Jenny Brown Associates
Leading literary agency
From Scotland to the World
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WINNER ANNOUNCED: Huge congratulations to Glennis Virgo for winning our inaugural Debut Writers Over 50 Award with Vile Apparel, a glorious world building novel set against the rich fabric of 16th-century Bologna where a young woman seamstress fights for justice and her ambitions in a male-dominated world.
Jenny Brown Associates’ Award is for debut novelists resident in the UK aged 50 and above. We hope to run the Award again in 2025.
From the Makar @KathleenJamie comes a collection of personal notes, fragments, micro-essays, celebrated by @ObserverUK for 'testing the limits of non-fiction'. Join us for an evening of literary innovation!
📅Thurs 13th June
🕐7:30pm
📍The Bookshop
🎟️⬇️ https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinburgh/kathleen-jamie-launching-cairn-2024/
The subject of this novel is fascinating: @florajowriter tells a tale that’s never been told- and this she does beautifully, with characters that’ll stay with me. #rugby #firstworldwar #Paris Published on 18/4, this comes highly commended @AllisonandBusby @agentjenny
"Mind-bending and suspenseful"💥
What an amazing review from @NewStatesman for @edgechristopher's new edge-of-your-seat adventure, Black Hole Cinema Club🍿
Read the full review here📚: https://ow.ly/ennB50QZwPm
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Submissions
How to submit your work
We love reading new work but, as a small agency, we can only consider submissions at certain points of the year.
Jenny's list
Lucy's list
6–17 May 2024
Lisa's list
Closed to submissions while I catch up with reading.
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International rights
We sell translation rights directly to publishers throughout the world for fiction and non-fiction titles via our network of sub-agents and relationships with literary scouts.
We have secured deals in more than 20 languages into established markets such as Germany, Spain, France, Holland, Italy, and Scandinavia, as well as emerging markets including China and Korea.
About us
Founded in 2002, Jenny Brown Associates is the leading agency in Scotland and one of the foremost independent literary agencies in the UK.