Rachel Mann
@rachelpmann.bsky.social
Literary agent | Sheffield / London | Opinions my own | CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS for 2025 (& on parental leave from April)
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Rachel Mann
@rachelpmann.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Writers of this better place: I’m closing submissions soon but before I do, I’d love some final books to sell! Here’s my #mswl:
High-concept YA - if it includes & addresses untold histories / historically marginalized characters, all the better
YA horror - ALL OF IT
High-concept YA - if it includes & addresses untold histories / historically marginalized characters, all the better
YA horror - ALL OF IT
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The Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) urgent appealing to children’s authors, writers and publishers to donate stories to its new bedtime stories app.
The charity relies on stories in the public domain but are running out of books.
Anyone willing to donate should contact media@rsbc.org.
The charity relies on stories in the public domain but are running out of books.
Anyone willing to donate should contact media@rsbc.org.
September 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) urgent appealing to children’s authors, writers and publishers to donate stories to its new bedtime stories app.
The charity relies on stories in the public domain but are running out of books.
Anyone willing to donate should contact media@rsbc.org.
The charity relies on stories in the public domain but are running out of books.
Anyone willing to donate should contact media@rsbc.org.
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Thoughts and tips on the seemingly unnamed ACE under £30k application portal...
September 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Thoughts and tips on the seemingly unnamed ACE under £30k application portal...
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Check out this sweet new young picture book from @darrenchetty.bsky.social and Sandhya Prabat. Having spent a lot of time with a three year old lately the accidental violence of young friendships really spoke to me!
April 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Check out this sweet new young picture book from @darrenchetty.bsky.social and Sandhya Prabat. Having spent a lot of time with a three year old lately the accidental violence of young friendships really spoke to me!
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@darrenchetty.bsky.social and I are at the Brixton Library on Tuesday evening talking about our new book, Beyond the Secret Garden. Join us!
On Tuesday 25th March, @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social and I will be talking about Beyond the Secret Garden at Brixton Library. It’s a free event. Come along!!
March 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM
@darrenchetty.bsky.social and I are at the Brixton Library on Tuesday evening talking about our new book, Beyond the Secret Garden. Join us!
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At least 200 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed its war on the enclave this week, says UNICEF's Gaza spokesperson Rosalia Paulin.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/u6c13s
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/u6c13s
March 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
At least 200 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed its war on the enclave this week, says UNICEF's Gaza spokesperson Rosalia Paulin.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/u6c13s
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/u6c13s
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The amazing @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social interviewed @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social and me for the latest issue- we talked about writing Beyond the Secret Garden.
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/movi...
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/movi...
January 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The amazing @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social interviewed @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social and me for the latest issue- we talked about writing Beyond the Secret Garden.
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/movi...
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/movi...
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📣 We are accepting applications until 2 FEBRUARY for City Lit's 2025-26 Malorie Blackman Scholarships for Unheard Voices. Winners will be selected by acclaimed writer @malorieblackman.bsky.social
Learn more: www.citylit.ac.uk/malorie-blac...
#CityLit #Writing #MalorieBlackman
Learn more: www.citylit.ac.uk/malorie-blac...
#CityLit #Writing #MalorieBlackman
January 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
📣 We are accepting applications until 2 FEBRUARY for City Lit's 2025-26 Malorie Blackman Scholarships for Unheard Voices. Winners will be selected by acclaimed writer @malorieblackman.bsky.social
Learn more: www.citylit.ac.uk/malorie-blac...
#CityLit #Writing #MalorieBlackman
Learn more: www.citylit.ac.uk/malorie-blac...
#CityLit #Writing #MalorieBlackman
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I wrote here about playgroups, and the playschool I chair as the last remaining hold out of an anarchic, feminist moment from the 1970s which has lasted til the present day emilybaughan.substack.com/p/of-church-... but the early years funding crisis has come for us too and we look set to close 💔
Of church halls and custard creams
or, the strange disappearance of community playgroups
emilybaughan.substack.com
January 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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This Black Friday you can support independent bookshops online through Bookshop.org with free shipping on orders all weekend.
Want to discover some great indies to follow on Bluesky? We've put together a starter pack of bookshops across the UK that you can follow now:
go.bsky.app/6UrVWsn
Want to discover some great indies to follow on Bluesky? We've put together a starter pack of bookshops across the UK that you can follow now:
go.bsky.app/6UrVWsn
November 29, 2024 at 9:18 AM
This Black Friday you can support independent bookshops online through Bookshop.org with free shipping on orders all weekend.
