Sophie Lambert is open for submissions! Follow this thread to see what’s on her wish list! First up... A GORGEOUS ALL-CONSUMING LOVE STORY Books she adores in this area: The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller or Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson. (1/7)

well HAPPY friday 🐺✨🖊️☁️ cannot wait for another foray into the mind of the very best thebookseller.com/rights/picador…

Exciting news: Comma is bringing a 3-session Short Story Course to Blackpool on Nov 7 at Aunty Social. Uncover the hidden gems of the city's history to fuel your storytelling journey. No experience required – this is for everyone!  eventbrite.co.uk/e/short-story-… Antonia Charlesworth

This should be a very exciting day (and I am doing an agent one-to-one)! If you're a writer based in the North of England then roll up... ✍️✍️✍️

🍊‘I love you. I'm glad I exist.’🍊 Today we announce The Orange and other poems, a new selection by Wendy Cope. From the joy of falling in love to dealing with a painful break up, this is a book you will want to savour and share with all your friends. linktr.ee/theorangeandot…

Spot me bottom left having an absolute whale of a time! Thank you Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow and all of the brilliant writers who came to pitch their books to us today in Manchester. 🏙✍️🌟

Such a great day at the #NationalCreativeWritingIndustryDay at Manchester Writing School yesterday. The city felt so creative and alive!!! 🎆 Liv Bignold Flo Sandelson Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the #GoldsmithsPrize2023 is 'Cuddy' by Benjamin Myers! Congratulations Ben Myers! 🏆🎉🍾

Had a wonderful, galvanising evening at our Curtis Brown Books + C&W Black History Month panel last night! Thank you so much to our phenomenal guests colin grant Ella McLeod Catherine Joy White Marianne 🖤 protect black lives for your time and wisdom✨

In conjunction with Spread the Word we are offering 1-2-1 feedback opportunities on an extract from your novel. Our agenting team will provide 10 sessions for writers from underrepresented backgrounds based in the UK - spreadtheword.org.uk/call-out-appli…

Big congrats to the finalists and winners of the Mslexia ✨ Short Story competition! I was very pleased to have made this year's longlist 🖊️🌟🤓

Hard to believe that it's two whole weeks since I was at Arvon North in all of its autumnal glory, reading and writing and talking and hiking the Calder Valley with a wonderful group of other writers. Huge thanks to Writers & Artists for this most inspirational of prizes 🍂🍁✍️

Manchester, here we come 🚃 We'd love to see you there!

Find me on the most recent episode of Northern Voices waffling about agenting and being a northerner in publishing! Thank you for having me @JenBowden12 🎙️⚡️

Excited to be heading up to Newcastle with the Curtis Brown Books team in May🥀📝 Writers of the North East: get those novels polished and come and tell us about them! New Writing North

Our friends Dead Ink Books are looking for Northern crime writers for their next anthology #MotivesUnknown They are looking for ‘transgressive, bold & daring work’ and all the initial subs will be read by agents from Curtis Brown Books C&W Further info deadinkbooks.com/motives-unknow…

Drumroll please… the 2024 #Discoveries longlist is here! Huge congratulations to all 16 writers, as yet unpublished, who wowed the judges with their novels-in-progress. Find out more about them: bit.ly/Discoveries24

Submissions are now open for MOTIVES UNKNOWN our northern crime anthology in partnership with Curtis Brown Books and C&W! Check out the details below. We’ll put a page up in the website shortly.

If you’re visiting the Curtis Brown Books / C&W offices this month, pls peruse our pride month charity bookshop! All donations going to the wonderful Stonewall Housing 🙏