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Jenny Brown Associates

Leading literary agency
From Scotland to the World
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Latest news

Jenny Brown Associates’ Award is for debut novelists resident in the UK aged 50 and above. We will run the Award again in 2025; details will be posted soon.

This month our writers are at events spanning all over Scotland, and even headed to Devon!

Events include talks at Bloody Scotland (Scotland’s International Crime writing Festival), the Historical Novel Society’s conference, the Women’s Fiction Festival, Nairn book & Art festival, Wigtown Festival, Golden Eagle, St Durham Book & Arts Festival, a few online events, and lots of new book launches.

Click here for our writers’ events in September.

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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.

Jenny's list

Closed to submissions while I catch up with reading.

Lucy's list

Closed to submissions while I catch up with reading.

Lisa's list

Closed to submissions while I catch up with reading.

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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.