Happy publication day to Kim Pearson as THE NOZEMPIC DIET is out now!!! Fast, natural and lasting weight loss – no meds required. Includes a 7-day kickstart plan and 50 easy recipes. Get your copy today here 🌟: www.waterstones.com/book/the-noz...

THE LAST ENCORE by Rebecca Heath is out now in the UK 🇬🇧!!! Make sure you get your copy 👀 here: www.waterstones.com/book/the-las...

In her latest Daily Mail piece, Kim Pearson shares how to achieve lasting weight loss without injections.   Read the full article and pre-order The Nozempic Diet, out 4 June: www.dailymail.com/lifestyle/fo...

Take a look at Nick Petrie’s latest LinkedIn post on the publication of Burn Bright and the journey behind it. Read more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/nick-p...

Happy publication day to @mcalvinbook.bsky.social with the release of '1966: A MOMENT IN TIME'. Get your copy today! A vivid portrait of the world in 1966, centred around the storied World Cup tournament and its backdrop, published to mark the 60th anniversary. www.waterstones.com/book/1966/mi...

We're delighted to announce that The Blair Partnership and Pottermore Publishing have been recognised in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026! 🤩🌟 Find out more here: www.thetimes.com/best-places-...

In her powerful new Daily Mail piece, Lindsay Nicholson shares how she rebuilt her life after unimaginable loss, heartbreak and trauma.   Read the full article and discover more in her memoir ‘How to Survive Losing It All: Without Losing Hope’. www.dailymail.com/lifestyle/fi...

Happy publication day to Nick Petrie with the release of 'BURN BRIGHT' 🌟   Don't burn out. Burn bright.   10 SIMPLE HABITS TO PERFORM AT YOUR BEST AND LOSE THE STRESS   It’s time to take back control. Don’t burn out. Burn bright. get your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/burn-br...

Entries are open for the Bournemouth Writing Prize!!! With our very own Ed Wood judging the short story category. Submit your work for a £3,000 prize fund 💷 Deadline: 15 August 2026. 📝📚🌟   Enter at: BournemouthWritingFestival.co.uk

Happy publication day to Christian Talbot & Sophie Hodge with the release of THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHARKS 🦈, get your copy today this book is perfect for landlubbers aged 7+ who want to learn more about their finned friends! www.waterstones.com/book/the-wor...

LIMITED TIME: get 20% off Nick Petrie’s BURN BRIGHT with code PREORDER20, offer lasts from 13–17 May. Support indie bookshops!!! 📚🌟 order your copy here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/burn...

🚨 REMINDER 🚨 The I AM WRITING COMPETITIONS 2026 is now live, with Hattie Grünewald judging the Crime, Thriller and Mystery category. Get your submissions in before 14 May 2026. 👀🌟 @iaminprint.bsky.social Submit here: www.iaminprint.co.uk/competitions-2026   #writingcommunity #writingcompetition

✨NEW SUBSTACK✨ A practical toolkit for writing non-fiction and actually getting started. From shaping your idea to getting words on the page. Read more here: thenotsosecretagents.substack.com/p/a-practica...

Happy publication day to Seán Farrelly with the release of the deeply moving YA novel 'TOM BURNE HAS LEFT THE CHAT' 💬 get your copy now!   A stunning new voice in YA, exploring grief and loneliness. Perfect for fans of Kathleen Glasgow and John Green. www.waterstones.com/book/tom-bur...

ICYMI 👀 Our April Publishing Scoop is live!! We discuss the key headlines shaping publishing right now, plus a look at the bestsellers leading the conversation. Read more here: thenotsosecretagents.substack.com/p/the-publis...

David Holmes brings his extraordinary story to the stage! ‘The Boy Who Lived’ explores life before and after the Harry Potter accident, with David portraying himself. Read the full story and stay tuned… 🎭 deadline.com/2026/05/davi...

