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Literary agent @dhhlitagency and other stuff. Private account @poetdianab

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A very happy publication day to @clairemcgowanwriter! White-knuckle thriller HER LAST CHRISTMAS is out in paperback today!🎄

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We are delighted to welcome Harry Hudson to the agency, who joins @agent_dianab's list!

Harry is a teacher and writer from Oxford. A graduate of the University of Cambridge, he writes on a range of subjects and appears regularly on Times Radio and LBC, and is a frequent columnist in the comment pages of The Times. He is currently Head of History at the West London Free School.

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We're delighted to welcome @Macknade to the agency, who joins @agent_dianab's list.

Macknade is a sixth-generation family business creating spaces and experiences centred around a shared love of food and drink. From its beginnings as a farm in 1847, it has grown into a renowned Food Hall and food destination in Faversham, showcasing the very best of Kent, Italy and beyond.

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This week, we’re joined by top literary agent @agent_dianab, who tells us just how to catch an agent’s attention with the cover letter, and we discuss whether having a big social media following is important for a new author.

Watch now on YouTube or listen on your favourite podcast app - links in our bio!

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Patreon backers now have early access to our interview with literary agent @agent_dianab of @dhhlitagency who discusses what makes a query stand out - and why you shouldn't worry about crafting the perfect sales pitch - that's someone else's job!

Join Patreon to watch or listen now - link in our bio!

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🎄BIG EXCITING NEWS KLAXON🎄
If you’ve seen or spoken to me in the last year, you’ll probably already know this news because I cannot keep a secret (seriously, do not tell me your secrets). But I’m SO EXCITED to finally, officially be allowed to scream about this. I cannot even describe how fun it was, writing this book with my beloved @lauracwood. She is one of the most talented and funny people to ever live, and working together has been (and continues to be) beyond brilliant and joyful. Get ready for Dr Laucy Vinewood*, taking over your Christmas bookshelves from September 2027
🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

*this pen name was vetoed but still lives on in my heart

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Congratulations to @lucyvineauthor! Festive rom-com CHRISTMAS MOVIE MAGIC will be out in Autumn 2027🎄

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Have yourself a merry little life swap . . .🎄✨💕👯‍♀️

BEYOND EXCITED to announce Christmas Movie Magic by the fantastic Lucy Vine and Laura Wood writing together for the very first time!!

🎬✨ Think Enchanted meets Freaky Friday by way of The Holiday — with a brilliant, self-aware voice which makes it a real love letter to all the best movies of the 90s and 2000s.

London lawyer Sloane inexplicably finds herself trapped inside her favourite festive romcom in which she must seek true love’s kiss — all whilst accidentally sparking a socialist uprising among the gingerbread workers and getting motion sickness from all the festive montages.

Meanwhile, Christmas heroine Cecilia LaBeau wakes up in Sloane’s London flat-share and discovers Tesco meal deals, Tube etiquette, and an alarming fascination with the tv show Naked Attraction…

Every time I’ve read this book it makes me laugh and blush and kick my feet from start to finish and I can’t wait for everyone to get hold of it next year. Ho ho ho ✨

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Wow. For years I've been hearing how good Bloody Scotland is, and having made it there this weekend, I understand now what people mean, and it's even more amazing than I thought it would be. I don't know what the secret sauce is – maybe the organisers, the town of Stirling, the fact that it's somehow a big, international crime festival but manages to feel intimate and cosy too? Or is it the sheer friendliness, the ease of the green room, the walkability of the location? Is it that everyone mixes – authors of twenty bestsellers and debuts who are just starting out? Maybe it was my really fun panel with Liz, Harriet and brilliant questions from Bryan and fab reading from Angela Clegg, or the really fun dinner with Tanya, Sam, Jane, Remi . . . Or was it the karaoke? It might be the karaoke!

Karaoke pics above, videos on my phone, and staying on my phone 👀

I am crossing EVERYTHING they'll let me back, I loved it. AND I got to keep the water bottle 🙌

Credit for the official (i.e. good!) photos: @paulandrewreich

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Another bloody great @bloodyscotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The weekend has been spent catching up with old friends and making new ones. Inspiring panels. Bracing walks. Refueling with caffeine and cake. Smashing the Kareoke (sober) & staying up way past my bedtime.

My calves hurt from the steep hills. My face hurts from all the laughing. My head is full of books and my heart is simply full.

Huge thanks to @bobmcdevitt and Fiona and the rest of the incredible team for pulling off another amazing crime writing festival. It gets better every year. Roll on 2027!

[Thanks @isabelle_broom & @andreamaraauthor for having better phone cameras than me 😘]

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A warm welcome to @lucyblanc_, who joins @agent_dianab’s list!

Lucy is a London-based journalist and writer. She writes for The Times, iPaper and Mail+, and is the creator of Substack columns Bad Example and Aunt Blanc, exploring love, sex and personal empowerment. She is currently working on her first book.

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After years of swearing I’ll go, I finally made it to Harrogate crime festival. Had a lovely time and only complained about being an introvert six to eight times an hour. Special shout out to @carolinehulse1 for getting @thejeremyvine to continue a one sided joke I’ve been trying to make happen for a solid couple of decades now Gretchen (final slide)

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