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THOSE WHO CAN, TEACH Andria Zafirakou

In March 2018 Andria Zafirakou was awarded the $1million Global Teacher Prize. Andria, the daughter of immigrant Greek Cypriot parents, loved art and loved teaching, and always knew this was the career for her. However, nothing could have prepared her for the extreme deprivation and difficulty faced by the children at Brent’s Alperton Community School in London. Andria has been at the forefront of this school’s transformation into one of the most successful in the country, despite the incredible poverty and traumatic background of many of its students. Andria is filled with energetic common sense, and has reservoirs of compassion, and fundamentally believes that art should be at the forefront of education. Since winning the award she has become a global spokesperson for a new approach to education, speaking to diverse organisations including Harvard, MIT, the Met Museum, the FA and governments worldwide, THOSE WHO CAN, TEACH is her story and her vision, a poignant homage to all the unsung heroes nurturing the next generation around the world, a testament to the difference an individual can make, and an inspiration to us all.

Agent: Rachel Mills

UK Publisher: Bloomsbury

UK Editor: Alexis Kirschbaum

Extent: tbc

Pub date: September 2019

Translation: Furniss Lawton

US: Sterling Lord Literistic

Film/TV: Furniss Lawton

Audio:Bloomsbury

ANDRIA ZAFIRAKOU is an Arts & Textiles teacher and Associate Deputy Headteacher at Alperton Community College in Brent, London. In 2018, she won the Global Teacher Prize. THOSE WHO CAN, TEACH is her first book. She founded Artists in Residence charity and is a global speaker on education.

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THE HARDY MILLENNIAL Alice Vincent

The fact that gardening is restorative is well-known to its practitioners. But to those unfamiliar with soil, roots, and growth, gardening’s healing powers are revelatory. THE HARDY MILLENNIAL shows how plants and nature not only shaped one woman’s recovery in the aftermath of a breakup, but taught her how to connect with her past in order to define the person she would grow into. Alice unpicks her, and her generation’s fascination with plants – despite small, gardenless, rented flats, the craze for planting is growing. We are turning to plants as part of the ‘slow’ movement, for mindfulness, and maybe as we are having children later to fulfil a desire to nurture, or create. Alice looks at the history of women growing things – botany was both the only science acceptable for women to take an interest in, but also one they were excluded from in professional capacities. Europe’s gardens and landscapes were designed with male sensibilities – Alice rediscovers the many incredible female botanists from around the world and gives them a belated voice. Full of wonderful facts – did you know ‘pteridomania’ was the Victorian name for the obsessive fern craze which swept middle class drawing rooms, influencing fashion and art, in the 1800s? Or that buddleia thrives in bomsbites – as it loves soil filled with lime mortar from crumbled buildings? - THE HARDY MILLENNIAL is a pure joy to read, for nature-starved urbanites and keen gardeners alike.

Agent: Rachel Mills


US: Furniss Lawton


Audio: Furniss Lawton

On Submission

ALICE VINCENT is a writer, author and journalist. A senior writer on the arts desk of The Telegraph, where she has worked since 2013, she writes award-nominated features, profiles and reviews and is considered one of the paper’s leading young voices. She writes a popular gardening column for the paper, an acclaimed blog Noughticulture and has published a practical gardening book HOW TO GROW STUFF (Ebury). IG = @noughticulture

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CHARACTER BREAKDOWN Zawe Ashton

Zawe Ashton has been acting most of her life. She has taken on many, many roles, from ‘little girl’ to Salome, from Fresh Meat’s Vod to a St Trinian’s schoolgirl, to a Jean Genet maid. An acting life is glamorous, passionate, focussed, and full of camaraderie. It’s also surreal, exploitative, baffling and often just plain hilarious.

To stay sane, an actor must tread a fine line between life and art, fact and fiction. But to do that, Zawe must work out where a character ends, and the real Zawe Ashton begins.

In CHARACTER BREAKDOWN, Zawe scrolls through a version of her life. Or is it a version of her art? Or something in between? In it, she encounters wonders, terrors, absurdities, obstacles and questions like: is a life spent more on appearance than reality any life at all?

Agent: Eugenie Furniss

UK Publisher: Chatto & Windus

UK Editor: Becky Hardie

Extent: 352

Pub date: 4 April 2019 (PB)


US: Furniss Lawton


Audio: Chatto & Windus

ZAWE ASHTON is an award-winning writer, playwright, director, producer and actor, with a career spanning film, stage and television.

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WHITE FEATHERS Vanessa Moore

When her husband Paul dies without warning in the prime of his life, clinical child psychologist Vanessa is left reeling from the shock and the agony of knowing that she must face the rest of her days without him. How will she cope with her wrecked life, her teenage children, her dilapidated house, when the one person she has depended on for love and support has disappeared forever?

Plunged into the murky waters of sudden bereavement, Vanessa’s world is reduced to a desolate present and bleak future, until mysterious white feathers start appearing in unexpected places. Comforted by a sense of Paul being by her side in her darkest moments - whether real or imagined - Vanessa begins to patch her life together. As she begins to move through her grief, she remembers many of her clinical patients - children with trauma, or disorders who often showed great bravery and resilience - and their stories begin to help her own recovery. She begins to understand her profession from the other side of couch – and tries to pinpoint the ingredients that forge a path to acceptance, hope, and even new beginnings. In a blend of THE EXAMINED LIFE and THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, Vanessa’s searingly honest memoir makes shines a light on the process of healing from a uniquely both personal and psychological perspective.

