Celia Catchpole

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Children's, Picture Books

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Voice and style come first — the agency needs to fall for your voice above all else. Ideas are secondary and can be developed, but the voice must draw them in immediately. Particularly interested in hearing from diverse authors and illustrators, and those writing own voices stories. Also interested in illustrators who write or intend to write, as they benefit most from the agency's editorial input.

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Celia trained in art and specialises in discovering and developing new author-illustrators of picture books, with a strong editorial focus. She began her publishing career in rights before working at Pollinger, where she discovered JM Coetzee from unsolicited submissions. The agency is small and long-established (over 25 years), with notable clients including the creators of Varjak Paw and Top Secret Diary of Pig; the agency only responds to submissions that genuinely capture their attention, and warns that the odds are slim.