List of UK literary agencies

This is a list of the major UK literary agencies, by order of the year of their establishment, including selected notable clients.

Literary agencies

See also

  • List of largest UK book publishers

References

  1. AP Watt United Agents, retrieved 19 May 2015^
  2. Charlotte Williams, "Trewin made literary head at WME", The Bookseller, 18 June 2012.^
  3. Writers' Copyright Association, Directory of Literary Agents.^
  4. Johnson & Alcock, Agents.^
  5. Lucy Hancock, LinkedIn.com.^
  6. Sonia Land, LinkedIn.com.^
  7. Sheil Land Associates, Authors A–E.^
  8. Sheil Land Associates, Authors F–L.^
  9. Sheil Land Associates, Authors M–R.^
  10. ”Sheil Land Associates Ltd” Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook 2016 (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016).^
  11. Greene & Heaton, About Us - The Agency.^
  12. Greene & Heaton, About Us - Carol Heaton.^
  13. About, Janklow & Nesbit (UK).^
  14. Janklow & Nesbit (UK), People - Claire Conrad.^
  15. Sathnam Sanghera, Agent Provocateur, The Financial Times, 29 January 2002.^
  16. Mandy, Independent Talent Group.^
  17. Sanghera, Agent Provocateur.^
  18. Wendy Mitchell. London agency ICM changes name to Independent Screen Daily, 31 August 2007, retrieved 16 April 2026^
  19. Ed Victor Literary Agency, Welcome.^
  20. Ed Victor Ltd. www.edvictor.com, retrieved 2018-06-28^
  21. About Us Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency^
  22. Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency, Darley Anderson - Proprietor.^
  23. DGA, About DGA.^
  24. LAW Literary Agents London – Lucas Alexander Whitley Literary Agency lawagency.co.uk^
  25. "Literary Agents", Ragged.^
  26. "Agents", LAW.^
  27. AGA Literary Agents – Annette Green Authors' Agency annettegreenagency.co.uk^
  28. The Flamingo Book of New French Writing, "No Brie, but lots of ecstasy by Helen Stevenson", Independent, 14 July 1999.^
  29. Tony Gould. Hot writing in a cold climate The Spectator, 23 May 1998^
  30. Georgia de Chamberet. Independent voices Bookanista, 6 September 2018, retrieved 16 April 2026^
  31. Bodleian Libraries,, Bodleian Libraries Archive, BookBlast.^
  32. "About Us", Jenny Brown Associates.^
  33. Joel Rickett, Flying a United flag, The Bookseller, 3 April 2008.^
  34. Frankfurt Book Fair 2013: HC Wins Self-Published Novel In Major Buy Publishers Weekly, 10 October 2013, retrieved 28 January 2014^
  35. Katherine Cowdrey. Writers House UK closes The Bookseller, 19 June 2017^
  36. Madeleine Milburn, "Why Choose Our Literary agency", Madeleine Milburn Ltd.^
  37. Coen and O'Halloran join Madeleine Milburn, The Bookseller.^
  38. Sarah Shaffi. Fierce auction for debut author's book soars over seven figures The Bookseller, 14 October 2015, retrieved 16 April 2026^
  39. Katie Allen. Hardman & Swainson Launch New Agency The Bookseller, 14 June 2012^
  40. Ferguson joins Hardman & Swainson, The Bookseller.^
  41. Elise Dillsworth David Higham Associates^
  42. Submissions elise Dillsworth Literary Agency^
  43. Joshua Farrington. Kingsford and Campbell launch new literary and marketing agency www.thebookseller.com, 21 May 2014, retrieved 21 February 2019^
  44. Julie Vuong. A year on from inception, Greyhound still buzzes with racetrack energy The Bookseller, 31 March 2023, retrieved 2024-01-31^
  45. Lisa Campbell. Patrick Walsh goes solo with new agency The Bookseller, 13 June 2016^
  46. Katherine Cowdrey. The Good Agency secures ACE grant worth half a million www.thebookseller.com, 20 December 2017, retrieved 21 February 2019^
  47. Matilda Battersby. The Good Literary Agency founders 'heartbroken' to close agency after funding bid 'fails' The Bookseller, 16 January 2025, retrieved 16 April 2026^
  48. Danielle Lett. Could this new Suffolk agency help you publish your first book? East Anglian Daily Times, 1 October 2020^