Agent: Rachel Mills


US: Furniss Lawton



On Submission

VANESSA MOORE studied Psychology at Bristol University and gained her PhD from UCL. She trained as a Clinical Psychologist at the Institute of Psychiatry and has over thirty years experience of working in the NHS. She has held both clinical and research posts and has published extensively in academic journals, mainly in the field of Child Psychology. Since retiring from full-time NHS work, she continues to act as a consultant to two NHS Trusts and she works as a magistrate in the family courts.

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IN SEARCH OF SILENCE Poorna Bell

Poorna Bell was sold the fairytale of life. That love wins the day. That marriage is the rescue to an otherwise unhappy existence. That children are the natural progression of any relationship. But really, is it? Are we actually being honest about the expectations we have set for ourselves? Are we able to distinguish between what we really need from life, from everything that we have been conditioned to want? Because the current rhetoric doesn’t prepare you for the reality of life.In 2015 Poorna Bell became a widow after her husband Rob took his own life on a winter’s night, having battled depression and addiction. Her situation was unusual when compared to a lot of people, but she was left figuring out exactly the same things. Will she ever be happy? Will she find love again? Who will rescue her from her sadness? Two years on and Poorna is rebuilding her life. And it is from this place – as she works towards choosing what she does and doesn’t want from society, that she will explore a different conversation around fulfillment and self-worth.Cutting across the remote landscapes in India, New Zealand and Britain, Poorna Bell explores the things endemic in our society such as sadness and loneliness, to unpick why we seek other people to fix what’s inside of us.IN SEARCH OF SILENCE is the recognition of the echo chamber we find ourselves in, in terms of what constitutes a successful, fulfilling life. This is a heartfelt, deeply personal journey which asks us all to define what 'happiness' truly means.

Agent: Rowan Lawton

UK Publisher: S&S

UK Editor: Fritha Saunders

Extent: 320

Pub date: 2 May 2019 (HB)


US: Furniss Lawton



Previous Titles: CHASE THE RAINBOW

POORNA BELL is an award-winning journalist and is the former executive editor of HuffPost UK. She has also previously written for the Guardian, the Telegraph, Red, Cosmo, Stylist and the Observer, and featured on BBC Radio, Sky News, London Live and ITV.

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MOLLY & ME Colin Butcher

Ex-policeman Colin Butcher had just set up his own pet detective agency. It was running smoothly but he realised he needed a partner. And that's when inspiration struck... Enter Molly, an unloved and unwanted cocker spaniel rescued from a classifieds website. Clever and charismatic, she melts Colin's heart, the two are soon inseparable. With Colin by her side, Molly cracks cases and solve crimes across the country, using her exceptional sense of smell to locate missing pets and reunite them with their grateful owners. From the search for Pablo the ginger tom who's kidnapped from a sleepy Devonian village, to unearthing a treasure trove of stolen jewels in a north London wood, Colin and Molly's work takes them around the country, with plenty of new friends and eccentric encounters along the way. By turns charming, moving, and thrilling, MOLLY & ME is the story of a rescue cocker spaniel with a troubled past who - thanks to the love and devotion of her owner - finds a new life, a new purpose and a forever friend.

Agent: Rowan Lawton

UK Publisher: Michael Joseph

UK Editor: Zennor Compton

Extent: tbc

Pub date: 18 Apr 2019


US: Macmillan


Audio: Michael Joseph

Rights Sold: Brazil: Faro Finland: WSOY France: Lattes Germany: Goldmann Holland: House of Books Italy: Sperling Japan: Tokyo Sogensha Co Ltd Norway: Aschehoug Portugal: Planeta Spain: Roca Sweden: Forum

COLIN BUTCHER has been recovering stolen and missing pets for over twenty years and has a wealth of experience in the investigation of pet crime. His first successful assignment was back in 1994 when serving as a Detective Sergeant with Surrey Police he recovered two German Shepherd puppies stolen from a breeder's kennels. His knowledge and experience in the investigation of serious and major crimes is vital when dealing with the more complex investigations such as ransom demands, pet charity fraud and pet killings.

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THE UNEXPECTED JOY OF BEING SINGLE Catherine Gray

Single in your late twenties or, hold the phone, in your thirties or beyond? Oh hi! You're in the right place.

Over a third of us are now single. With the single camp growing at ten times the rate of the actual population, it is now the norm to be single well into our thirties - the average marriage age for women is 35 and 37 for men. But nobody seems to have told society, romcom makers, songwriters, marriage-hungry mothers, 'tick-tock' uncles, our mates or us that.

Cue: single anxiety. Love addiction. Spending hours scrolling through dating apps. Being inconsolable when he/she doesn't text. Humming 'Here Comes the Bride' when they do.

Catherine Gray went through all of this. And then some. She took a whole year off dating to get her love-hooked head straight. How do we chill our boots about our single status? Detach from 'all the good ones are gone!' panic? And de-programme from urgent, red, heart-shaped societal pressure to find your 'other half*'? We know intellectually that single is far preferable to panic-settling, yet we forget that almost constantly. Why? Psychologists and neuroscientists tell us. Let's start the reverse-brainwash and locate our happily-single sanity, for good. Are you in?

*Spoiler: you're already a whole person.

