Books & Football, mostly. Literary Agent @appletreelit. Bookseller Rising Star ⭐️ 2021. Email me - max.edwards@appletreeliterary.com
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Embarrassingly I've made a Substack for the semi-occasional times I fancy bleating on about publishing, and my job.
The first post is on People and Publishing, and my thinking about how we weigh up the business side of the industry with its authors...
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Yesterday, I threw a party to launch @AppleTreeLit.
I’m *so* unbelievably proud of my incredible authors. So many of them turned out, each as glorious and talented as the next.
Working for them, empowering them as people not products, is everything I’ve wanted to build here.
Hugest congrats to my brilliant, brilliant agent, @OneChapterMore , launching his own agency @AppleTreeLit. Did his gesticulations with a dangerously full glass of fizz, it was chic and wonderful and jaunty!
WAHEY
My Beautiful Sisters
✍️ @khalida_popal
Khalida Popal is the founder and first captain of Afghanistan's women's football team. As a child, she fled Taliban rule with her family and grew up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. On her return to Afghanistan, football gave her and her teammates power, comradeship and freedom. But advocating for women's rights in sport put Popal's life increasingly at risk. This gripping memoir sheds light on the courage to fight in dark times.
So thrilled for Hannah Durkin, and her brilliant book SURVIVORS. Deservedly shortlisted for The HWA Non-Fiction Crown!
Survivors: Hannah Durkin
Impeccably researched, this book allows readers to hear the voices of the survivors of the slave ship, reminding all how recently this abhorrent trade was still operating. Deeply moving
#HWACrowns24
Do support this if you can. Influx Press is responsible for some of the best Indie publishing in recent years - they helped discover Eliza Clark, brought Percival Everett’s books back to the UK, and their taste is exceptional. They’re a necessary salve in the publishing landscape
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For the past several months I’ve been trying to- and sadly not succeeding - to sell a challenging, but utterly superb, graphic novel memoir of the non-binary experience. It’s FUN HOME for the nb generation.
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Up next we have a panel asking how we can keep the momentum going on the popularity of graphic novels, joining us are @KarrieFransman, @RuthMKnowles @RamzeeRawkz and James Spackman 🎨
See the thread below for insights from this session at #KidsConf 👇
ALT Images of James, Karrie, Ramzee and Ruth on a yellow background with a blue squiggle behind them. The KidsConf logo is in the top left corner and in white text reads: panel spreading the graphic revolution, James Spackman agent & coach The bks Agency & The Book Pitch Doctor, Karrie Fransman comic creator, Ramzee writer & illustrator, Ruth Knowles publishing director Puffin
It’s all well and good to keep up the popularity of graphic novels in the kids space, but if it doesn’t bleed into adult space, how does it help? Why is no one taking advantage of a generation being brought up on @AliceOseman’s Heartstopper, and publishing for them in their 20s?
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Delighted that Sir Graham Brady’s KINGMAKER publishes today! It is, as The Telegraph rightly says, truly “explosive.” Whether you agree with his politics or not, no-one has had a more up-close-and-personal view of our recent politics than Graham. It’s a must read
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Absolutely delighted that @LeoVaradkar’s memoir will be published by @PenguinIEBooks, in what is @AppleTreeLit’s first deal. One of the most important politicians in recent times, Varadkar’s legacy and impact on Ireland and beyond is incredible thebookseller.com/rights/leo…
Such a great book this. Go read it
Congrats to @benrileysmith on the paperback publication of BLUE MURDER: The Rise and Fall of the Conservative Government - complete with a new chapter and conclusion. The ultimate first draft of history, it’s the essential book to understand our recent political history.
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I have got very into the NYT mini and it’s accompanying leaderboard. Normally I can nail it in two mins or less - sometimes as low as 30-40 seconds.
Today? Not so much
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This book. My goodness, it is so very very brilliant. Powerful, essential, and the dawn of a serious new talent. So proud of @ellen_atlanta
"The beauty myth for the Instagram Age" - @KirkusReviews
“An essential mirror reflecting the profound impact of beauty culture on our lives” - @ccooperjones
The very happiest publication day to @ellen_atlanta! PIXEL FLESH, is out in the US today from @StMartinsPress
Delighted to be working with the legendary @Legs__McNeil and Crispin Kott on their remarkable portrait of the NYC punk scene - and Leg's position at its heart. RESIDENT PUNK, from @BenBellaBooks, is going to be one hell of an eye-opening ride!
