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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

2 years

Behind every award-nominated agent is an awesome team 👏👏👏 @KNLitAgency #BritishBookAwards

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 years

If a literary agent considers your submission, says no and takes the time to explain why, please don't come back and tell us we are wrong / stupid / failing. The agent's feedback may or may not be useful to you but it was freely given in a spirit of goodwill. #askagent

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

11 months

That's it. I'm done. I'm really no 2 behind the great @mushenska on the Publisher's Marketplace chart of UK Fiction dealmakers 🥂 (I'm classified in UK Fiction because I am in the UK, deals are usually global 🌎)

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

2 years

Hyperventilating here... I've been shortlisted for Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards My authors - this is YOU and your record-breaking year 🎉🍾🥂 👏

The British Book Awards 2022 shortlists reveal those in contention for a Nibbie

The shortlists for the British Book Awards 2022 have been revealed, including the prizes dedicated to the trade.

www.thebookseller.com

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

5 years

A thread. What kinds of novels are flying off the shelves? Should authors write for the market / ignore the market? What makes a bestseller? We did some research here at the Kate Nash Literary Agency on what's popular now and on trends and the results were very interesting. 1/

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

2 years

Lots of talk about #burnout in publishing industry especially after @thebookseller survey. However no one is yet talking about burnout among authors and I think perhaps they should.

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

I am thinking a Barnard Castle eye test might just enter the popular lexicon (meaning a lie simply too ludicrous to be believable) & in about 100 years its obscure origins as a phrase will be coming up in pub quizzes. Cracking potential pub name as well. #TuesdayThoughts

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 years

Hello @thesundaytimes "best books of 2021 -- from every genre" I can find crime, thrillers, historical fiction, science fiction... but where is your list of the year's best romantic fiction? 🤔 #EverydaySexism

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

10 months

As a literary agent I am very conscious I am in a position of having a coal face view of publishing... but what should I usefully talk about here? Let me know below and I'll do my best. Mystique in any industry is not a plus. #askagent

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

5 years

Sorry for shouting but REAL PUBLISHERS PAY AUTHORS, NOT the other way around! I have today discovered that vanity publishers use "Advance" to mean a payment FROM the author TO the publisher! 😮 In this contract, the author gets a tick box choice of what ££ to pay #publishing

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@katenashagent

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

2 years

I am on the lookout for romance with all the feels, contemporary, epic or timeslip, and hooky female-led crime and thrillers #mswl

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

If an agent reads your manuscript, gives you editorial feedback, reviews the edited mss -- giving you all this time & expertise for free -- don't get angry with the agent for not offering you rep. Your mss is good. Keep going. You'll find the right agent! #WritingCommunity

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

11 months

At the University of Oxford to give a talk this morning to the Creative Writing Summer School. Naturally I updated my talk to include Barbie. #askagent

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 years

So @thesundaytimes @aholgate what are you actually going to do about the #EverydaySexism in your Books coverage? Why is this huge slice of UK popular culture (aka popular bestselling fiction written by women) being systematically ignored?

📚✍️Milly Johnson ✒️🐕🐈‍⬛

@millyjohnson

3 years

Given the Twitter outage this weekend, I wrote a piece about women's fiction and the snobbery... and there are a few book recommendations on here. Go read these wonderful stories!

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

I was asked by @pubinterns to share some thoughts and tips for people applying for their first role in publishing. Now, we are an agency, not a publisher, but my comments apply across publishing. So here we go... 1/6

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

Publishing people! We are delighted to welcome @NickChapLit to the team as our new literary assistant. 🎉 Pls give him a follow and welcome him to the publishing Twitterborg.

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

2 years

Heading to London for the #BritishBookAwards . So chuffed to be nominated for Agent of the Year. Agenting isn’t easy and there aren’t many awards to showcase what we do

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 years

@aholgate @thesundaytimes But "every genre" has had a "best books of the year" except it hasn't. Where is the best books list for romantic fiction? I was excited when I saw the "every genre" headline, only to be disappointed.

Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 years

Hello @thesundaytimes "best books of 2021 -- from every genre" I can find crime, thrillers, historical fiction, science fiction... but where is your list of the year's best romantic fiction? 🤔 #EverydaySexism

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

Heartbreaking email from a writer last night. She submitted to us using an address of a family member from the South East to hide that she lives in the North. "I often got ridiculed for my Yorkshire twang and did my best to drop it," she writes. 💔 /1

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 years

@aholgate @thesundaytimes I don't think people imagine romantic fiction is a genre, it is a genre. Notable for being the second biggest fiction genre (after crime and thrillers).

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 years

Have you written a novel, memoir or narrative non-fiction and are looking for the right agent? I'm joining @RobbieGuillory @JustinNashLit & assistant @NickChapLit on Twitter to answer your questions tomorrow, Tues 12th Jan, from 1pm to 2pm on the hashtag #AskAgent

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

I will be reading #WMPitch today. If I like your pitch please submit to me and make it clear in the email subject that I requested and including the #WMPitch hashtag. Thank you 💐

Submissions

SUBMISSIONS **Thank you for your interest in submitting to Kate Nash Literary Agency. We are now accepting submissions on QueryTracker. Please check there to see which of our agents are currently o…

katenashlit.co.uk

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

5 years

And finally, predicting the near future. Here are the most popular themes answering the question "what themes will be popular in fiction in 2020?" Overall conclusion: Popular fiction today is reflecting our fears as well as exploring who we are and who we want to be. 11/

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

The brass necking of the @LondonBookFair organisers going ahead with the London Book Fair with so many publishers pulling out is reprehensible. It’s a significant sum of money for SMEs like us to lose with no official cancellation. RT if you agree. #coronovirusuk

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

7 months

We are! Please apply if you'd like a literary agent to help you get your manuscript to publication #AskAgent #WritingCommunity

writing.ie

@writing_ie

7 months

The Kate Nash Literary Agency is nurturing new voices, and in 2024 we will be taking on up to eight aspiring authors writing adult fiction. @katenashagent #writers #Agency

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

5 years

Wouldn't be where I am today without @RNAtweets all those years ago working to allow authors to network with industry pros so I am more than thrilled to be nominated for Agent of the Year, and even more thrilled to see Agency colleague @LinaLanglee also shortlisted. /1

Romantic Novelists' Association

@RNAtweets

5 years

The shortlists for the 2019 RNA Industry Awards are out today. Congratulations to all the shortlistees. You were nominated by our members and every single one of you is a hugely deserving nominee... #TuesNews #RNAIndustryAwards2019

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

I usually have a plan for my Mondays that I can largely stick to since the week is young... It's just been blown out of the water by the arrival of a publishing offer for a debut novelist! 🎉

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 years

📚 Do you read fiction? 📚 Since 2016 we've been tracking trends in popular reading & we need YOUR HELP to find out what's changed since our last research mid-pandemic. Can you spare 5 mins to tell us what you're reading nowadays? Pls RT & thank you >

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

5 years

Occasionally I do stuff not related to being an agent. Tonight I am seeing a band I've loved since I was a kid 😍 Hint: 🎶 "I never thought it would happen with me and the girl from Clapham..." 🎶 #TuesdayThoughts

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

Two different authors in the last week have told me I am blunt. In a good way. ☺️ But still 😂

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

6 years

I am absolutely bowled over and charmed to be shortlisted for Agent of the Year by the Romantic Novelists' Association... [1/2]

Romantic Novelists' Association

@RNAtweets

6 years

We're excited to announce the shortlists for our 2018 Industry Awards, celebrating the publishers, booksellers, libraries, bloggers and literary agents who have championed and...