Agent: Rachel Mills

UK Publisher: Octopus

UK Editor: Stephanie Jackson

Extent: 272

Pub date: 27 Dec 2018 (PB)


US: Hachette


Audio: Octopus

Previous Titles: THE UNEXPECTED JOY OF BEING SOBER

CATHERINE GRAY is an award-winning writer and editor who worked on staff for magazines such as Cosmopolitan, GLAMOUR and Fabulous, for nearly a decade. She went freelance in 2011 and works for Stylist, The Telegraph, Marie Claire, Stella, The Pool, The Guardian, Emerald Street, Women's Health, BBC Earth, Mr & Mrs Smith and YOU magazine.

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THE UNEXPECTED JOY OF BEING SOBER Catherine Gray

SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER 7 BESTSELLER

Ever sworn off alcohol for a month and found yourself drinking by the 7th? Think there's 'no point' in just one drink? Welcome! There are millions of us. 64% of Brits want to drink less.Catherine Gray was stuck in a hellish whirligig of Drink, Make horrible decisions, Hangover, Repeat. She had her fair share of 'drunk tank' jail cells and topless-in-a-hot-tub misadventures.

But this book goes beyond the binges and blackouts to deep-dive into uncharted territory: What happens after you quit drinking? This gripping, heart-breaking and witty book takes us down the rabbit-hole of an alternative reality. A life with zero hangovers, through sober weddings, sex, Christmases and breakups. In The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober, Catherine Gray shines a light on society's drink-pushing and talks to top neuroscientists and psychologists about why we drink, delving into the science behind what it does to our brains and bodies. Much more than a tale from the netherworld of addicted drinking, this book is about the escape, and why a sober life can be more intoxicating than you ever imagined. Whether you're a hopelessly devoted drinker, merely sober-curious, or you've already ditched the drink, you will love this book.

Agent: Rachel Mills

UK Publisher: Octopus

UK Editor: Stephanie Jackson

Extent: 272

Pub date: 27 Dec 2018 (PB)


US: Hachette


Audio: Octopus

Rights Sold: France: Editions de l’Opportun Germany: Riva

CATHERINE GRAY is an award-winning writer and editor who worked on staff for magazines such as Cosmopolitan, GLAMOUR and Fabulous, for nearly a decade. She went freelance in 2011 and works for Stylist, The Telegraph, Marie Claire, Stella, The Pool, The Guardian, Emerald Street, Women's Health, BBC Earth, Mr & Mrs Smith and YOU magazine.

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HELP ME! ONE WOMEN’S QUEST TO FIND OUT IF SELF-HELP REALLY CAN CHANGE HER LIFE Marianne Power

Marianne Power was stuck in a rut. Then one day she wondered: could self-help books help her find the elusive perfect life?

She decided to test one book a month for a year, following their advice to the letter. What would happen if she followed the 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE? Really felt THE POWER OF NOW? Could she unearth THE SECRET to making her dreams come true?

What begins as a clever experiment becomes an achingly poignant story. Because self-help can change your life – but not necessarily for the better . . .

Help Me! is an irresistibly funny and incredibly moving book about a wild and ultimately redemptive journey that will resonate with anyone who’s ever dreamed of finding happiness.

Praise for HELP ME!

I love it! Hilarious and thought-provoking! Love! (Fearne Cotton)

A sweet sharp read, and the last chapter made me cry. As someone a bit dubious of self-help books, it’s perfect:…It’s quite a fun journey through the ups and downs of negotiating ourselves through life, but underneath that is a serious, generous message, and it really does feel like you’ve learned something by the end of it. (Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist)

Marianne’s writing makes me smile and has moved me to tears more than once. She combines a journalist’s no-nonsense investigative skills with a tenderness and honesty that sets her apart . . . In helping herself, it turned out that Marianne was helping all of us. (Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She Said)

Agent: Rachel Mills

UK Publisher: Picador

UK Editor: Kris Doyle

Extent: 352

Pub date: 6 Sept 2018 (HB)


US: Grove Atlantic

Film/TV: Sony

Audio: Picador

Rights Sold: Brazil: Record Bulgaria: Locus Canada: HarperCollins Catalan: PRH Denmark: People’s Press Estonia: Sinisukk Finland: Gummerus France: Editions Stock France (PB): Livres de poche Germany: Goldmann Holland: Het Spectrum Hungary: Cor Leonis Israel: Kinneret Italy: Giunti Japan: SB Creative Corp Korea: Thenan Lithuania: Alma Littera Poland: Muza Portugal: 2020 Russia: Eksmo Spain: Grijalbo Sweden: Polaris Taiwan: Pcuser Turkey: Epsilon Ukraine: Vivat

MARIANNE POWER is a writer and journalist who lives in London. HELP ME! is her first book.

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THE TRAVELLING VET Jonathan Cranston

Jonathan Cranston is no ordinary vet. In addition to his day job in the Oxfordshire countryside treating cows, dogs, pigs and cats, he's also worked with an astonishing range of species around the world, including crocodiles, rhinos and pandas. In this charming collection he introduces us to some of his favourite patients, ranging from beloved family pets through to magnificent creatures of the wild.

Whether microchipping armadillos, anaesthetising giraffes or birthing a calf, Jonathan's love for his work and the entire animal kingdom is infectious. From the preposterous (castrating a sugar glider) to the poignant (encountering victims of rhino poaching), the stories in THE TRAVELLING VET will delight and enthral every animal lover. Agent: Rachel Mills

UK Publisher: Allen & Unwin

UK Editor: Clare Drysdale

Extent: 336

Pub date:1 Nov 2018 (HB)


US: Furniss Lawton


Audio: Allen & Unwin

Rights Sold: China: Shanghai 99 Estonia: Uhinenud Russia: Eksmo Taiwan: Rye Field Publications

JONATHAN CRANSTON is a veterinary surgeon based in the Cotswolds who has treated over a hundred different species across five continents including giant pandas in China and all variety of wildlife in South Africa.

