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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 Jenny Brown hosts Moniack in a Month: preparing for publication, an online course over the 4 Mondays of October (7th, 14th, 21st & 28th). Guests include Malachy Tallack, Francesca Main, and Anna Frame.

This October our writers span Wigtown Festival, Portobello Book Fest, Bookmark festival, Berwick Lit Fest, Cheltenham Lit Fest, libraries & bookshops all over, AND lots of Launch events for Malachy Tallack (where you might even get musical accompaniment!)

Click here for the calendar & tickets for our writers’ events in October.

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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.