Author Representation
Career-led representation for authors and distinctive voices across fiction, non-fiction and selected specialist areas.
BOOKS & LITERARY
Full-service literary representation.
Representation for authors, books and storytelling IP across publishing strategy, rights and screen adaptation.
ABOUT BOOKS & LITERARY
Stories with a life beyond the page.
A dedicated home for authors, books and storytelling intellectual property. Barbara Speake Agency supports literary careers across representation, publishing strategy, rights and adaptation, with an emphasis on work that can build audiences on the page and beyond it.
Publishing Strategy
Editorial positioning, submission strategy and commercial thinking around the route to publication and long-term author career.
Rights
Attention to the rights around the work, including publishing, translation and other exploitation opportunities where appropriate.
Screen Adaptation
Identifying material with film, television, documentary, podcast or stage potential and connecting it to the agency’s wider creative and packaging work.
SELECTED TITLES
Books we represent.
RIGHTS & ADAPTATION
One story. More than one market.
Books can be more than publishing assets. Where a title has wider potential, Barbara Speake Agency can consider the opportunities around adaptation, packaging, rights strategy and connections across film and television.
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