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Berlin Associates Ltd

Contacts
7 Tyers Gate

London, SE1 3HX
United Kingdom
tel: 
020 7835 1112
email: 
submissions@berlinassociates.com
Berlin Associates Ltd website
Twitter: 
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Directors/Contacts/Dramatists & Rights Agents:

  • Marc Berlin
  • Matt Connell
  • Alexandra Cory
  • Rachel Daniels
  • Julia Mills
  • Fiona Williams
  • Emily Wraith
  • Julia Wyatt

 

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Josef Weinberger Plays Ltd

Contacts
12-14 Mortimer Street

London, W1T 3JJ
United Kingdom
tel: 
44 + (0)20 7580 2827
fax: 
44 + (0)20 7436 9616
email: 
general.info@jwmail.co.uk
Josef Weinberger Plays Ltd website
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http://www.facebook.com/JosefWeinbergerPlays
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Specialises in stage plays and music.

Works in conjunction with many overseas agents.

No unsolicited MSS; preliminary letter essential.

Founded 1938.  Read more

Wallace Literary Agency Inc.

Contacts
229 East 79th Street
Suite 5A
New York, NY 10075
United States
tel: 
212-472-3282
email: 
info@wallaceliteraryagency.com
Wallace Literary Agency Inc. website
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Director

  • Robin Straus

No cookery, humour, how-to, children's or young adult; film, TV, theatre for agency clients.

Works with Andrew Nurnberg

 

A & B Personal Management Ltd

Contacts
Suite 330, Linen Hall
162-168 Regent Street
London, W1B 5TD
United Kingdom
tel: 
020-7434 4262
fax: 
020-7038 3699
email: 
billellis@aandb.co.uk
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Directors

  • RW Ellis
  • R Ellis

Accepts full-length MSS, scripts for T.V and theatre; also novels, fiction and non-fiction. Represents screenwriters. Agents cover film, TV and theatre as well as literature.

Does not welcome unsolicited material but enquiries are accepted in writing.

No reading fee for synopsis, plays or screenplays, but a fee is charged for full-length MSS. Return postage required.  Read more

David Higham Associates Ltd

Contacts
5-8 Lower John Street
Golden Square
London, W1F 9HA
United Kingdom
tel: 
020-7434 5900
fax: 
020-7437 1072
email: 
dha@davidhigham.co.uk
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Directors

  • Anthony Goff

Books

  • Veronique Baxter
  • Anthony Goff
  • Andrew Gordon
  • Bruce Hunter
  • Lizzy Kremer
  • Caroline Walsh
  • Foreign Rights
  • Ania Corless

Film/TV/Theatre

  • Gemma Hirst
  • Nicky Lund
  • Georgina Ruffhead
  • Jessica Cooper

Agents for the negotiation of all rights in fiction, general non-fiction, children's fiction and picture books, plays, film and TV scripts (home 15%, USA/translation 20%, scripts 10%). Represented in all foreign markets. Preliminary letter and return postage  Read more

Alan Brodie Representation Ltd

Contacts
6th Floor, Fairgate House
78 New Oxford Street
London, WC1A 1HB
United Kingdom
tel: 
020 7079 7990
fax: 
020 7183 7999
email: 
info@alanbrodie.com
Alan Brodie Representation Ltd website
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Contacts

  • Lisa Foster
  • Sarah McNair
  • Harriet Pennington Legh

Specialises in stage plays, radio, TV, film (home 10%, overseas 15%); no prose fiction or general MSS. Represented in all major countries.

Represents screenwriters and specialises in film and TV rights. Also represents stage and radio plays.

Commission: home 10%, overseas 15%

No unsolicited scripts; recommendation from known professional required.  Read more

The Lisa Richards Agency

Contacts
108 Upper Leeson Street

Dublin 4,
Ireland
tel: 
(01) 637 5000
email: 
faith@lisarichards.ie
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Contact

  • Faith O'Grady

The Lisa Richards AgencyThe Lisa Richards Agency was founded in 1989 by Lisa and Richard Cook.

