursday #authors #bookstoread #writerslift #booktwitter #booklovers #booksworthreading #bookboost #writingcommunity
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What a thrill to see the fabulous @CallumMcSorley on the McIlvanney shortlist - so richly deserved! @BloodyScotland @PushkinPress
⭐ McILVANNEY PRIZE 2023 FINALISTS REVEALED ⭐ Congratulations to @CallumMcSorley, Denise Mina, @robbiegmorrison and @TheCraigRussell. Judges for the McIlvanney Prize 2023 @bryanb1965, @Jason_Allardyce and Angie Crawford of @Waterstones are unanimous in their praise. 👏 ⭐
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Big shout out to @hannah_ajala - nominated for the #BritishPodcastAwards Rising Star Award 👏🏻🎙️
Congratulations to: Chanté Joseph @ChantayyJayy Dr Kate Lister Hannah Ajala @hannah_ajala Jordan Schwarzenberger @jordanerschwarz Sam Tyler Talia Augustidis @taliaaugustidis for being nominated in the Rising Star category #BritishPodcastAwards
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And if one exciting shout out wasn’t enough, how about this?! Guess who’s nestled on the McIlvanney Prize long list… @CallumMcSorley @PushkinPress
Congratulations to everyone on the McIlvanney Prize 2023 long list. How many have you read? Who would you like to see on the shortlist, leading the torchlit procession on the opening night of the festival?
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The news is out…. Huge congrats to @CallumMcSorley on the #BloodyScotlandDebutPrize shortlist! @PushkinPress #SqueakyClean
Thrilled to reveal the fab debuts which have made the #BloodyScotlandDebutPrize shortlist. Congratulations @FultonLRoss @HeatherDarwent @KateFosterMedia @CallumMcSorley @h_critchlow welcome to our merry gang! Please RT & tag your editor, agent & PR to give them a shout out too
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Happy Publication Day to @ElleTucker & #ThanksForSharing! So excited to see it out on the shelves @aurumpress
When will the relentless book posting stop, you cry? Well not today folks, apols, it’s actually my UK PUBLICATION DAY! 🎉 🥂 If you haven’t bought it already, there’s a link in my profile. And if you HAVE, thank you very much. #thanksforsharing #2023debuts #memoir #booktwitter
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Shouldn’t all debuts come with personalised cake? Happy pub day to @CallumMcSorley and Squeaky Clean @PushkinPress @_mfbooks 🧽📚
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