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

2 years

📢 Our agency team (& book #publishing industry) has TWO brand new entrants: @amygilroy_ @bethanylucas_ I am so delighted (we're a small biz) to have TWO trainees starting with us 🎉🍾🎉🍾 Publishing Twitter, please make @bethanylucas_ & @amygilroy_ welcome👏👏👏

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

Going to do #TenQueries this morning. Here's the first: Q1. Commercial fiction. Held my breath while reading the opening scene so this is a cert to request!

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

Here's 8 tips for writing romantic fiction for @RNAtweets #RNAConf20 this weekend: 1. A prologue that's there simply as a teaser to the story isn't needed. Remove. 2. Start chap 1 at the point your protagonist's life changes. Make the conflict massive! 1/

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

2 years

An agent is a business manager as well as a creative confidente, says @mushenska explaining what literary agents do at #iamwritingfestival #askagent

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

5 years

Find the right literary agent and you have a champion and coach. I'm speaking about what literary agents do & how to find the right one for you at the Self-Publishing Conference in #Leicester this Saturday, 27th April. #amwriting #askagent #publishing

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

2 years

🏃‍♀️Some people run marathons. 📚 Some literary agents read the 135 entries for a romance writing competition. Yes, I #amreading every opening chapter in the @IAmInPrint Winchester Conference competition myself. I'm looking for that voice, that spark💥 🏃‍♀️ 112 entries to go...

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

11 months

Team training day successfully completed! 🥂 to a literary agency team of all the talents.

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

5 years

Made it to #LBF19 Just need a ☕️ now and then ready for our first meeting #literaryagent

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

6 years

The news is out! I'm thrilled to have been picked as a #RisingStar but I am just lucky that I have had the opportunity to work with fabulously talented & hard working authors - this award is for YOU! 🏆

The Bookseller

@thebookseller

6 years

Congratulations to The Bookseller #RisingStars Class of 2018! See who's made the list here:

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

2 years

So I got a bit lost trying to get back to my table at #BritishBookAwards , sat down to recover & found myself chatting to the super lovely @RobbieRinder and the super lovely @DoctorChrisVT

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

5 years

📢 News! @RobbieGuillory has joined the Kate Nash Literary Agency as agent's assistant and we're beyond thrilled to have him with us. 🍾🎉🥂

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 years

7 questions to #AskAgent before you sign a representation agreement: 1. Are client monies kept in a separate bank account? 2. Will the agency pass on royalties promptly? 3. Does the agency have adequate professional insurance? 4. Are there any conflicts of interest? 1/2

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

Thank you @cherryhealey for having me on @bbc5live to talk how more people are reading in 2020, and social trends are behind this. A real pleasure to talk about the publishing industry -- and a shout out to everyone in printing, distribution and retail keeping us in books. 👏

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

5 years

So actually our first #LBF19 meeting this morning started like this 🥂to celebrate a fabulous deal for a wonderfully talented debut author.

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

Six days left to apply for our exciting new mentorship programme! Deadline: 1st July. At #BookCamp we will work with up to 6 writers to complete their manuscripts and take forward to present to publishers. Details and how to apply: #AskAgent

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 years

I'm at lucky 7 in the chart of historical fiction agents compiled by @thehistoryquill 🍾 I ❤️ #histfic and in fact so do ALL our agents here at @KNLitAgency so do approach us if you are looking for a literary agent #askagent

30 top historical fiction literary agents - The History Quill

To kickstart your agent search, we’ve put together a list of 30 top literary agents for historical fiction writers, categorised by country (UK, USA, and Canada).

thehistoryquill.com

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

2 years

Ready for #askagent one to ones at Durham University this morning for #HNS2022 Historical Novels Conference

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

"I’m ashamed to admit I thought **South East Town** sounded more appealing than **Yorkshire Town** on applications to literary agents," she writes. "thank you for encouraging writers from the north and thank you for encouraging me to be proud of where I am from." 💔😢 /2

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

1 year

~ Santa Nash ~ 20th Sept 2008 to 29th June 2023 My first child. My doggie daughter. My steadfast friend. We didn't want to be parted and we miss you so much already.

