James Catchpole
The Catchpole Agency
Submission Guidelines
- Submit via
- Submission contact
- submissions@thecatchpoleagency.co.uk
- Looking for
- Children's fiction and illustration: voice/style-first, strong hooks, diverse/own voices welcomed
- How to submit
- Email a short cover letter, a one- or two-sentence pitch including the hook and intended readership, and a writing sample pasted into the body of the email (a full picture book text or a couple of chapters of a novel) to submissions@thecatchpoleagency.co.uk. Illustrators should also include a link to their online portfolio. Do not submit by post. If own voices or diverse applies, include #ownvoices or #diverse in the subject line.
- Response time
- Only if interested
What They Represent
- Genres
- Children's Books
- Age categories
- Children's, Middle Grade, YA
- Location
- UK
What we found
The Catchpole Agency has been operating for over twenty-five years and represents clients including the authors and illustrators behind Varjak Paw and The Top Secret Diary of Pig. The agency keeps its list small and intentionally selective, noting that most of its current clients came through the open submissions route. James Catchpole tends to work with illustrators who write or intend to write, as the agency's editorial input is most valuable in that context.
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