Hannah Weatherill
@hannahweatherill.bsky.social
Literary and Book-to-Screen Agent at @watsonlittle.bsky.social
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I've been updating my wishlist recently, so here are some novels I've loved over the last few years, along with what I'm looking for now:
I've been updating my wishlist recently, so here are some novels I've loved over the last few years, along with what I'm looking for now:
September 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I've been updating my wishlist recently, so here are some novels I've loved over the last few years, along with what I'm looking for now:
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Currently, our #Curae prize writers are doing the Prize Novel summer school with the fab support of @saranaidinecox.bsky.social as ever. Next we have @hannahweatherill.bsky.social of @watsonlittle.bsky.social in a special session just for them, talking to them about industry. So grateful #carersweek
June 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Currently, our #Curae prize writers are doing the Prize Novel summer school with the fab support of @saranaidinecox.bsky.social as ever. Next we have @hannahweatherill.bsky.social of @watsonlittle.bsky.social in a special session just for them, talking to them about industry. So grateful #carersweek
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Really thrilled to share the lead cast in the Temple Hill & Protagonist Pictures adaptation of THE RULE OF THREE by Sam Ripley - the first in a new unmissable horror trilogy
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Thomasin McKenzie & Katie Douglas Leading Temple Hill Horror Franchise Hopeful ‘The Rule Of Three’; Protagonist Launching For Cannes
Thomasin McKenzie & Katie Douglas Are Starring In The New Horror From Smile and Twilight producers Temple Hill.
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April 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Really thrilled to share the lead cast in the Temple Hill & Protagonist Pictures adaptation of THE RULE OF THREE by Sam Ripley - the first in a new unmissable horror trilogy
deadline.com/2025/04/thom...
deadline.com/2025/04/thom...
Introducing ECONOMICA: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF WOMEN, WEALTH AND POWER by Victoria Bateman, published by @headlinebooks.bsky.social on 28 August. Preorder at geni.us/Economica to find out how women have been at the heart of the economy from the Stone Age to today
April 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Introducing ECONOMICA: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF WOMEN, WEALTH AND POWER by Victoria Bateman, published by @headlinebooks.bsky.social on 28 August. Preorder at geni.us/Economica to find out how women have been at the heart of the economy from the Stone Age to today
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Great to celebrate the launch of JOSEPHINE BAKER'S SECRET WAR yesterday with @hdiamond.bsky.social and @yalebooks.bsky.social. Out now!
April 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Great to celebrate the launch of JOSEPHINE BAKER'S SECRET WAR yesterday with @hdiamond.bsky.social and @yalebooks.bsky.social. Out now!
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Happy publication day to @hdiamond.bsky.social! JOSEPHINE BAKER'S SECRET WAR is out from Yale Books today
April 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Happy publication day to @hdiamond.bsky.social! JOSEPHINE BAKER'S SECRET WAR is out from Yale Books today
A gorgeous newsletter on writing, publishing and Diana's brilliant new novel, A HOUSE FOR MISS PAULINE (whose 99-year-old heroine is just the best)
A new Substack on my 6th novel.. dianamccaulay.substack.com/p/a-bookish-... #aHouseforMissPauline
A Bookish Post
A House for Miss Pauline
dianamccaulay.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A gorgeous newsletter on writing, publishing and Diana's brilliant new novel, A HOUSE FOR MISS PAULINE (whose 99-year-old heroine is just the best)
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Less than 25% of ministers globally are women. Former female foreign minister Dunya Maumoon is this week’s Muslim Women Talk Ramadan podcast guest and talks about how to be powerful and the dangers of abuse of power. Listen podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
March 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Less than 25% of ministers globally are women. Former female foreign minister Dunya Maumoon is this week’s Muslim Women Talk Ramadan podcast guest and talks about how to be powerful and the dangers of abuse of power. Listen podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Another great week with the @watsonlittle.bsky.social team at the London Book Fair, with well over 100 meetings between us and many more chats in the halls and pubs. Always lovely to catch up with friends and colleagues from all across the globe!
March 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Another great week with the @watsonlittle.bsky.social team at the London Book Fair, with well over 100 meetings between us and many more chats in the halls and pubs. Always lovely to catch up with friends and colleagues from all across the globe!
Excited about this!
I'm delighted to announce that I've signed a new contract with
@boldwoodbooks.bsky.social for four more novels. They are a brilliant publisher and I'm so delighted to be staying with them.
Thank you to my fabulous agent @hannahweatherill.bsky.social at @watsonlittle.bsky.social for negotiating it.
@boldwoodbooks.bsky.social for four more novels. They are a brilliant publisher and I'm so delighted to be staying with them.
Thank you to my fabulous agent @hannahweatherill.bsky.social at @watsonlittle.bsky.social for negotiating it.
March 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Excited about this!
Reposting my wishlist here for #MSWL day: www.watsonlittle.com/agent/hannah...
I'd love to find more thrillers and suspense (especially with a horror edge), and general commercial and upmarket fiction. Give my colleagues a try for romantasy and literary fiction!