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WORK LIKE A WOMEN Mary Portas

By most people’s standards I would say I’ve had a pretty good career. I’ve reached the top of the ‘ladder’ and been lucky enough to have had a damned good life. But at what cost?

At the cost of who I truly was.

I played the business game for years, where the rules were set by men for men. I was tough and aggressive. I put in long hours, was competitive and resilient. But I suppressed my natural energy, sensitivity and instinct. I worked like this until I couldn’t any more. And then I changed.

My team and I rebuilt my business on the values that matter: collaboration, empathy, instinct and trust. Values not always associated with leadership or winning, but which have made every one of us feel good.

Now I want to share what I’ve learned through my own experiences, and am still learning, to change the way you work so that female energy and power will be seen as the most valuable currency in today’s new world of work.

It’s time to create an unstoppable force for change. A feminine force.


UK Publisher: Transworld

UK Editor: Andrea Henry

Extent: 192

Pub date: 1 Nov 2018 (HB)


US: Furniss Lawton


Audio: Transworld

MARY PORTAS is known as Mary, Queen of Shops, from her award-winning series for the BBC. She has made an indelible mark on British retail. Starting her career with Harrods and then Top Shop she made her name as the Creative Director of Harvey Nichols, transforming the department store into London’s sexiest fashion destination.

She has written columns for most national media, published two books, advised Government on the future of High Streets, launched her own fashion label, and created Mary’s Living and Giving shops for Save The Children, the most profitable charity shops in the UK having raised over £13 million.

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THE REAL WALLIS SIMPSON Anna Pasternak

Wallis Simpson is known as the woman at the centre of the most scandalous love affair of the 20th century, but in this surprising new biography, bestselling author Anna Pasternak redeems a women wronged by history presenting Wallis as a convenient scapegoat to rid England of a king deemed unworthy to rule.

Now, Anna Pasternak’s THE REAL WALLIS SIMPSON tells a different story: that Wallis was the victim of the abdication, not the villain. Warm, well-mannered, and witty, Wallis never wanted to divorce her second husband or marry Edward. She never anticipated his jealous, possessive nature--and his absolute refusal to let her go.

Edward's true dark nature, however, was no secret; everyone close to Edward knew that beyond his charming façade, he was immature, self-absorbed, and uneducated--utterly unfit to rule. On the night Wallis died, Princess Margaret told a friend, "It wasn't her we hated, it was him.”

Rejecting the sinister schemer at the centre of a dark royal fairytale, Anna Pasternak reveals Wallis Simpson as an intelligent woman, written off by cunning, powerful men and forced into a life she never wanted in a complex, riveting, and tragic true story of manipulation and betrayal.


UK Publisher: HarperCollins

UK Editor: Arabella Pike

Extent: 320

Pub date: 5 Mar 2019 (HB)


US: S&S


Audio: HarperCollins

Previous Titles: LARA

ANNA PASTERNAK is the author of PRINCESS IN LOVE and LARA, which revealed the true story of the love affair behind her great uncle Boris Pasternak’s DOCTOR ZHIVAGO. Her work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Town and Country, Tatler, to name a few. She lives in England.

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THE FIVE POWERS Dr Stephen Fulder, illustrated by Alessandro Sanna

Trust - Mindfulness - Energy - Serenity - Wisdom A Toolkit for Transformation. Designed and packaged as a precious gift to bring insight and inspiration to ourselves and others.

Dr. Stephen Fulder, an ex-Oxford academic is a prolific author, and has been active in bringing Eastern wisdom to the West for over forty years. Through his teachings, he has introduced Buddhist meditation, wisdom, and inner practices to thousands of people. In this groundreaking work he introduces the Five Powers of Buddhism, and shows how together they provide the key to transformation.

With crystal-clear, elegant, evocative text and exquisite illustrations, it brings the genre of inner guides to a new level. Its teachings will help readers to dance with the unexpected, to successfully cope with the challenges of each day.

Stephen's text, written with humour and warmth is accompanied by stunning artwork by the acclaimed artist Alessandro Sanna, created specially to enhance and amplify the message. Words and illustrations together make each volume a fascinating adventure.

Agent: Rachel Mills


US: Furniss Lawton



On Submission

DR STEPHEN FULDER has a PhD in molecular biology and was a lecturer at London University. He is also an expert in herbal and complementary medicine, on which he has published fourteen books. Stephen has been involved in dharma practice since 1975. He has been studying and teaching mindful meditation for a quarter of a century all over the globe. He currently lives in Israel.

ALESSANDRO SANNA has won the Andersen Prize three times for book illustration. His creations have been published by Rizzoli, Einaudi, Emme, MeMo, Corraini, Mondadori and in "Gioia" and Vanity Fair". He lives in Italy.

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THE AGE-WELL PROJECT Annabel Abbs and Susan Crook

What does it take to have a healthy and joyful old age? Researchers say it's not too late to make changes at 50 to get the 'retirement years' we want. But what should we change and how do we do it?

Annabel Abbs and Susan Saunders spent their 30s climbing the career ladder, having children and caring for elderly parents - all at the same time. By their 40s, they were exhausted, stressed, sleeping too little and rushing too much. They began to ask whether the prolonged ill health and dementia suffered by their parents was their inevitable future too - could they do anything to avoid requiring their own children to care for them in old age?