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

2 years

Open Days are back at @KNLitAgency ! We're coming to Birmingham on Sat 26th Nov. A thread 🧵 on what literary agent open days are and why they can be valuable to writers. #amwriting /1

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

7 months

This story came to us as most stories do... as an unsolicited submission. Our weekly submissions meeting - where we discuss promising subs that have come into the agency - was on fire 🔥 at @RichyCraven 's writing. EVERYONE loved it 😍. #SpiritLevel 1/2

Kate Nash Literary Agency

@KNLitAgency

7 months

Deal news 🎉 SPIRIT LEVEL by Richy Craven ( @RichyCraven ), an hilarious uplit debut about male friendship, to @eriu_books Acquiring editor: Deidre Nolan @potikidee @thebookseller :

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

1 year

The outstanding problem is that authors are not always seen as stakeholders in the business of publishing & therefore not communicated with effectively. e.g. at a recent trade conference: Booksellers! Publishers! Let 's converge better to sell more books! Authors not mentioned.

The Bookseller

@thebookseller

1 year

A survey conducted by The Bookseller has found that 54% of authors found the process of publishing their début book negatively affected their mental health, with many saying they struggled with a lack of support. Read more:

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 years

I am honoured to be judging the 2022 Exeter Novel Prize. I hope you are #amwriting this #NaNoWriMo as the closing date is 1st Jan 2022

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

6 years

Thrilled that the Kate Nash Literary Agency is supporting an @RNAtweets bursary for an aspiring author from an underrepresented group. For details:

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 years

Best thing at a literary agency is when all your colleagues are busy busy, deals flying in. Yeah it's b**** hard work but WE ARE A TEAM & I'm just puffed with pride for the whole shebang 🥰 Shout out to fellow agents @RobbieGuillory @JustinNashLit 🍾 #askagent

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

I don't who these guys are. There are no names on the website. But they are not literary agents. Agents do NOT charge reading fees or any upfront fees. Agents do all the upfront work for free & get paid *only when* we have gained you a publishing deal. 2/2

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 years

Congratulations to all six shortlisted writers in 2020 @ExeterNovelPriz - you are all winners, your novel openings all had gripping character, conflict and sense of place 🎉 Tough choosing a winner but 🥂🍾🥂 to... Winner: @HarrietMAvery 🍾 Commended: @CatherineOgston 🥂

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

2 years

A 🧵of 2022🥰 for #RespectRomFic I'm honoured to be shortlisted for @RNAtweets Agent of the Year Award this year. To celebrate I'd like to share this SHOWCASE of romantic novels by my talented authors published in 2022, along with real comments from real readers. 1/

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 years

And we're off... Here until 2pm UK time answering questions about publishing and agents #AskAgent

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

8 months

Here’s some nice numbers at #fbf23 ! UK Publishing is world leading, worth €13.1 billion, and up 10.6% y-o-y. (from @thebookseller )

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

2 years

#LBF22 day one. So good to be back!

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

2 years

I'm a literary agent -- and pragmatic realist -- and think there are plenty of occasions where the Oxford comma is needed for sense, let alone style.

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

11 months

As @KNLitAgency are entirely WFH, team days when we all get together in person are important! Am prepping for tomorrow's. Box lid half shut so the team can't see exactly what is in there quite yet. 😇

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

7 years

Thank you @LouisePentland so delighted you loved ESCAPE TO WILLOW COTTAGE @osborne_bella 7mins in @AvonBooksUK

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

Opened the front door this morning to throw out my coffee grounds and a young fox appeared, 2 ft in front of me, and stared at me. I stared back. I gave a yelp and the fox ran off. But for a few moments we had eye contact. It feels like we communicated somehow.