Want to discover some great indies to follow on Bluesky? We've put together a starter pack of bookshops across the UK that you can follow now:
go.bsky.app/6UrVWsn
Want to discover some great indies to follow on Bluesky? We've put together a starter pack of bookshops across the UK that you can follow now:
go.bsky.app/6UrVWsn
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Looking for picture books or young adult stories about Palestine? Check out this selection published by @arablit.bsky.social!
Ahead of #ReadPalestineWeek, @worldkidlit.bsky.social looks at five books for young people, from picture books to YA.
worldkidlit.org/2024/11/25/r...
worldkidlit.org/2024/11/25/r...
Read Palestine Week: five books for young people
By Ekram Abdelgawad and Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp For Read Palestine Week, we share five books for young people by Palestinians of the West Bank and the diaspora: stories of historic Palestinian cities, o…
worldkidlit.org
November 25, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Looking for picture books or young adult stories about Palestine? Check out this selection published by @arablit.bsky.social!
Writers of this better place: I’m closing submissions soon but before I do, I’d love some final books to sell! Here’s my #mswl:
High-concept YA - if it includes & addresses untold histories / historically marginalized characters, all the better
YA horror - ALL OF IT
High-concept YA - if it includes & addresses untold histories / historically marginalized characters, all the better
YA horror - ALL OF IT
November 21, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Writers of this better place: I’m closing submissions soon but before I do, I’d love some final books to sell! Here’s my #mswl:
High-concept YA - if it includes & addresses untold histories / historically marginalized characters, all the better
YA horror - ALL OF IT
High-concept YA - if it includes & addresses untold histories / historically marginalized characters, all the better
YA horror - ALL OF IT
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Had a handful of homophobic/transphobic messages here today because I’ve created a Starter Pack supporting LGBTQIA+ writers.
Please follow and share this pack to help keep Bluesky the positive place it promises to be.
go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7W
Please follow and share this pack to help keep Bluesky the positive place it promises to be.
go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7W
November 14, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Had a handful of homophobic/transphobic messages here today because I’ve created a Starter Pack supporting LGBTQIA+ writers.
Please follow and share this pack to help keep Bluesky the positive place it promises to be.
go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7W
Please follow and share this pack to help keep Bluesky the positive place it promises to be.
go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7W
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NORTHERN FICTION ALLIANCE STARTER PACK 📣
People and presses that make up the NFA - supporting the publishing industry in the North. Let me know if I've missed anyone including any NFA authors who are over here - will update regularly! ✍️
Shares appreciated!
go.bsky.app/6RGYudb
People and presses that make up the NFA - supporting the publishing industry in the North. Let me know if I've missed anyone including any NFA authors who are over here - will update regularly! ✍️
Shares appreciated!
go.bsky.app/6RGYudb
November 21, 2024 at 8:01 AM
NORTHERN FICTION ALLIANCE STARTER PACK 📣
People and presses that make up the NFA - supporting the publishing industry in the North. Let me know if I've missed anyone including any NFA authors who are over here - will update regularly! ✍️
Shares appreciated!
go.bsky.app/6RGYudb
People and presses that make up the NFA - supporting the publishing industry in the North. Let me know if I've missed anyone including any NFA authors who are over here - will update regularly! ✍️
Shares appreciated!
go.bsky.app/6RGYudb
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My map of children's independent bookshops is updated regularly. Most provide an online service and they're all run by people who can make well-informed book recommendations. Make sure you support your local one if you want to keep it. Any missing, please let me know. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
November 19, 2024 at 6:43 AM
My map of children's independent bookshops is updated regularly. Most provide an online service and they're all run by people who can make well-informed book recommendations. Make sure you support your local one if you want to keep it. Any missing, please let me know. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
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We are hiring!
4th Estate Books is recruiting for a talented Assistant Editor to work across a global list of literary fiction and non-fiction. Come join our team 👩🏾💻
Closes 24 Nov, vacancy here:
app.beapplied.com/apply/ruxf4x...
4th Estate Books is recruiting for a talented Assistant Editor to work across a global list of literary fiction and non-fiction. Come join our team 👩🏾💻
Closes 24 Nov, vacancy here:
app.beapplied.com/apply/ruxf4x...
November 16, 2024 at 9:30 AM
We are hiring!
4th Estate Books is recruiting for a talented Assistant Editor to work across a global list of literary fiction and non-fiction. Come join our team 👩🏾💻
Closes 24 Nov, vacancy here:
app.beapplied.com/apply/ruxf4x...
4th Estate Books is recruiting for a talented Assistant Editor to work across a global list of literary fiction and non-fiction. Come join our team 👩🏾💻
Closes 24 Nov, vacancy here:
app.beapplied.com/apply/ruxf4x...