Originally established as a theatrical agency, Lisa Richards now provides representation for actors, comedians, voice-over artists, authors & playwrights, directors, designers and presenters

The company employs a staff of 12 people across the different departments. Based in Dublin’s city center, Lisa Richards has been at the heart of the Irish arts and entertainment industry for over fifteen years and represents some of the finest creative talent in Ireland.

Handles fiction and general non-fiction. Approach with proposal and sample chapter for non-fiction and 3-4 chapters and synopsis for fiction (sae essential).

No reading fee. Overseas associate The Marsh Agency for translation rights. Fiction and non-fiction, but represents these for film/TV rights as well.

Also represents actors and playwrights.

was founded in 1989 by Lisa and Richard Cook.
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Brie Burkeman & Serafina Clarke Ltd

Contacts
14 Neville Court
Abbey Road
London, NW8 9DD
United Kingdom
tel: 
0870-199 5002
fax: 
0870-199 1029
email: 
info@burkemanandclarke.com
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Contact

  • Brie Burkeman
  • Serafina Clarke

Represents fiction and general non-fiction, children's books, scripts for film, television and theatre. Does not represent poetry, short stories, academic or text books.

(Home 15%, Overseas 20%).

Submission Guidelines:  Not currently accepting new submissions. Please refer to our website for
updates.

Association of Authors' AgentsThe association of UK agents. Their website (http://www.agentsassoc.co.uk/index.html) gives a Directory of Members and a code of practice, but no information about the agencies other than their names. The association refers visitors to the UK agent listings from The Writers' & Artists' Yearbook on the WritersServices site.

Sayle Screen Ltd

Contacts
11 Jubilee Place

London, SW3 3TD
United Kingdom
tel: 
020-7823 3883
fax: 
020-7823 3363
email: 
info@saylescreen.com
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Agents

  • Jane Villiers
  • Matthew Bates
  • Toby Moorcroft

First established as a literary and dramatists' agency in 1896, Sayle ScreenFirst established as a literary and dramatists' agency in 1896, Sayle Screen has evolved into one of London's leading and longest standing independent agencies, now representing writers, directors and producers for film, television, stage and new media

Specialises in scripts for film, TV, theatre and radio. Represents film and TV rights in fiction and non-fiction for The Sayle Literary Agency, Greene and Heaton Ltd and Peter Robinson Ltd. Works in conjunction with agents in New York and Los Angeles.

Preliminary letter and return postage essential. Only accepts submissions by post, no email submissions.

Approximately 100 writers; the agency also represents directors for both film and television.

has evolved into one of London's leading and longest standing independent agencies, now representing writers, directors and producers for film, television, stage and new media
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MBA Literary Agents Ltd (incorporating Merric Davidson Literary Agency)

Contacts
62 Grafton Way

London, W1T 5DW
United Kingdom
tel: 
020-7387 2076
fax: 
020-7387 2042
email: 
firstname@mbalit.co.uk
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Contacts

  • Diana Tyler
  • John Richard Parker
  • Meg Davis
  • Laura Longrigg
  • David Riding
  • Susan Smith
  • Sophie Gorell Barnes

Based in London' s West End for over 30 years, MBA is a leading literary agency representing writers in all media: books, and scripts for film, television, radio and theatre and directors.

No unsolicited submissions.

Fiction and non-fiction, and TV, film, radio and theatre scripts.  Read more

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August 2020
  • 'Well, the first six weeks I was not doing any writing at all. It was all about making sure the kids were all right and everyone was in a good mental state. Then, I thought maybe I can work for an hour or two a day and it was really hard work getting back in the groove. But, hey, the books aren't going to write themselves.
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2020 Manchester Writing Competition

Information

Closing date: 
18 September 2020
Entry: 
Open to writers across the world. Entry fee £18
Prize: 
Two £10,000 prizes are awarded: the Manchester Poetry Prize for best portfolio of poems and the Manchester Fiction Prize for best short story

The Manchester Writing Competition offers the UK's biggest literary awards for unpublished work, offered by the country's most successful writing school. The Competition was established in 2008 by Carol Ann Duffy (UK Poet Laureate 2009-19) and has awarded more than £195,000 to writers.  Read more

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