Thus began THE AGE-WELL PROJECT. With incredible tenacity, Annabel and Susan read 50,000 scientific research papers on all aspects of ageing to find what advice cutting-edge research can offer us on how to ensure the longer lives we're living are healthy and happy.Putting their findings into practice, they found that the lifestyle changes they made were having incredible benefits on their health and wellbeing now - as well as for the future.

Told with empathy and humour, in THE AGE-WELL PROJECT Annabel and Susan share the key lessons they learned, t to make the second half of your life the best half of your life - happy, healthy and disease-free.

Agent: Rachel Mills

UK Publisher: Piatkus

UK Editor: Emily Arbis

Extent: 288

Pub date: 2 May 2019 (PB)


US: Furniss Lawton


Audio: Piatkus

Rights Sold: Italy: Vallardi Portugal: 2020

ANNABEL ABBS is the author of award-winning novel THE JOYCE GIRL which sold in 14 countries and was selected for the 2017 Berlin Film Festival. Since then she has written regularly for a range of titles including the Daily Telegraph, Psychologies, The Author, the Guardian, The Irish Times, and Elle.

SUSAN CROOK is a TV producer, her credits include Gordon Ramsay’s The F Word and Raymond Blanc’s The Restaurant. She is also the author of two cookbooks: A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO THE STUDENT KITCHEN and FUN FOOD GOURMET GAMES. She now works as a documentary producer with many BAFTA, RTS and Broadcast Awards to her her credits,

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FIGHT: WIN FREEDOM FROM SELF-SABBOTAGE Hazel Gale

We all do things that we wish we wouldn't in life. We underperform, procrastinate, push people away and say the wrong things. But what if we could find a way to beat our destructive tendencies at their own game? Fight explains the psychology of self-sabotage and offers techniques for taking control of your thoughts, to maximise success and thrive.

Cognitive hypnotherapy understands that the unconscious and conscious minds have different priorities and that the unconscious governs a large percentage of our behaviour. It is this part of the mind that is responsible for self-sabotage and in order to tackle unwanted emotional or behavioural issues, we need to communicate with it. Fight is a one-to-one therapy session with Hazel that will show you how to address the psychological blocks that hold you back, equip you with the tools to manage negative emotions, overcome them and emerge victorious.

You'll learn how to battle those inner monsters and let go of limitations, to reach your true potential and live a happier, more fulfilling life.

Agent: Rachel Mills

UK Publisher: Yellow Kite

UK Editor: Lauren Whelan

Extent: 400

Pub date: 21 Mar 2019 (PB)


US: Furniss Lawton


Audio: Yellow Kite

Rights Sold: France: Belfond

HAZEL GALE is a master practitioner of cognitive hypnotherapy, a former world kickboxing champion and a multiple national and open European ABA boxing-title winner. Following a physical and psychological burnout during her first few years of competitive fighting, cognitive hypnotherapy helped Hazel to rebuild her physical strength and achieve a balanced, healthy emotional state. Empowered by the changes she made for herself, Hazel trained as a therapist so that she could devote her time to helping others win their own emotional battles. She currently practises in London and specialises in performance-related issues and the pursuit of creative and professional goals.

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BATHE: THE ART OF FINDING REST, RELAXATION AND REJUVENATION IN A BUSY WORLD Suzanne Duckett

Bathe verb 'bat?h : to take a bath : to become immersed or absorbed

BATHE explores the many types of baths and bathing from around the world - from the simple act of bathing at home to traditional communal baths as found in the UK, to Turkish hammams, Japanese sento or Onsen, Jimjilbang in Korea and Finnish and Swedish saunas.

This beautifully designed book illustrates how the act of bathing is not only a great way to unwind and switch off from the hyper-activity of modern-day life, but also has a host of scientific benefits. It stimulates the immune system, improves sleep, helps skin conditions and can boost circulation and heart health, in addition to benefiting muscles and joints, and even balancing hormones.

Including power bath recipes for aching muscles, low mood and energy, BATHE focuses on the meditative side of bathing. With practical bathing recipes to leave you feeling rejuvenated and calm, as well as bath-time exercises you can use to fuel creative thinking, BATHE will offer ways of unleashing your inner creativity and problem-solving.

Unwinding our bodies and minds in the bath is a primal ritual that today offers a readily available form of practical mindfulness that will help heal your mind and your body.

Agent: Rowan Lawton

UK Pub: Lagom, Bonnier

UK Editor:Natalie Jerome

Extent: 256

Pub date: 18 Oct 2018 (HB)


US: Lagom, Bonnier


Audio: Lagom, Bonnier

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SUZANNE DUCKETT is an influential Wellness Journalist, Keynote Speaker who writes regularly for titles including The Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph and numbers magazines Through TheAntidoteAgency.com - her contemporary wellness agency, Suzanne hosts talk's, events and podcasts, also consulting on global spa & brand projects. She lives in south west London with her husband, daughter and two French bulldogs and is a prolific power bather!