Pascal Hughes' A SHORT HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME is out now on paperback, get your copy now! ⚔️🌟   From the hit 'Short History of...' podcast comes the dramatic and thrilling story of Ancient Rome. Grab your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/a-short...

Happy publication day to Hazel Gardner as BOOTS AND CATS is out now!!! 🥳⭐️ Bold, wacky and brilliantly funny, Boots and Cats tickles the imagination, reminding us all to find the fun in reading aloud - and to do it together! Get your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/boots-a...

On the 25th of April we lost our amazing and multitalented agent Rhian Thomas‑Parry after a stage‑four cancer diagnosis. Rhian helped shape this agency. We’re thinking of her family, her husband Hugh, and everyone who loved her as we carry her legacy forward ❤️

Happy Publication day to Suzanne Fortin as THE SECRET MIDWIFE OF BERLIN 🛩️ 🇩🇪 is out now! Get your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/the-sec...

Happy Publication day to Daisy Pearce!! DARK IS WHEN THE DEVIL COMES 😈 is out now Discover the brilliantly creepy and twisty new novel from Daisy Pearce, author of Something in the Walls. Part psychological thriller, part horror 😱 Grab your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/dark-is...

NEW SUBSTACK!!! 👀🚨 This week we provide you with the Practical Toolkit for aspiring authors, from three fantastic authors: Mollie Kendrick, Sue Cunningham and Craig Robertson.    Read more here: thenotsosecretagents.substack.com/p/practical-...

Congratulations to Joe Cole and Kate Hays who both have been shortlisted at the 2026 Sports Book Awards!!! 🥳📚🏆 LUXURY PLAYER is nominated in Autobiography of The Year & Sports Audiobook of The Year ⭐️ HOW TO WIN is nominated in Women’s Sports Writing 🌟

ICYMI: Have you been experiencing writers block recently and wondering how to combat it?📝 Well look no further as we have provided you with 7 tips to end writers block 👀 Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/thenotso... #writersblock #writingcommunity #writingtips

Happy Publication Day to Louise Jensen as I DID A BAD THING 🫣 is out now!!!   I Did a Bad Thing is a one-more-chapter psychological thriller exploring how even the most well-intentioned lies can spiral into catastrophe – and murder… 🔪🩸 Get your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/i-did-a...

Transworld has acquired 1966: A Moment in Time, a new book by award-winning writer Michael Calvin marking the 60th anniversary of England’s World Cup victory. ⚽️🏆   The book will publish ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup 👀 Read more here: www.thebookseller.com/rights/trans...

Darkening Song 🖤 by Delphine Seddon is out now in the UK!!! DARKENING SONG is a fiercely feminist story for fans of DAISY JONES & THE SIX and EUPHORIA. Grab your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/darkeni...

Walker Books has triumphed in a “hotly contested” auction on the eve of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair for the first Young Adult titles by award-winning fantasy author Rogba Payne.   Read more here: www.thebookseller.com/rights/break...

Pippa Grange discusses with 'The Times' how she helped the men’s national football team to overcome their penalty shootout hoodoo, but then succumbed to her own work pressures.   Read more here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...

Happy Publication Day to Pippa Grange as her latest empowering book “Life. Reclaimed: Find Freedom from Chronic Overperformance” 🧠 is out now! 👀 Get your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/life-re...

Happy Publication Day to Louise Jensen as her #QuickReads book “The Woman Next Door” 🏡 is out now!! Available in Asda, Waterstones and other retailers. Just £1 paperback/ 75p eBook. Get your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/the-wom...

Happy Publication day to Megan Hopkins with the release of “Starminster: The City of Wings”🪽the third and final book in the Starminster trilogy get your copy now!! 👀 Get your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/starmin...

Pippa Grange features in the latest episode of the ‘Eat Sleep Work Repeat’ podcast 👀🎧 Listen to “Life Reclaimed with Pippa Grange” here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...

