Emma Bal
@agentbal.bsky.social
Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn Agency, representing authors globally
https://www.madeleinemilburn.co.uk/agents/emma-bal/
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🎶📚 FREE EVENT @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social 🎶📚
Join me & @elliechan.bsky.social for 'Music, life-writing & how to write about what you can’t hear.'
📅 15 Oct | 🕔 5–6pm | 📍 Goldsmiths (Richard Hoggart Building)
More info 👉 www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
@goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social
Join me & @elliechan.bsky.social for 'Music, life-writing & how to write about what you can’t hear.'
📅 15 Oct | 🕔 5–6pm | 📍 Goldsmiths (Richard Hoggart Building)
More info 👉 www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
@goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🎶📚 FREE EVENT @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social 🎶📚
Join me & @elliechan.bsky.social for 'Music, life-writing & how to write about what you can’t hear.'
📅 15 Oct | 🕔 5–6pm | 📍 Goldsmiths (Richard Hoggart Building)
More info 👉 www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
@goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social
Join me & @elliechan.bsky.social for 'Music, life-writing & how to write about what you can’t hear.'
📅 15 Oct | 🕔 5–6pm | 📍 Goldsmiths (Richard Hoggart Building)
More info 👉 www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
@goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social
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Very excited to share my book Catastrophe Foretold will be published by @vikingbooks.bsky.social (UK) and Union Square (US)!! My book traces warnings before ten major disasters of the past century, and why so many went unheeded. Huge thanks to @mmagency.bsky.social & amazing @agentbal.bsky.social
So thrilled to announce CATASTROPHE FORETOLD by
@nikki-ikani.bsky.social a genre-opening book about catastrophes from a world-leading expert in crisis warnings.
It will be published in Spring 2028 by @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social and Union Square in the US.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/vikin...
@nikki-ikani.bsky.social a genre-opening book about catastrophes from a world-leading expert in crisis warnings.
It will be published in Spring 2028 by @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social and Union Square in the US.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/vikin...
Viking acquires ‘genre-opening’ book on catastrophes in ‘major’ pre-empt
Viking has acquired Catastrophe Foretold by Nikki Ikani. Senior commissioning editor Greg Clowes acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Emma Bal at the Madeleine Milburn Agency in a “major” pre-empt...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Very excited to share my book Catastrophe Foretold will be published by @vikingbooks.bsky.social (UK) and Union Square (US)!! My book traces warnings before ten major disasters of the past century, and why so many went unheeded. Huge thanks to @mmagency.bsky.social & amazing @agentbal.bsky.social
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Thanks to everyone who joined our sold-out book launch at The Frontline Club! Ex-BBC @jmacrodgers.bsky.social Ex-CNN @arwadamon.bsky.social & so many others who joined us to discuss the new censorship, rising authoritarianism & the horrors in Gaza. It was an intensive, inspiring urgent conversation
September 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Thanks to everyone who joined our sold-out book launch at The Frontline Club! Ex-BBC @jmacrodgers.bsky.social Ex-CNN @arwadamon.bsky.social & so many others who joined us to discuss the new censorship, rising authoritarianism & the horrors in Gaza. It was an intensive, inspiring urgent conversation
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So grateful to @mmagency.bsky.social, esp. @agentbal.bsky.social who helped me figure out this book (and how to not write like an academic!), and to @christofi.bsky.social at @torvabooks.bsky.social and @sarahhaugen.bsky.social at @harperbooks.bsky.social who are excellent editors. I got so lucky. 🥰
We are absolutely delighted to announce DATA EMPIRE: A Human History of Records and Rule by the incredible @roopikarisam.bsky.social 🧮
DATA EMPIRE will be published by PRH in the U.K. and HarperCollins in the US in July 2026
DATA EMPIRE will be published by PRH in the U.K. and HarperCollins in the US in July 2026
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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My first ever unboxing… @wearefootnote.bsky.social @bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social @agentbal.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My first ever unboxing… @wearefootnote.bsky.social @bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social @agentbal.bsky.social
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My upcoming trade book, based on the dissertation (and much more), will be out next month & is available to pre-order here: footnotepress.com/books/the-ne... @agentbal.bsky.social @bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social
The New Censorship
As we find ourselves in a time of democratic decay all over the world, with relentless attempts to undermine truth and facts and unprecedented technological tools to spread disinformation and incit…
footnotepress.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
My upcoming trade book, based on the dissertation (and much more), will be out next month & is available to pre-order here: footnotepress.com/books/the-ne... @agentbal.bsky.social @bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social
Really enjoyed doing this interview with Sian for her brilliant Substack!
