02 June 2021
It seems that amidst the choas of the past year, lockdown has afforded many aspiring authors the time to harness their creativity and complete ongoing writing projects. As a result, literary agencies everywhere are experiencing an influx of submissions from writers eager to take the first steps towards getting their newly finished work published.
28 May 2021
Between Monday 31st May– Monday 14th June we are encouraging authors (debut or established) to submit their chapter book and middle-grade fiction manuscripts. We represent some of today’s most successful children’s authors and illustrators, whose work has been acknowledged by bestseller lists and awards worldwide. If you think your work could sit alongside theirs, then our reading glasses are at the ready!
28 May 2021
We’ve got lots of exciting new book releases from our authors and artists in June, including Dapo Adeola’s stunning new celebration of growing up black Hey You!, featuring illustrations by Bright’s Diane Ewen and Jade Orlando. Meanwhile, Sophie Beer’s How To Say Hello is all about consent for little readers, and we Look to the Skies with Hannah Tolson in a celebration of the monarch butterfly…
27 May 2021
Five books have been shortlisted for The Alligator’s Mouth Award 2021, which champions authors and illustrators of highly illustrated children’s fiction. Now in its third year, the children’s book prize was created by Bright and The Alligator’s Mouth children’s bookshop to celebrate the best books for 6-8-year-olds.
20 May 2021
Author-illustrator Beatrice Blue’s work has been translated into more than 10 languages so far and she was nominated for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2020 for Once Upon a Unicorn Horn (Frances Lincoln Children’s Books).
12 May 2021
This year, Vicki Willden-Lebrecht has been nominated for The British Book Awards’ Literary Agent of the Year for a second time! To celebrate, we’re releasing a series of blogs about Vicki’s work and career. This final blog serves as a personal retrospective on Vicki’s journey so far.
05 May 2021
This year, Vicki Willden-Lebrecht has been nominated for The British Book Awards’ Literary Agent of the Year for a second time! To celebrate, we’re releasing a series of blogs about Vicki’s work and career. Our second blog asks Vicki about her predictions for the future of publishing, her work in Film & TV and the importance of exploring different territories…
01 May 2021
As we welcome in May, we have an exciting round-up of new book releases from our authors and artists out this month. Including an out-of-this-world fantasy adventure with Otherland, illustrated by George Ermos; an entertaining farmyard romp with Cows Go Boo!, illustrated by Fred Blunt; and Take Off Your Brave, a collection of poems illustrated by Yasmeen Ismail.
22 April 2021
This year, Vicki Willden-Lebrecht has been nominated for The British Book Awards’ Literary Agent of the Year for a second time! To celebrate, we’re releasing a series of blogs about Vicki’s work and career. Our first blog is all about how Vicki came to found The Bright Agency, and her thoughts on what makes a great agent…
13 April 2021
Lifetime TV recently commissioned two of our Bright artists to create content for their official Instagram page. Steffi Walthall and Kim Ekdahl each created a number of eye-catching portraits for Lifetime TV’s #fiercefemalefriday posts that celebrate strong and inspiring women. Read on to see the finished illustrations…
01 April 2021
We have a brilliant selection of Bright books publishing this month. Including Waterstones Children’s Book Prize nominee Beatrice Blue with Once Upon a Mermaid’s Tale, the third title in the Once Upon series; Starboard illustrated by Flavia Sorrentino, the new middle grade from Bloom author Nicola Skinner; and the latest book in the bestselling Little People, Big Dreams series with Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Maxine Lee-Mackie.
25 March 2021
Ten books have been longlisted for The Alligator’s Mouth Award 2021, which champions both authors and illustrators of highly-illustrated children’s fiction. Now in its third year, the children’s book prize created by The Bright Agency and The Alligator’s Mouth children’s bookshop, celebrates the best books for 6-8-year-olds.
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