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

5 years

If your story has an ending that is a cheat, like #Sanditon last night, then do NOT send it in to me

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

2 years

Honoured to be shortlisted along with fellow #respectromfic agents @LiverpoolLit @hannschofield Being the agent making the difference behind the scenes can be hard work & it’s not always noticed what we do. Thank you @RNAtweets

Kate Nash Literary Agency

@KNLitAgency

2 years

🚨News!🚨 We are so excited to share that our very own Kate Nash is shortlisted for Agent of the Year by the Romantic Novelists' Association ( @RNAtweets ), celebrating the hard work and talent of people who champion the genre of romantic fiction. Congratulations @katenashagent !

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 months

🧵Adding my tuppence-worth to the convo on here in recent days about trust & confidentiality between literary agents & authors. There ARE protections for authors, including: 1) Copyright. You own the intellectual property to your original work until you agree otherwise. 1/5

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

A writer has sent me two books in the post. Just 2 books. No letter or note enc. Worse, sent to our registered biz address (aka our accountant). And the books aren't even a genre I rep. Literary agents have submission guidelines for practical reasons. Please use them.

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

6 years

Here so that when my children ask, “Mummy, what did you do?” I tried. #PeoplesVoteMarch

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

5 years

I'm looking forward to taking part in @Mslexia 's Agent Extravaganza tomorrow looking at novel pitches of just 100 words. It's very hard to distill a novel thus, so I'm not looking for plot, just overall concept, themes and lead character(s). #askagent

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

5 years

Whether an author considers the market is up to the author but agents and publishers must. So we research. One place to spot emerging trends in fiction is on the Kindle bestseller charts. We collated data from Kindle UK and here's the pie chart by genre. 5/

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

Advice from an agent on writing romance: don't fake it. Romance is serious, it is real life. It can be funny, it can be difficult. But it is always balm to the soul (at least in fiction!) #UKRomChat

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

5 years

Fabulous open day in Edinburgh today, so much writing talent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Now just waiting for @LinaLanglee for our debrief.

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

1 year

🧵A guide for authors as to what your agent will be doing at the London Book Fair #LBF23 🟢 Agents rep different rights but the mode is the same. Catalogues written, "the schedule" (i.e. meetings) arranged weeks ago. Aside from last minute tweaks, this week we are...

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

All these writers are at the absolute top of their genre. Mark these names, publishers! We're coming at you in 2021! #BookCamp

Kate Nash Literary Agency

@KNLitAgency

4 years

🎉🍾🎉🍾 Jon Barton Christopher Byford Annabel Campbell Radostina Christova Joanne Clague Adam Cook Louise Davidson Kate Galley Nicola Jones Imogen Martin Katie McDermott Samantha Pennington Tony O'Reilly Georgia Summers Laura Sweeney Kathryn Whitfield Helen Yendall #BookCamp

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

5 years

📢 Deal News! 3 books to @hannahkatesmith @Aria_Fiction from debut author @naomijoyauthor 🍾 THE LIARS, a dark psychological story about a bitter office rivalry between two women, will be out this spring #fiction #bookbloggers #literaryagent

BookBrunch

@BookBrunch

5 years

. @Aria_Fiction signs three-book deal with debut author Naomi Joy (£)

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 years

Simply thrilled to have agreed this film/tv option with Southwell Neal Entertainment for @FaithMartin_Nov #HillaryGreene franchise 🍾🎉

BookBrunch

@BookBrunch

3 years

Southwell Neal signs @FaithMartin_Nov series - there are 18 novels in the DI Hillary Greene series, which has sold more than two million copies (£)

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

7 months

As I said to The Bookseller, "With her commercial acumen and creative eye, Saskia has impressed us and her author clients." 🍾🥂

Saskia Leach

@saskialeach_

7 months

✨ some news / spot the difference ✨ Beyond thrilled to be promoted to Junior Agent at @KNLitAgency 😁

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

Ooooo debut author deal news I can share with you coming up later today

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

6 years

@patel4witham "taken out of context by some": Ok, so I am one of the ones who took them in the context to which they were intended. Shameful. Utterly Shameful. And embarrassing, deeply embarrassing from an elected representative.

