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Anna Pallai
@annapallai.bsky.social
Literary agent and PR at AMP Literary
www.ampliterary.co.uk
Specialising in women’s narrative non-fiction
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And a big thank you to our judges - @ericawgnr.bsky.social Kate Weinberg, Xiaolu Guo and Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet. And thanks also to our partners @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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We're delighted to announce the longlist for this year's prize. Congratulations to all of the authors and their publishers
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Very pleased the news is out! Coming from Icon Books in March 2026.
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Only a few days to go until we announce our longlist... Keep your eyes peeled
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Scholastic UK has snapped up Welcome to Weird Street from author-illustrator, brother-sister duo Stephen and Anita Mangan. Welcome to Weird Street will be published in May 2026 👇 #BookSky
Scholastic UK signs Mangan siblings' middle-grade adventure in two-book deal
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October 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Get the blue cover for A Level and the green cover for GCSEs.
If you’re looking at the results day posts and thinking ‘aw gawd that’ll be me/my child/someone else I know next year’ then my book Yes You Can which is about revision techniques which not only improve grades but support mental health is on @bookshop.org - uk.bookshop.org/p/books/yes-...
Yes You Can - Ace School Without Losing Your Mind a book by Natasha Devon.
Ace school without losing your mind with this one-stop, inspiring and empowering guide.Secondary school can seem overwhelming – but it doesn't have to be.In Yes You Can: Ace School Without Losing Your...
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August 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Really happy to have signed with @annapallai.bsky.social. Hopefully exciting projects ahead
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SARAH COLLINS | ampliterary
www.ampliterary.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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As a rule I'm violently allergic to open letters, but I finally signed one.
Against AI: An Open Letter From Writers to Publishers
To Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan, and all other publishers of America: We are standing on a precipice. At its simplest level, our job as …
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June 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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We are delighted to announce this year's judging panel... Author and editor Erica Wagner is to chair and will be joined by the novelists Xiaolu Guo and Kate Weinberg and rabbi and the Director of Strategy for Masorti Judaism in the UK, Adam Zagoria-Moffet.
@jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Very moving piece by @nichihodgson.bsky.social on her experiences with severe psychosis, in today's @thetimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
My submissions window will be open from
Mon 26th to Fri 30th May.
I specialise in women’s adult non-fiction and like campaigning books, untold stories, stories that change conversations. Self-help, wellness and cookery not really my thing.
May 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Free tickets now available for How to Tell a Jew­ish Sto­ry with winner of this year's prize, Manya Wilkin­son and Ayelet Tsabari - moderated by @ekasriel.bsky.social and hosted by the Global Jewish Literary Alliance www.jewishbookcouncil.org/events/2025-...
2025 Global Jewish Literary Alliance Conversation: How to Tell a Jewish Story with Manya Wilkinson and Ayelet Tsabari
Join the Global Jewish Literary Alliance for a conversation with Manya Wilkinson and Ayelet Tsabari on being storytellers, their journeys into the writing world, what inspires them, and how their a
www.jewishbookcouncil.org
May 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Today’s times. Unfair headline really. But the gist is that in the early days of sobriety I burned out a bit. 10 years sober next month and much better now.

www.thetimes.com/article/360b...
I gave up alcohol — but then became a miserable workaholic
After quitting booze, Sam Delaney, 50, went through ‘sober burnout’. It’s not unusual, he’s discovered
www.thetimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Happy publication day to @stephenmangan.bsky.social & Anita Mangan for the planet-hopping, spaceship-shaking, utterly hilarious adventure The Fart that Saved the Universe. Spent today at Tunbridge Wells Lit Fest watching 100s of kids raise the roof with glee! So special! @scholasticuk.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Thank you to everyone who has signed our petition, 6,000+! Authors deserve to have a livelihood and compensation from their work, if you haven't signed do so now 👇
Sign the Petition
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
www.change.org
April 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Don’t miss the chance to sign up for our upcoming event on April 1st!

In this virtual session led by experts, you will learn:

📢 How to grab an agent’s attention
📅 When to pitch your book
✍️ What makes a winning book submission

Grab your tickets now: bytethebook.com/event/real-d...
March 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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🚨 EVENT ALERT 🚨

Join us on April 1st at 1pm for an online event with literary agent Anna Pallai and author John Grindrod as they share insights on:

✅ What agents look for in non-fiction
✅ When to pitch your book
✅ How to write a great submission

bytethebook.com/event/real-d...
Real Deal: Ideas to help you Pitch your Non-Fiction - Byte The Book
If you want your non-fiction book to be traditionally published, at some point you will need to pitch it to an agent. But, what is the best way to do that? What do agents look for in non-fiction? At w...
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March 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Manya Wilkinson has won the 2025 Wingate Literary Prize for Lublin (And Other Stories, 2024), a “wholly unique coming of age novel, fusing fable, history and Jewish joke-making, set against the backdrop of the oncoming darkness of the 20th century”. 👇 #BookSky
Manya Wilkinson wins the Wingate Literary Prize for ‘astonishing’ novel Lublin
www.thebookseller.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Huge congratulations to Manya Wilkinson - winner of this year’s prize for the magnificent Lublin. Thank you to our judges @ericawgnr.bsky.social @keironpim.bsky.social @alicesherwood.bsky.social and Rabbi Zahavit Shalet
March 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Happiest of publication days to @delaneyman.bsky.social - shown here with blackened hands from all the signed copies of Stop Sh*tting Yourself
February 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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It’s out today in hardback, Kindle and audiobook (read by me). Go on, treat yourself. Links in bio.
February 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Make your voice heard about this attack on creative ownership.
newsmediauk.org/make-it-fair/
February 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Tickets are still available for The Power of Words: Celebrating the 2025 Wingate Prize - part of this year's Jewish Book Week, thanks to our association with @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk
jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/events/9378
The Power of Words: Celebrating the 2025 Wingate Prize - Jewish Literary Foundation
Jewish Book Week is delighted to celebrate the 48th Wingate Prize, awarded annually to the best fiction or non-fiction book that explores Jewishness for a broard readership Wingate Foundation trustee ...
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February 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Had an right laugh with this pair of legends on their excellent podcast

Thanks for having me @gordonsmart.bsky.social
Restless Natives with Martin Compston & Gordon Smart: Pharmacists, 15 Life Lessons & Posh Dentists with Sam Delaney
This week our Restless Natives special guest is a broadcaster who was a regular on breakfast telly until he decided to wage war against pharmacists during an appearance on This Morning just for the...
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February 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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This Friday I'm hosting a fab event at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social in conversation with Jodie Lancet-Grant who is not only an excellent children's author but also my editor! Come along if you're about!

housmans.com/event/housma...
Housmans x London Bookshop Crawl: Ellen Jones launches OUTRAGE
Housmans and the London Bookshop Crawl are delighted to welcome Ellen Jones to King’s Cross to celebrate the launch of OUTRAGE: Why The Fight For LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Yet Won And What We Ca…
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February 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM