11th day of Christmas: Literary Agent Gemma Cooper and Nosy Crow's Kate Wilson

9th day of Christmas: Literary Agent Anne Clark

Three thoroughly thrilling thoughts
from Literary Agent Anne Clark

4th day of Christmas: Literary Agent Claire Wilson

Claire Wilson of RCW...

3rd Day of Christmas: DKW Literary Agency

DKW's Deepest Desires

The Curtis Brown Discovery Day at Foyles - Writers and Industry coming together

Update! A detailed report of British SCBWI's yearly Agent's Party appears on Jeannette Towey's blog. Oh, and here's our report on last year's Agent's Party New - So you've got an agent, now what? A checklist

by Sally Poyton

On Saturday, I, along with 270 other budding writers, convened at Foyles for the much-anticipated Curtis Brown Discovery Day. The day was billed as giving ‘aspiring novelists the chance to pitch their book ideas directly to award-winning literary agents, Curtis Brown.’ Those lucky enough to bag a free ticket recieved a seven minute one-two-one session with an agent - 30 seconds to deliver your pitch and then six and a half minutes to brace yourself for some feedback!

Countdown to Christmas: Agent Caroline Sheldon

Caroline Sheldon is a literary agent running her eponymous literary agency. "As shoes to Imelda Marcos, so books to me," she writes on her website profile. "I love to read them; I love to hoard them; I love the feel of them". She is always on the lookout for wonderful new books but she says the market is tougher than it’s ever been.