WHO’S THAT GIRL Maxine Mei-Fung Chung

The Voices come and go. Like flu. Weather. Weekend shags. I’m unsure how long they’ve been here, or if they intend to stay. I want to say they’re friendly. Only three people in the entire world know what’s going on in Alexa Wú’s head: her therapist Daniel, her best friend Ella, and her stepmother Anna, a fellow survivor of her father’s abuse. At twenty-four she’s supposed to be sorting things out, starting a new relationship, holding down a restaurant job, finding a toehold in photojournalism. Having dissociative identity disorder - her life moderated by a series of voices and personas she calls The Flock - doesn’t make things easier but she manages. Keeps her other selves in check, only letting them out, letting them take the light, when it suits her. When it’s safe. But when Ella gets a new job at a high-end gentlemen’s club, The Electra, she catches the attention of its sharklike owner, Navid, and is slowly drawn into its inner circle, Alexa finds herself the unwitting keeper of a nightmarish secret. With no one to turn to and lives at stake, she follows Ella into London’s cruel, abyssal underside on a daring rescue mission. Alone and in danger, she’ll discover whether the Flock is her greatest asset or whether their intentions are darker. WHO’S THAT GIRL is an omnivorous examination of life with D.I.D and the coruscating trauma of life in a misogynist world. It deftly navigates the swirling confluence of mental health, family history, and the impossible, fracturing weights that young women are forced to carry wherever they go.


US Publisher: William Morrow

US Editor: Liz Stein

Extent: tbc

US pub date: Spring 2020




Rights sold: Russia: Eksmo

MAXINE MEI-FUNG CHUNG is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and visiting lecturer at The John Bowlby School for Psychoanalysis. Originally trained in fine art, she worked as a Creative Director for ten years at Condé Nast, The Sunday Times and The Times. She currently works in private practice working with trauma survivors.

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THE DIVIDED Mai Davies

THE DIVIDED is a political thriller set over the course of 24 hours. At its heart is the plight of two asylum seekers, Rami and Jalilah, who, fleeing from the immigration authorities, end up hiding on a ledge on the top of a London skyscraper. There they find themselves caught in a game of cat and mouse between a ravenous 24-hour media and a desperate government minister. The media finds them and puts them on live TV. ‘Let them stay or deport them?’ The world starts watching, on every TV, smartphone and public screen. We watch as the public’s sympathies turn with each revelation. With Rami and Jalilah, at the centre of the storm, is hostage negotiator, Chris Jones, who throws out the rulebook to save the lovers. Behind the scenes his estranged wife risks her career to help him. If he saves Rami and Jalilah, can Chris save his marriage and save himself? His back is against the wall and the world is watching…



US: Furniss Lawton

Film/TV: Casarotto Ramsay


On Submission

MAI DAVIES has seen her fair share of tense situations over the years, reporting on them first hand both as a news anchor and as a reporter. She has been an anchor at Sky News and a Political Presenter for ITV. She currently works at the BBC.

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HABEAS CORPUS Gary Bell QC

The Inns of Court, London, 2018. Elliot Rook QC is one of the greatest barristers of his generation. An eccentric genius, equally admired and envied by his colleagues. He is also a complete fraud. Unbeknown to the high society of the Inns of Court surrounding him, Rook is not the Old-Etonian, Oxfordian gentleman he pretends to be. In fact, he is an ex-petty criminal with a conviction of his own and a colourful, impoverished past that he has spent decades keeping secret. Until now…

The body of a young woman has been found on the outskirts of Rook’s home town of Cotgrave in Nottinghamshire. One man alone is suspected of the murder: Billy Barber; and there is only one man whom Barber will allow to defend him: his old acquaintance Elliot Rook QC. Rook teams up with Zara Barnes, a hijab-wearing, state-school-educated apprentice whom his snobbish legal counterparts have dismissed out of hand but in whom Rook sees a special talent. Rook and Barnes travel back to Cotgrave, where they encounter shadowy figures from Rook’s former life as well as new threats who will call into question everything that he believes to be true and everything he has fought for. The truth is there for the finding, as Rook says. But at what cost?

Agent: Rory Scarfe, The Blair

Partnership

UK Publisher: Bloomsbury

UK Editor:Alison Hennessey

Extent: tbc

Pub date: Spring 2020


US:The Blair Partnership

Film/TV: BBC Wales

Audio: Bloomsbury

Rights Sold: Italy: Mondadori

GARY BELL QC grew up in a condemned slum terrace and then a Nottinghamshire pit village, and left his tough comprehensive without taking any exams. In his mid-twenties, Gary decided to transform his life and trained as a lawyer. Now among the country's top defence barristers – his cases are so complex that the papers are not counted but weighed, and they often weigh ten or fifteen tonnes.

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THE VOICES S.K Tremayne

Jo Ferguson is a 33 year old freelance journalist. Recently divorced from her tech specialist husband, she's renting a lovely room in a lovely house in a trendy corner of north London. Her landlord is also her new flatmate (and also her best friend since way back): posh, prosperous TV producer Tabitha Ashbury.

For all her money worries, Jo considers herself happy: she's always been bouncy and optimistic, and she loves the variety of her job, she loves her new, central location in town, she loves all the hi-tech gimmicks in the flat: from the smart TV and smart lighting, to the Home Assistants in every corner of the apartment - Alexa, Google, Apple - telling her what TV to watch, telling her jokes when she's bored...

And then, one silent winter evening, Alexa says something, unprompted, something which chills Jo the core.

From that moment, Jo's "happy-go-lucky" life descends into digital hell, as all the glossy, cutting-edge technology takes over her life: apparently invading her phone and her laptop, destroying her career, taking her money, commanding her to kill herself. Jo is trapped in a hi-tech horror-show and she is the star. But who is doing this to her? Who is manipulating the technology? Who hates her that much?

