The Ormering Tide is a coming of age story set amidst a series of darkly foreboding events. Rozel lives with her triplet older brothers and her parents in the bay of a small island. One of her brothers goes missing and the family’s landlord, Mr Willow, is implicated as the menacing truths are discovered. The island is rich with nature; and the islanders’ lives and the steady passing of the seasons contrast sharply with the realities of violence and inevitable revelations. The Ormering Tide explores the inherent human need to keep – and bury – secrets.

Published by Wrecking Ball Press, this is a brooding and astonishing debut from the Mercury Music Prize nominated singer-songwriter.

“When classmates (but not mate-mates) Hallie, Angelo, Gustav and Naira are forced to come to school on a SATURDAY, they think things can’t get much worse. But they’re wrong. “

Jennifer Killick is moving to Farshore, the new name for Egmont Books UK, with two middle-grade fiction titles.

Sarah Levison, senior editor at Farshore, signed world rights in all languages from Morgan Green Creatives. The first book in the deal, Dread Wood, publishes in January 2022.

BBC Sounds have commissioned two more series of the podcast Bad People. Dr Julia Shaw and comedian Sofie Hagen dissect the criminal cases that shock, intrigue and scare us the most.

MGC client, Julia Shaw is is a psychological scientist (UCL) and a science communicator. She is best known for her work in the areas of memory and criminal psychology. Her books include, False Memory and Making Evil.

Check out the weekly podcast here.

MGC client, Margaux Vialleron and Irene Olivo have launched The Salmon Pink Kitchen podcast. Irene and Margaux simmer a podcast in celebration of all things nutritious, tasty and romantic. You can expect pots banging and jolly laughters about food memories, sardines, pasta, the sisterhood, and even vinegar, like all good parties do. Bon appétit!

Listen to the first episode here.

Published today by Guppy Books, Tsunami Girl is part-manga, part-prose powerful coming-of-age story about a fifteen-year-old girl caught up in the March 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. It is beautifully illustrated by Chie Kutsuwada.

Julian Sedgwick is the author of six books for children, and co-author of the graphic novel Dark Satanic Mills and illustrated novel Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black.

Granny Kumar is back! Meera Syal’s glorious comedy creation returns, with great granddaughter Maya (Ambreen Razia) and arch nemesis Geeta (Harvey Virdi) to chat with the sisters.

Left alone while her family are stuck in quarantine on a world cruise, Granny Kumar decides to host her own series, born out of frustration at seeing or hearing the same old parade of guests on chat shows.

Listen to the first episode here.

The Cost of Love is equal parts brainy and cathartic, as writer, Haley McGee, strives to answer the question: is the cost of love worth it?

Each episode features Haley McGee, a self-proclaimed love idiot, talking to a different expert. The conversations dive into that strange, juicy place where love and money collide. Check out the Broken Hearts Playlist!

Haley’s book, The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale, will be published by Hodder & Stoughton in May.

All-aboard for the third amazing journey in the bestselling Adventures on Trains series, Murder on the Safari Star.

Harrison Beck and his Uncle Nat are on the journey of a lifetime aboard the Safari Star – a luxurious steam train that will take them from Pretoria to the Victoria Falls. Close encounters with the amazing animals and landscape of Southern Africa are adventure enough, but things get mysterious when a passenger is found dead inside a locked compartment.

'A chuffing triumph' The Times on The Highland Falcon Thief

The Fall of the House of Byron follows the fates of Lord Byron's ancestors over three generations in a drama that begins in rural Nottinghamshire and plays out in the gentlemen's clubs of Georgian London, amid tempests on far-flung seas, and in the glamour of pre-revolutionary France. A compelling story of a prominent and controversial characters, it is a sumptuous family portrait and an electrifying work of social history.

'Delectable ... a ravishing family saga' Sunday Times

'A hauntingly beautiful portrait of the Byron dynasty' Rebecca Rideal

Published by Canongate, a breathtaking mix of memoir, nature writing and history: this is Kerri ní Dochartaigh’s story of a wild Ireland, an invisible border, an old conflict and the healing power of the natural world.

