Congratulations to Richard Osman who takes the no. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller position at Christmas with The Thursday Murder Club!

Congratulations to Silé Edwards who has been shortlisted for the 2021 Trailblazer Award!

Avon Books UK and Silé Edwards at Mushens Entertainment have partnered up to launch a competition that’s exclusively open to un-agented, unpublished writers of colour.

The Thursday Murder Club has become the bestselling novel of 2020 and the 7th bestselling fiction hardback of all time.

In lieu of sending out cards this year we have made a donation to BookTrust. We wish you a very Happy Holidays and a Joyous New Year!

Sonia Velton’s first thriller is to be published by Quercus books, who has previously published her historical fiction debut.

Juliet Mushens has been named as one of the most influential people in publishing by The Bookseller in its annual list.

Irish Examiner columnist Louise O’Neill has featured among the winners at this year’s An Post Irish Book awards, winning Crime Fiction Book of the Year for After the Silence, out now from Quercus.

Laura Purcell will join Bridget Collins, Sara Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Andrew Michael Hurley, Jess Kidd, Elizabeth Macneal, and Natasha Pulley in an original short story collection.

Nell Pattison will continue to work with Avon after Senior commissioning editor Tilda McDonald acquired world English language rights for a further two books.

Lianne Dillsworth’s debut historical novel, Age of Monsters, has been pre-empted by Windmill for a significant six-figure deal less than 24 hours after submission.

Join Mushens Entertainment Agent Silé Edwards on a panel chaired by author Sarah Butler as part of the National Creative Writing Industry Conference.

Congratulations to Laure van Rensburg and Susan Stokes-Chapman on being shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Prize!

Join Literary Agent Juliet Mushens and Publishing Director Natasha Bardon for a Masterclass in Writing Successful Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fiction on 30th September at 6.30pm on the HarperFictionPresents YouTube channel

Congratulations to Stacey Halls whose novel, The Foundling, celebrates its second week on the Sunday Times Bestseller list.

Congratulations to Anna Mazzola whose historical novel, The Clockwork Girl, will be published by Orion in January 2022.

Lia Louis has signed a deal with Orion for Eight Perfect Hours and an untitled novel.

Join Silé and Square Peg Editor Mireille Harper for an online masterclass on how the publishing process works.

Sphere has won a multiple-publisher auction to publish Twelve Secrets, the first in a page-rippingly suspenseful new crime series by Rob Gold. 

Congratulations to Louise O’Neill who has charted at #2 on the Bestseller list in Ireland!