Getting your book published

What to do, what to send, and what to expect.

How querying works

How to get a literary agent in the UK

What a literary agent actually does, whether you need one, and how to go about finding one in the UK.

What goes in a submission package

A submission package is what an agency asks you to send: usually a covering letter, a synopsis, and your sample chapters.

How to write a synopsis

You spent years building a story, and now an agent wants it flattened onto a single page, ending and all. It feels impossible. It isn't. Here we explain what a synopsis is for, how long it should be, and how to write one step by step.

How to write a covering letter

The covering letter is the first thing an agent reads, and it has one job: to make them want to read your sample pages.

How to choose comparison titles

Comparison titles, or comps, are published books you name to show an agent where yours would sit.