Deal Announcement - more early readers from Sam Hay and Sam Watkins!

I’m delighted to announce that new early readers from Sam Hay and Sam Watkins have sold to Franklin Watts for their Hopscotch Twisted Tales series! 

I’ve often talked about the skill needed to write a gripping and age appropriate story in just 400 words, and am always so impressed with writers who can do this – so big congrats and well done to both authors!  

		September 14, 2015
		International rights: UK Children's		Sam Watkins's PUSS IN FOOTBALL BOOTS, in which a football-mad boy plays the game of his life, helped by a clever cat with a bit of an itch, to Melanie Palmer at Hachette Children's, for publication in April 2016, by Gemma Cooper at The Bent Agency (World).

		September 14, 2015
		International rights: UK Children's		Sam Hay's TOO MANY NIGHTINGALES!, when a kingdom becomes over run with clockwork nightingales, the noise drives the King mad, but a mysterious stranger has a plan to solve the nightingale nightmare...forever, to Melanie Palmer at Hachette Children's, for publication in April 2016, by Gemma Cooper at The Bent Agency (World).

You can pre-order PUSS IN FOOTBALL BOOTS here, and TOO MANY NIGHTINGALES! here and go congratulate both authors on twitter - @samhayauthor and @_sam_watkins

Deal Announcement - Ministry of S.U.I.T.S by Paul Gamble to Little Island!

I am thrilled to announce that the UK/Commonwealth rights to Paul Gamble’s middle-grade novel THE MINISTRY OF S.U.I.T.S have been sold to Little Island!

As I mentioned when the North American rights were sold, this book has everything I love for MG readers – humour, mystery, adventure, plus dinosaurs, pirates and unicorns! I’d sign up to the Ministry of Strange, Unusual and Impossible Things if it wasn’t that my job at TBA keeps me pretty busy. Paul is based in Belfast, so we are thrilled this book found a home with Little Island – a fantastic publisher who have been such fun to work with.

September 11, 2015
International rights: UK Children's		Paul Gamble's THE MINISTRY OF S.U.I.T.S., in which after joining the Ministry of Strange, Unusual and Impossible Things, two kids discover that the world is not only weirder than they ever thought, but it also contains a lot more dinosaurs and pirates, to Siobhan Parkinson and Grainne Clear at Little Island, by Gemma Cooper at The Bent Agency.

 

Congrats Paul!

 

What we did over the summer - a round up of our summer series on marketing and author events

Summer is officially over and there’s a definite back-to-school feeling in the air. We spent the summer months talking about marketing and author events on the blog — in case you were on vacation and missed any of our posts, here they are!

• Marketing advice from two debut authors - TBA client post
• Tips and tricks for school visits - TBA client post
• Marketing & School Appearances - Interview withCatherine Balkin of Balkin Buddies
• Bears, Gargoyles and Bananas! Favorite Questions fromSchool Visits - TBA client post
• Marketing: the Basics - tips from TBA agents

We also interviewed two of our agents, so click below for more information about them and their wishlists: 

• Beth Phelan
• Louise Fury