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    JULA Ltd is a dynamic literary agency based at Somerset House in London. The agency represents debut and best-selling authors published in the UK, US and internationally.  Whilst always looking for the best publishing deals and relationships for their authors, JULA Ltd also works closely with talent agencies in London and LA for book to film deals.

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The agency offers a carefully tailored approach.  Jo is determined to offer each author whatever they need, managing their careers with thought, ambition, care and, wherever possible, a sense of fun.

JULA Ltd is a member of the Association of Authors’ Agents (AAA), a British voluntary trade association providing a collective voice for all UK-based literary agents. The AAA’s members are devoted to promoting authors’ works in the domestic and global markets and to defending authors’ rights in the UK, abroad and online.

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Submissions

Have a book you want us to read? It’s difficult to say what we’re looking for until we see it, but it needs to be as good as you can possibly make it if we are to offer representation. If you can make us laugh or cry or – even better – both, then you’re definitely on the right track. We only represent poetry or picture books in exceptional circumstances, or when they’re by our existing authors, and science fiction is better represented by specialists in the field.

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News

Three new books out this week!

Congrats to Ellie Clements on her new children’s book THE WONDROUS PRUNE and Frances Liardet on the release of THINK OF ME. Cathy Rentzenbrink’s EVERYONE IS STILL ALIVE is out now in paperback!

Bumper JULA publication day!

Out today we have WILD CARD by Litwitchure ladies Jen Cownie and Fiona Lensvelt

PEOPLE PERSON by Candice Carty-Williams

and the paperback editions of

MY BROKEN VAGINA by Fran Bushe

THE LOST STORYTELLER by Amanda Block

JULA at ChipLitFest 2022

Many JULA agents and authors will be making an appearance at Chipping Norton Literary Festival, including Jo Unwin, Milly Reilly, Georgia Pritchett, Nina Stibbe, Jack Meggit-Phillips and Lucy Easthope.

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Happy publication day to Nina Stibbe!

The delightful ONE DAY I SHALL ASTONISH THE WORLD is out today!

There are just too many accolades to list so you’ll have to buy it to see how wonderful it is…

Nina Stibbe’s new novel is the story of the wonderful and sometimes surprising path of friendship: from its conspiratorial beginnings, along its irritating wrong turns, to its final gratifying destination.

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Happy publication day to Lucy Easthope and Bethany Rutter!

WHEN THE DUST SETTLES by Lucy Easthope and WELCOME TO YOUR LIFE by Bethany Rutter are both released today!

In When the Dust Settles, Lucy Easthope lives with disaster every day. When a plane crashes, a bomb explodes, a city floods or a pandemic begins, she’s the one they call.
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Welcome to Your Life is heart-warming and hilarious. A story about love, forging your own path and falling head over heels – with yourself.

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Check out Marian Keyes in conversation with NINA STIBBE in the Book Off podcast!

This episode of Book Off features the remarkable talents and wit of Marian Keyes and NINA STIBBE, who discuss their writing, female friendships, sex and fabulously funny women…

Available HERE and on Spotify, Apple, Acast and Google.

My Mess is a Bit of a Life – out now in paperback!

Multi-award-winning television writer and producer Georgia Pritchett knows a thing or two about anxiety.

From worrying about the monsters under her bed as a child (Were they comfy enough?), to embracing womanhood, (One way of knowing you have crossed from girlhood to womanhood is that men stop furtively masturbating at you from bushes and start shouting things at you from cars. It’s a beautiful moment) worry has accompanied her at every turn.

This memoir is a joyful reflection on just how to live – and sometimes even thrive (sometimes not) – with anxiety. Out in paperback now.

Join Dave the Unicorn for the 10th instalment of The Naughtiest Unicorn series which is out today!


A brand new book in the bestselling NAUGHTIEST UNICORN series – the funniest unicorn books EVER! The perfect gift for Easter, for readers of 6+ and fans of The Worst Witch and Pamela Butchart.

It’s spring time at Unicorn School and time for a super fun scavenger hunt!
But when Dave the naughtiest unicorn uncovers a mysterious, hidden RIDDLE the day gets even MORE exciting!

Will the riddle it will lead them to some TREASURE? One thing is for sure, with Dave around they are bound to have lots of FUN along the way!

Perfect for ages 6 – 8 year olds.

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De Waal and Henry headline event for Primadonna Prize

As reported in The Bookseller:

Kit de Waal and Lenny Henry will be in conversation as part of a special event in central London to reveal this year’s Primadonna Prize-winner.

The £500 award is for “unsigned and unrepresented new writing talent”  and will give the winner representation by literary agent Cathryn Summerhayes. The prize was established to open up access to the publishing industry, and is judged anonymously and without regard to grammar or spelling: a first for a literary prize. 

This year’s event will take place on 31st March and will also feature live comedy, readings, poetry and more, with compere Sandi Toksvig.

De Waal, who is also one of the prize judges, said she is “delighted” to be chatting with Henry about the BBC TV adaptation of My Name Is Leon (Simon & Schuster). “Lenny has championed the book from the beginning, and I’m looking forward to talking to him about the production, the acting process and our shared investment in the story and its themes” she said.

Tickets for the event are available via www.primadonnafestival.com or from Conway Hall’s website. 

 

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