I AM WRITING COMPETITIONS 2026 is now live and Hattie Grünewald is judging the Crime/Thriller/Mystery category! 🔪🫆😱 Get your submissions in 👀 - competition closes the 14th May 2026. Submit your writing here: www.iaminprint.co.uk/competitions-2026 #writingcompetition @iaminprint.bsky.social

Quercus Fiction has acquired Nancy Tucker’s “heartbreaking and hopeful” novel 👀, Nice Things All the Time. It is scheduled for publication in May 2027. Read more here: www.thebookseller.com/rights/querc...

GEORGE FALLS THROUGH TIME 🕳️⏳by Ryan Collett is now out in the UK!! 👀. Get your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/george-... #SciFi #Romance #Fiction #2026Books #RyanCollett

Happy Publication Day to Paul Harris as his inspiring book “The Warrior Walker” 🏕️ is out now! 👀 Get your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/the-war... #Travel #Lifestyle #NonFiction #2026Books #TheWarriorWalker

Pippa Grange features in the latest episode “The Talent Trap” of the Sideways podcast! 👀🎧 Available to listen now here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Term at Crookhaven has started and you are invited… All 8 episodes of #Crookhaven are available to stream now on BBC iPlayer!! 👀 Also available to watch on BBC One and CBBC ⭐️ #BBC #CBBC

For this month’s “What’s Hot” Substack we’re looking at historical fiction 👀 – at both the commercial and literary end of the spectrum. Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/thenotso... #substack #HistoricalFiction #WhatsHot

Lesson One: Trust No One 🤫 #CROOKHAVEN is releasing on March 22nd, set your reminders you do not want to miss it! 👀 Watch it on CBBC, BBC iPlayer, BBC One. #BBC #CBBC

Happy Publication Day to S. R. White as ‘DEAD FALL LAKE’ 😵 is out now!! Grab your copy here: www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Fall-La... #Crime #Thriller #Mystery #Fiction #2026Books

ICYMI: Our latest Substack explores ‘How to make additional income streams from your book’ 👀🤑 Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/thenotso... #substack #AuthorLife #income

‘Broken Country’ 🏡 by Clare Leslie Hall paperback is out now in the UK!!! A love story with the pulse of a thriller, Broken Country is a heart-pounding novel of impossible choices and devastating consequences. Grab yours here: www.waterstones.com/book/broken-... #BrokenCountry #Fiction

Happy Publication Day to Amy Chapman as ‘Dopamine Gardening’ 🌻 is out now!! GROW CALM. GROW CURIOUS. GROW HAPPY. Get your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/dopamin... #Gardening #Lifestyle #Contemporary #Home #Books

Happy Publication Day to Alice Martin as ‘Westward Women’ 🌊 is out now!! Grab your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/westwar... #Fiction #FeministFiction #Contemporary #SpeculativeFiction #WestwardWomen

Happy Publication Day to Delphine Seddon as ‘Darkening Song’ 🖤 is out now in USA/Canada!!! 🤩 DARKENING SONG is a fiercely feminist story for fans of DAISY JONES & THE SIX and EUPHORIA. Purchase here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125... #Fiction #FeministFiction #Contemporary #books

CHAOTIC ENERGY 😜 by Stephanie Yeboah is out now on paperback!! What's one little lie when it comes to true love? 👀🫢 Get your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/chaotic... #Fiction #Humour #bookstagram #StephanieYeboah

You’ve never seen a school like this… 👀 CROOKHAVEN the TV series is about to change your life 😲. Coming soon to CBBC, BBC iPlayer and BBC One. #Crookhaven #BBC #CBBC

In this week’s Substack we delve into what happens, when the worst happens. Sometimes, even when everything seems perfectly aligned your first book can flop! But this is not the end of the story. Read more at: THENOTSOSECRETAGENTS.SUBSTACK.COM #Substack #publishing #Author #Books