I'd love to find more thrillers and suspense (especially with a horror edge), and general commercial and upmarket fiction. Give my colleagues a try for romantasy and literary fiction!
Hannah Weatherill - Watson Little
I joined Watson, Little in 2024 after four years as an agent at Northbank Talent Management and a year at Penguin Random House UK. I’m building a varied list of commercial and upmarket fiction and non...
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February 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Reposting my wishlist here for #MSWL day: www.watsonlittle.com/agent/hannah...
I'd love to find more thrillers and suspense (especially with a horror edge), and general commercial and upmarket fiction. Give my colleagues a try for romantasy and literary fiction!
I'd love to find more thrillers and suspense (especially with a horror edge), and general commercial and upmarket fiction. Give my colleagues a try for romantasy and literary fiction!
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Congratulations to Michael Taylor on being shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize!
We are proud to announce the shortlist for The Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2025.
The Prize celebrates the best in non-fiction writing with a £5,000 Prize and a Magnum of Pol Roger Brut Réserve being awarded to the winner.
Congratulations to all shortlisted authors!
The Prize celebrates the best in non-fiction writing with a £5,000 Prize and a Magnum of Pol Roger Brut Réserve being awarded to the winner.
Congratulations to all shortlisted authors!
January 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Congratulations to Michael Taylor on being shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize!
Happy publication day @toryscott.bsky.social! So pleased to see this gorgeous book out in the world.
Happy publication day @toryscott.bsky.social! THE STORYTELLER'S DAUGHTER is published today by @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Happy publication day @toryscott.bsky.social! So pleased to see this gorgeous book out in the world.
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The Storyteller's Daughter is out NEXT WEEK!
It's available in ebook, paperback, hardback and audio book - basically, whichever form you prefer. It's a mysterious, gothic, dual timeline novel set in the WW2 and the 2000s.
Order links on my website: www.toryscott.com/the-storytellers-daughter
It's available in ebook, paperback, hardback and audio book - basically, whichever form you prefer. It's a mysterious, gothic, dual timeline novel set in the WW2 and the 2000s.
Order links on my website: www.toryscott.com/the-storytellers-daughter
January 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Storyteller's Daughter is out NEXT WEEK!
It's available in ebook, paperback, hardback and audio book - basically, whichever form you prefer. It's a mysterious, gothic, dual timeline novel set in the WW2 and the 2000s.
Order links on my website: www.toryscott.com/the-storytellers-daughter
It's available in ebook, paperback, hardback and audio book - basically, whichever form you prefer. It's a mysterious, gothic, dual timeline novel set in the WW2 and the 2000s.
Order links on my website: www.toryscott.com/the-storytellers-daughter
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This is brilliant stuff - high praise for a brilliant book, HOTEL LUX by @mauricejcasey.com. @watsonlittle.bsky.social
Wild to see my book appear on Ireland AM this morning!
Thank you so much to newscasting legend Eileen Dunne for bringing along a copy of Hotel Lux and speaking about it. What a lovely surprise.
Thank you so much to newscasting legend Eileen Dunne for bringing along a copy of Hotel Lux and speaking about it. What a lovely surprise.
January 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This is brilliant stuff - high praise for a brilliant book, HOTEL LUX by @mauricejcasey.com. @watsonlittle.bsky.social
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Look what's turned up at last (after UPS lost the box and then found it...)
The first copies of The Storyteller's Daughter. It's landing on shelves, doorsteps, phones and kindles on January 15th.
Buy here: www.toryscott.com/the-storytellers-daughter
The first copies of The Storyteller's Daughter. It's landing on shelves, doorsteps, phones and kindles on January 15th.
Buy here: www.toryscott.com/the-storytellers-daughter
December 30, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Look what's turned up at last (after UPS lost the box and then found it...)
The first copies of The Storyteller's Daughter. It's landing on shelves, doorsteps, phones and kindles on January 15th.
Buy here: www.toryscott.com/the-storytellers-daughter
The first copies of The Storyteller's Daughter. It's landing on shelves, doorsteps, phones and kindles on January 15th.
Buy here: www.toryscott.com/the-storytellers-daughter
We'll be closed to submissions from tomorrow until Monday 6th January, but we're looking forward to reading your brilliant work in the new year!
You can find more information about the @watsonlittle.bsky.social agents and our submission guidelines here:
www.watsonlittle.com/about/submis...
You can find more information about the @watsonlittle.bsky.social agents and our submission guidelines here:
www.watsonlittle.com/about/submis...
Submissions - Watson Little
We now only accept submissions by email (submissions@watsonlittle.com), so please do not send your submission in the post. Direct your submission to one of our agents; you may find it useful to look a...
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December 20, 2024 at 2:04 PM
We'll be closed to submissions from tomorrow until Monday 6th January, but we're looking forward to reading your brilliant work in the new year!
You can find more information about the @watsonlittle.bsky.social agents and our submission guidelines here:
www.watsonlittle.com/about/submis...
You can find more information about the @watsonlittle.bsky.social agents and our submission guidelines here:
www.watsonlittle.com/about/submis...
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We are deeply saddened to share the news that Jean Adamson, co-creator of the much loved Topsy & Tim series, has passed away aged 96. Our thoughts are with her family, friends and all who knew her. It has been a rare privilege to represent Jean all these years; she will be sorely missed by us all.
December 18, 2024 at 11:45 AM
We are deeply saddened to share the news that Jean Adamson, co-creator of the much loved Topsy & Tim series, has passed away aged 96. Our thoughts are with her family, friends and all who knew her. It has been a rare privilege to represent Jean all these years; she will be sorely missed by us all.
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I'm delighted to announce I have a new literary agent. I'm now represented by the brilliant @hannahweatherill.bsky.social at @watsonlittle.bsky.social
It was Hannah who picked my debut novel out of the slush pile, and I'm so pleased to be working with her again
www.watsonlittle.com/client/victo...
It was Hannah who picked my debut novel out of the slush pile, and I'm so pleased to be working with her again
www.watsonlittle.com/client/victo...
Victoria Scott - Watson Little
Victoria Scott writes thought-provoking fiction that keeps readers turning the pages. Her debut novel, Patience, was the Booksellers’ Association book of the month. Her first three novels were publish...
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December 2, 2024 at 6:08 PM
I'm delighted to announce I have a new literary agent. I'm now represented by the brilliant @hannahweatherill.bsky.social at @watsonlittle.bsky.social
It was Hannah who picked my debut novel out of the slush pile, and I'm so pleased to be working with her again
www.watsonlittle.com/client/victo...
It was Hannah who picked my debut novel out of the slush pile, and I'm so pleased to be working with her again
www.watsonlittle.com/client/victo...
We're looking for a new assistant! Details on our website - closes 15th December.
We're hiring an Agency Assistant! 🚨 Further details about the role and how to apply can be found here: watsonlittle.com/about/careers/ #publishingjobs #publishinghopefuls
Jobs and Work Experience - Watson Little
Jobs Agency Assistant We are looking for a proactive and highly organised individual to join the team as an agency assistant to provide administrative support to the agents, but working most closely ...
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November 29, 2024 at 2:35 PM
We're looking for a new assistant! Details on our website - closes 15th December.
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Hello all! I'm a literary agent at Watson, Little, representing non-fiction (including non-fiction for children) and fiction across the gamut from commercial to literary. I'm based in Scotland, but come down to London frequently. Looking forward to chatting here! www.watsonlittle.com/agent/donald...
Donald Winchester - Watson Little
After splitting his childhood between Edinburgh, Ohio, and Watford, Donald studied English Literature and History at Queen Mary, University of London and University College London. He is the son of a ...
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November 29, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Hello all! I'm a literary agent at Watson, Little, representing non-fiction (including non-fiction for children) and fiction across the gamut from commercial to literary. I'm based in Scotland, but come down to London frequently. Looking forward to chatting here! www.watsonlittle.com/agent/donald...
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Fingers crossed please, I'm shortlisted for the UK School Library Information Book Awards on Thurs! My book aims to shine a light for kids of all backgrounds on what shapes our world today, how to articulate your own story and know its power, told through the prism of the British Empire.🤞
November 25, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Fingers crossed please, I'm shortlisted for the UK School Library Information Book Awards on Thurs! My book aims to shine a light for kids of all backgrounds on what shapes our world today, how to articulate your own story and know its power, told through the prism of the British Empire.🤞
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🎊 The Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize is now OPEN! 🎊
Calling all aspiring women and non-binary writers in the UK and Ireland 📢
A brilliant chance to launch your writing career‼️ Excited to read submissions www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/fictionprize
CLOSING DATE: 31st January 2025
#writeopp #writingprize
November 19, 2024 at 11:24 AM
🎊 The Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize is now OPEN! 🎊
Calling all aspiring women and non-binary writers in the UK and Ireland 📢
A brilliant chance to launch your writing career‼️ Excited to read submissions www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/fictionprize
CLOSING DATE: 31st January 2025
#writeopp #writingprize
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As a starting point, here is a selection of the UK literary agents who represent fiction I've found thus far here. I'll update with anyone I've missed or who joins in the future.
go.bsky.app/HdLHW7X
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November 18, 2024 at 11:43 AM
As a starting point, here is a selection of the UK literary agents who represent fiction I've found thus far here. I'll update with anyone I've missed or who joins in the future.
go.bsky.app/HdLHW7X
go.bsky.app/HdLHW7X
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Hello, hi.
I’ve made an inexhaustive starter pack of the bookish people I’ve found here so far 📚
go.bsky.app/EeTCv2s
I’ve made an inexhaustive starter pack of the bookish people I’ve found here so far 📚
go.bsky.app/EeTCv2s
November 16, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Hello, hi.
I’ve made an inexhaustive starter pack of the bookish people I’ve found here so far 📚
go.bsky.app/EeTCv2s
I’ve made an inexhaustive starter pack of the bookish people I’ve found here so far 📚
go.bsky.app/EeTCv2s