‘A special, beautiful, many-faceted book’ Amy Liptrot

‘A remarkable piece of writing … Luminous’ Robert Macfarlane

Clare Hey, Publishing Director at Simon & Schuster UK has bought UK & Comm rights in The Yellow Kitchen by Margaux Vialleron.

Margaux Vialleron, who is Translation Rights Agent for David Higham Associates, writes and cooks for book club and culinary community the Salmon Pink Kitchen in her spare time.

Expectation meets Julie & Julia, The Yellow Kitchen is a story of female friendship and love, food and identity.

On behalf of MGC, Rebecca Wearmouth at PFD, has sold US rights to Thin Places to Daniel Slager at Milkweed. Daniel says Thin Places is “wonderfully original and alive, and gorgeously written”.

Kerri’s debut will be published in the UK by Canongate in January of next year. A breathtaking mix of memoir, nature writing and history: this is Kerri 's story of a wild Ireland, an invisible border, an old conflict and the healing power of the natural world

'A remarkable piece of writing . . . Luminous' Robert Macfarlane

Macmillan Children’s Books have bought two more books in the series by MG Leonard and Sam Sedgman - we will be looking forward to following journeys across Australia and the Arctic Circle for Books 5 and 6 in this wonderful series.

We are thrilled that US rights to Ben Alderson-Day’s Presence ; an exploration of the science behind one of the most unusual experiences known to humankind: the feeling that someone or something is there, without being seen or heard, have sold to Michael Flamini at St Martin’s Press, at auction, by Rebecca Wearmouth at PFD, on behalf of Morgan Green Creatives. Ben is Assistant Professor in Psychology at Durham University.

We are delighted that The Highland Falcon written by MG Leonard and Sam Sedgman, illustrated by Elisa Paganelli has won the 2020 Children’s Fiction Books Are My Bag Award. Voted entirely by booksellers and readers, it is a true honour to win the award. As Elisa said, we cannot travel at the moment but we can travel through the book.

Hear whispers in the dining car, find notes in the library, and unknown passengers among the luggage as you help Harrison to solve the mystery aboard one of the world's grandest trains.

'Absolutely exquisite. This little book is a work of art. It is impossible to imagine the reader who will not love it.' - Horatio Clare.

From mountain tops and frozen seas to city parks and desert hills, writer and Arctic traveller Nancy Campbell digs deep into the meanings of fifty words for snow. Under her gaze, each of these linguistic snow crystals offers a whole world of myth and story.

Denise Johnstone-Burt of Walker Books has acquired Justyn Edwards’ debut middle-grade series in a three-book, six-figure deal.

The first title, The Great Fox Hunt, will follow young heroine Flick Lions. Flick has won a place on The Great Fox Hunt, where competitors race to solve the puzzles and win the legacy of the late, famous magician, the Great Fox.

Buccaneer Media, and independent production company Nevision announced a co-production agreement to develop M. G. Leonard’s ‘Beetle Boy’ book trilogy as a live action/ CGI drama series in partnership with Oscar-winning creative studio Framestore (‘His Dark Materials’, ‘Mulan’, ‘Lovecraft Country’.

‘Beetle Boy’ will be written for the screen by Tom MacRae, playwright and creator of ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’, the award-winning West End musical and forthcoming movie.

The imprint’s first publication, in May 2021 will be Fault Lines, a debut novel by British-Japanese author, Emily Itami. Francesca Main acquired World Rights from Kirsty McLachlan in a two-book deal. The novel is described as ‘Brief Encounter’ set in contemporary Tokyo – a witty, sharp and moving story of modern love from a writer to watch.

We are delighted that both Gargantis by Thomas Taylor (Walker) and The Highland Falcon Thief by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman (Macmillan Children’s Books) have been shortlisted for the Children’s Fiction Shortlist for the annual Books are My Bag Readers Awards.