Jenny Brown Associates

Leading literary agency
From Scotland to the World
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Latest news

Debut Award: Our inaugural award for unpublished and unrepresented debut novelists aged 50 and above has just been announced. The prize will include £1,000, a week’s residency at Moniack Mhor, Scotland’s Creative Writing Centre, and for the runners-up, one-to-one mentorship with experienced writers and industry professionals. We are accepting submissions 1–31 May 2023. Please click through here to see the submission guidelines and terms and conditions.

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Submissions

How to submit your work

We love reading new work but, as a small agency, we can only consider submissions at certain points of the year. Please check back for our 2023 submission information.

Jenny's list

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Lucy's list

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Lisa's list

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International rights

We sell translation rights directly to publishers throughout the world for fiction and non-fiction titles via our network of sub-agents and relationships with literary scouts.

We have secured deals in more than 20 languages into established markets such as Germany, Spain, France, Holland, Italy, and Scandinavia, as well as emerging markets including China and Korea.

Rights Catalogue Spring 2023

About us

Founded in 2002, Jenny Brown Associates is the leading agency in Scotland and one of the foremost independent literary agencies in the UK.