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

📢The Kate Nash Literary Agency is delighted to be again offering a bursary to a new writer to join the @RNAtweets New Writers' Scheme. We're thrilled to be working with our bursary recipient to help develop her writing throughout 2020🍾

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

2 years

Toasting a debut book deal with lunch today w/ author & publisher. All will be revealed in January!

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

6 years

🎉 Thrilled to announce that the Kate Nash Literary Agency has been accepted for membership of the AAA (Association of Authors' Agents). Thank you to all our authors and associates for your part in making the Agency what it is today.

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

6 years

@KateHoeyMP @IrexitFreedom

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

1 year

In secret agent mode today 🕵️ accompanying an author to the photo shoot for their book cover

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

💡Writers! Did you know the trade association for literary agencies in the UK is the AAA and that it maintains a code of practice that member agencies must adhere to for the provision of best practice in agenting services? #WritingCommunity #AskAgent 1/2

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

Are you writing a feel good novel or non-fiction? That will entertain, let readers mentally escape the Corona crisis and feel positive about the world? ➡️➡️➡️Send it in now, with "feel good" in the email subject line #AskAgent #MSWL

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

5 years

Do you write, or aspire to, fiction that includes romantic content? @Soc_of_Authors & @RNAtweets are hosting a fab day in #Leeds on 11th May w/ me & @Phoebe_A_Morgan @SareetaDomingo @janelovering @RhodaBaxter @K8JohnsonAuthor @MsAlisonMay @liamlivings

Authors North: Writing Romantic Fiction

Writing Romantic Fiction Join us on Saturday 11th May 2019 in Leeds for a day dedicated to romantic fiction. Hear from authors, agents and publishers offering their practical advice and industry...

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

I'll be answering questions at #AskAgent from 1pm to 2pm today along with other UK literary agents.

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

📢 Deal news! Love in Lockdown by Chloe James (aka @FionaWoodifield ) to @MatiMcDo at Avon, Harper Collins. Agent: me. 🎉🎉🎉

The Bookseller

@thebookseller

4 years

. @AvonBooksUK falls for a lockdown love story from Chloe James (AKA @FionaWoodifield )—Love in Lockdown is billed as "a moving, feel-good story that we hope that it will lift readers’ hearts"! Lovely. See more:

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

3 years

Too much going on! I've just opened the fridge to look for a pen.

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

5 years

We did a market research survey this week (thank you @RobbieGuillory ) asking authors about their perceptions. Many themes emerged. We've grouped them into the good, the bad and the ugly. Compared to our first survey in 2016, themes are heavier, darker and more serious. 9/

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

📢 Deal news! 4 books from award winning @janelovering to Sarah Ritherdon at @BoldwoodBooks 🎉

The Bookseller

@thebookseller

4 years

Brilliant news for @BoldwoodBooks as it secures another six authors after "strong" first quarter, including @knackeredmutha , @janelovering and @fionahiggins101 ! Find out more here:

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

4 years

Debut deals are always super special and I am going to share the story behind this one.... @eimearlawlor58 🥳🍾🎉 #DublinsGirl 1/8

Kate Nash Literary Agency

@KNLitAgency

4 years

📢 Deal news! We are delighted to announce a three book deal for debut author @eimearlawlor58 with @Aria_Fiction . DUBLIN'S GIRL will be published in Spring 2021. Acquiring editors: @HannahKateSmith @rhea_kurien Agent: @katenashagent >>>>>

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

1 year

On the Ask the Expert booth at #IAmWritingFestival as a strange multicoloured triangle hurtles towards me @IAmInPrint #AskAgent

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Kate Nash

@katenashagent

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Drop in the ocean, but am delighted my Agency will be offering a scholarship next year for a new writer from an underrepresented background. (2/2) #RNAConf18 @RNAtweets

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