But Jo has an even darker fear. Her father died of suicide, after developing late onset schizophrenia. The first symptom of his madness was when "the TV started talking to him".


UK Publisher: HarperCollins

UK Editor: Jane Johnson

Extent: 400

Pub date: 22 Aug 2019 (HB)


US: Furniss Lawton



Rights Sold: France: Presses de la Cite Germany: Droemer

Option Publishers: Holland: Prometheus Hungary: Gabo Italy: Garzanti Norway: Font Poland: Czarna Owca Portugal: 2020 Sweden: Lind & Co

Previous Titles: THE ICE TWINSTHE FIRE CHILDJUST BEFORE I DIED

S.K. TREMAYNE is the Sunday Times Bestselling author of THE ICE TWINS and THE FIRE CHILD. He is also an award-winning travel writer, and a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines around the world. Born in Devon, he now lives in London S.K. Tremayne has two daughters.

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THE SWAP Fiona Mitchell

When two strangers, Tess and Annie, undergo IVF at an American clinic, their embryos are mixed up and each woman gives birth to the wrong child.

The women only discover the devastating error three years later. Tess wants to swap the children back; Annie doesn't. As the pair wrangle, neither of them expect what unfolds.Two women. Two children. One thought-provoking novel.

Praise for Fiona Mitchell:

'A modern-day The Help' Emerald Street

'Passionate . . . powerful' Daily Mail

'Exquisite writing . . . a shocking and powerful story line that had me gripped and moved until the uplifting conclusion . . . A fascinating read about survival and the strength and resilience of the human heart' Katie Marsh, author of A Life Without You and This Beautiful Life

Agent: Rowan Lawton

UK Publisher: Hodder

UK Editor: Emma Herdman

Extent: 288

Pub date: 4 Apr 2019 (HB)


US: Furniss Lawton


Audio: Hodder

Option Publishers: Denmark: Rosinante & Co Italy: Mondadori Norway: Gyldendal Poland: Literackie Spain: PRH

Previous Titles: THE MAID’S ROOM

FIONA MITCHELL is an award-winning writer and has worked as a journalist for many years. She spent almost three years living in Singapore and now lives in London with her husband and daughter.

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NIGHT RUNNERS Richard Crompton

‘A compulsive whodunnit set in Kenya' Ian Rankin

In the slums of Nairobi there is a place where the fires burn constantly and the stench of decay never fades. Dandora, the city's dumping ground, is filled with shadowy figures the world has left behind. Here too are rumours of the night runners - those said to be possessed by spirits, or the devil.

Detective Mollel understands what it means to be an outsider. Born in a Maasai village and forever at odds with the corrupt ranks of the city police, he is drawn to the case of a Fatima, a young girl who has gone missing in the slum. His search takes him deep into Nairobi's underworld, from rap clubs to voodoo healers, and to the lair of the self-styled overlord of Dandora. He learns that Fatima is not the first person to have disappeared, and to find out what has happened to her, Mollel must open his mind to things he cannot see...


UK Publisher: W&N, Orion

UK Editor: Kirsty Dunseath

Extent: 288



US: Furniss Lawton


Audio: W&N, Orion

Option Publishers: Czech Rep: Euromedia France: Lattes Germany: DTV Spain: Siruela US: FSG

Previous Titles: THE HONEY GUIDE HELL’S GATE

RICHARD CROMPTON is an ex-BBC journalist who moved to East Africa several years ago with his wife, a human rights lawyer who worked on the Rwanda genocide trials. Richard won the Daily Telegraph Short Story Award in 2010.

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THE THREE SECRET CITIES Matthew Reilly

A SHADOW WORLD BEHIND THE REAL WORLD

When Jack West Jr won the Great Games, he threw the four legendary kingdoms into turmoil.

A WORLD WITH ITS OWN HISTORY, RULES AND PRISONS

Now these dark forces are coming after Jack... in ruthless fashion.

THAT IS REACHING INTO OUR WORLD ... EXPLOSIVELY

With the end of all things rapidly approaching, Jack must find the Three Secret Cities, three incredible lost cities of legend.

It's an impossible task by any reckoning, but Jack must do it while he is being hunted...


UK Pub: Orion

UK Editor: Emad Akthar

ANZ Pub: Macmillan

US Pub: S&S

Extent: 464



Film/TV: ICM

Audio: Orion, Macmillan, S&S

Rights Sold: Bulgaria: Bard

Previous Titles: SEVEN ANCIENT WONDERS SIX SACRED STONES THE FIVE GREATEST WARRIORS THE FOUR LEGENDARY KINGDOMSCONTEST TEMPLE HOVER CAR RACER THE TOURNAMENT TROLL MOUNTAIN THE GREAT ZOO OF CHINA ICE STATION AREA 7 SCARECROW HELL ISLAND SCARECROW AND THE ARMY OF THIEVES

MATTHEW REILLY is the New York Times and #1 international bestselling author of numerous novels. His books have been published in more than 25 languages and he has sold more than 7 million copies worldwide. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

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CALIPHATE Raymond Khoury

It's 2018 in Ottoman Paris.

Situated within the edges of the great Islamic empire that has dominated Europe since the dawn of the Ottoman Caliphate, Paris has for centuries been an important and influential Ottoman outpost. The empire, however, is under strain. Political and economic unrest has created a volatile, dangerous climate, and destabilizing terrorist attacks are on the rise.