The wisest words about pitching non-fiction books from Emma Bal. Thank you @agentbal.bsky.social! freelancewritingjobs.substack.com/p/dont-send-...
"Don’t send something that you think needs more work"
How to submit your book pitch to top non-fiction agent, Emma Bal.
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May 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Really enjoyed doing this interview with Sian for her brilliant Substack!
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My paperback out 1 May. Heartfelt & compassionate walks through rural Britain and its hidden history of empire.
April 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
My paperback out 1 May. Heartfelt & compassionate walks through rural Britain and its hidden history of empire.
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Can't make #DeptfordLitFest in person? There are lots of ways you can take part from home – from online writing prompts and exercises you can do in your own time, to reading new work by Festival writers and watching our events streamed online. Find out more - www.spreadtheword.org.uk/deptford-lit...
March 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Can't make #DeptfordLitFest in person? There are lots of ways you can take part from home – from online writing prompts and exercises you can do in your own time, to reading new work by Festival writers and watching our events streamed online. Find out more - www.spreadtheword.org.uk/deptford-lit...
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At @orionbooks.bsky.social we're launching the Mo Siewcharran non-fiction prize for unpublished global majority writers who are writing about history, ancestry and culture 📚
An incredible opportunity to win funding or a publishing deal, please submit your work to us!
An incredible opportunity to win funding or a publishing deal, please submit your work to us!
March 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
At @orionbooks.bsky.social we're launching the Mo Siewcharran non-fiction prize for unpublished global majority writers who are writing about history, ancestry and culture 📚
An incredible opportunity to win funding or a publishing deal, please submit your work to us!
An incredible opportunity to win funding or a publishing deal, please submit your work to us!
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Thank you @bookbrunch.bsky.social for your article on #DeptfordLitFest
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Deptford Literature Festival unveils 2025 programme
BookBrunch - The publishing trade's daily news magazine
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January 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Thank you @bookbrunch.bsky.social for your article on #DeptfordLitFest
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar...
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Really excited to be doing a panel event at the Deptford Lit Fest this year!
Today we launch the programme for Deptford Literature Festival 2025! We believe it's our biggest and best ever, but don't just take our word for it. Check out the full programme at www.spreadtheword.org.uk/projects/dep...
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January 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Really excited to be doing a panel event at the Deptford Lit Fest this year!
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Mukahang Limbu has won The Borough Press’ non-fiction open submission competition, worth £10,000, with his memoir, Egg-Fried Rice 👇 www.thebookseller.com/news/mukahan... #BookSky
Mukahang Limbu wins Borough Press' £10k non fiction prize
Mukahang Limbu has won The Borough Press' non-fiction open submission competition, worth £10,000, with his memoir, Egg-Fried Rice.
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December 17, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Mukahang Limbu has won The Borough Press’ non-fiction open submission competition, worth £10,000, with his memoir, Egg-Fried Rice 👇 www.thebookseller.com/news/mukahan... #BookSky
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In publishing we are still not equal.
Did you know, last year, that only 8% of the top 50 business books in the UK were written by women? It's clear that we are still not presenting female authors as the experts, thought leaders and changemakers they are.
The result?
(1/2)
Did you know, last year, that only 8% of the top 50 business books in the UK were written by women? It's clear that we are still not presenting female authors as the experts, thought leaders and changemakers they are.
The result?
(1/2)
December 4, 2024 at 1:28 PM
In publishing we are still not equal.
Did you know, last year, that only 8% of the top 50 business books in the UK were written by women? It's clear that we are still not presenting female authors as the experts, thought leaders and changemakers they are.
The result?
(1/2)
Did you know, last year, that only 8% of the top 50 business books in the UK were written by women? It's clear that we are still not presenting female authors as the experts, thought leaders and changemakers they are.
The result?
(1/2)
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November 25, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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