Kamal Arslan Agha is a patriot. A Special Investigator of the sultan’s Tashkeelat-i Hafiye—the secret police—he is on the frontlines of the empire’s harsh response to the increasing turmoil. But the Caliphate’s efforts to impose law and order spare no one, and soon, Kamal’s own family draws the attention of the Hafiye’s ever-watchful eye.

His brother and sister-in-law have stumbled onto a secret, a piece of knowledge so profoundly dangerous that the Caliphate will do anything to suppress it. With the very foundations of the empire under threat, Kamal’s family has only one choice: they must run. And whether or not they escape the long-arm of the Hafiye will determine not only their own fate, but the existence of the Caliphate itself—its past, its present, and its future.


UK Pub: Michael Joseph

UK Editor: Rowland White

Extent: tbc

Pub date: Summer 2019


US: Tor


Audio: Michael Joseph

Rights Sold: France: Presses de la Cite Greece: Enalios Poland: Sonia Draga

Previous Titles: THE LAST TEMPLAR SANCTUARY THE SIGN THE TEMPLAR SALVATION THE DEVIL’S ELIXIR RASPUTIN’S SHADOW THE END GAME

RAYMOND KHOURY is the author of seven previous bestsellers, including the multi-million copy phenomenon THE LAST TEMPLAR. Also an acclaimed screenwriter, his credits include the award-winning BBC Television series "Spooks" (aka "MI:5" in the US) and "Waking the Dead". Born in Beirut, Raymond moved to Rye, New York, at the outbreak of the civil war in Lebanon. He returned to Lebanon to study architecture at the American University of Beirut, and was evacuated out from the city in February, 1984, on board a US Marines Chinook helicopter. He now divides his time between London, Beirut, and Dubai.

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ALONE J.L. Butler

Fatal Attraction meets McMafia in the thrilling new novel from the author of MINE.

Someone won’t leave her alone

From the outside, Rachel Hardy has a dream life, a successful husband, a stunning, architectural home and a loving daughter Lily. But when Lily leaves for university, Rachel realises just how isolated and lonely she has become.

When she bumps into a college sweetheart, Chris Walker, the two have a magical connection which leads to a one-night stand. Rachel ends any affair as soon as it’s begun, but it seems Chris has other ideas. Rachel begins to receive anonymous emails, unwelcome gifts and late-night calls. She feels followed, watched - she doesn’t feel safe but she has no one to turn to and no one she can trust.

But is Chris Walker really stalking her? Why does she feel watched by her neighbour’s young care assistant and why do her husband’s business associates put her on edge?

Only one thing is clear: someone is out to get her. But as Rachel sets out to discover who, and why, she stumbles across something that threatens to put her life - and her family’s in danger.


UK Pub: HarperCollins

UK Editor: Kimberley Young

Extent: tbc

Pub date: Autumn 2019


US: Furniss Lawton



Option Publishers: Brazil: Record Czech: Metafora France: Sonatine Germany: Rowohlt Holland: HarperCollins Hungary: XXI Szasad Israel: Dani Books Italy: Piemme Poland: Edipresse Portugal: Planeta Russia: FLC Spain: Roca Turkey: Salon

Previous Titles: MINE

J.L BUTLER is the pseudonym of bestselling author Tasmina Perry

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MINE J.L. Butler

Francine Day is a high flying lawyer about to apply for silk, ambitious and brilliant. She just needs one headline grabbing client to seal her place as queen's counsel … Martin Joy. The attraction is instant. Obsessive. They embark on a secret affair and Francine thinks she can hold it together. But then Martin's wife goes missing. And Martin is the prime suspect. Francine is now his lawyer, lover and the last person to see Donna Joy alive. As the case unravels so does Francine.

My client. My lover. My husband. My obsession. Set in the Inns of Court in London, where justice and corruption have played out for centuries, J L Butler’s taut, gripping legal drama brims with suspense and obsession, and only you can solve the case…


UK Pub: HarperCollins

UK Editor: Kimberley Young

Extent: 400

Pub date: 4 Apr 2019 (PB)


US: HarperCollins

Film/TV: Sony


Rights Sold: Brazil: Record Czech Rep: Metafora France: Sonatine Germany: Rowohlt Holland: HarperCollins Hungary: XXI Szazad Kiado Israel: Dani Books Italy: Piemme Poland: Edipresse Portugal: Planeta Russia: FLC Spain: Roca Turkey: Salon

J. L. BUTLER trained as a lawyer and journalist. She lives

in London with her husband and son. J.L. Butler is the

pseudonym for Sunday Times bestseller, Tasmina Perry.

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THE COLOUR OF LIES Lezanne Clannachan

When you can see everyone is lying, how do you know who to trust?

When Anna takes a job with a family whose niece is missing, she finds herself increasingly haunted by the mystery around her disappearance.

As rumours and gossip circle the family, Anna becomes obsessed with the missing girl. The more she learns, the less she knows who to trust.

But Anna has her own secret. She knows what lies look like - she can see dishonesty stain the air. Only her sister knows about her synaesthesia and how she can read emotions, even when people are trying to hide them.

Now suspicion is beginning to gather around the one man Anna knows to be innocent. She just has to find a way to prove it...

Agent: Rowan Lawton

UK Pub: Orion

UK Editor: Clare Hey

Extent:384

Pub date: 9 Aug 2018 (PB)


US: Furniss Lawton


Audio: Orion

Previous Titles: JELLY BIRD

LEZANNE CLANNACHAN was born in Denmark before moving to the UK when she was fourteen. She lives in West Sussex with her three children. THE COLOUR OF LIVES is her second novel.

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