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We are thrilled to support Leon Restaurants in their initiative to raise £1m to help feed NHS workers with one hot, healthy meal each day. The campaign was launched on Friday 27th March, spearheaded by actors Damian Lewis, Matt Lucas and Helen McCrory. FeedNHS will be starting in the hardest hit hospitals in London, before branching out to help workers on the front line nationwide. The initiative, backed by chain restaurants Wasabi, Pizza Pilgrims and Dishoom, will aim to serve 6,000 meals a day. Any writer seeking publication who would like to join us in supporting NHS workers can send confirmation of their donation to FeedNHS, no matter how big or small, and we will randomly select 20 winners to receive one-on-one feedback with an agent by phone or video call. Along with the screenshot of your confirmation, please send a covering letter, synopsis and the first three chapters of your work ready for feedback to info@greeneheaton.co.uk. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday 14th April. More information on how to donate to this fantastic cause can be found here.

Until further notice, if you wish to contact the agency, please email info@greeneheaton.co.uk for general enquiries. Our submissions are open as usual – even more than usual – so please do send to submissions@greeneheaton.co.uk, as per our agency guidelines..

Jenny Offill's "dazzling state-of-the-nation novel" Weather has been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020. The award celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing, and the winner is awarded a limited edition bronze statuette known as the ‘Bessie’, and a cheque for £30,000. The longlist of 16 novels will be whittled down to a shortlist of 6 novels to be announced on April 22nd. The 25th winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction will be announced on Wednesday 3rd June.

London-based independent production company Lookout Point has secured rights in Joseph Knox’s Aidan Waits series, beating ten other studios. Comprised of SIRENS (2017), THE SMILING MAN (2018), and THE SLEEPWALKER (2019), the series follows the story of Mancunian detective Aidan Waits. Hailed by Lee Child as ‘razor-sharp noir’, the bestselling series has been published by Doubleday in the UK and Crown in the US to widespread critical acclaim. The Times said Knox’s novels hold ‘the promise of a classic series’, while Val McDermid called Knox ‘the real deal’. Lookout Point’s recent credits include Sally Wainwright’s GENTLEMAN JACK and Andrew Davies’s LES MISÉRABLES and WAR AND PEACE.

Temi Oh has won the American Library Association's Alex Awards in the young adult division for her novel Do You Dream Of Terra-Two? - "A strong, haunting, character-driven story." The Alex Awards recognise ten books published for the adult market with special appeal to teens.

S.G. MacLean won the Crime Writers' Association Sapere Books Historical Dagger for her novel Destroying Angel - "a suspenseful, atmospheric addition to one of the best historical crime series around". The Sapere Books Historical Dagger is for the best historical crime novel, mainly set in any period up to 50 years prior to 2019.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall teams up with BBC Breakfast presenter, Steph McGovern, in new BBC One series Easy Ways to Live Well. Equipped with expert health advice, Hugh and Steph speak to families and communities to find easy ways to improve our diet, fitness and mental wellbeing. Over three episodes, the pair take on snacking, screen-time and stress in the pursuit of a healthier lifestyle. The first episode airs on BBC One on Wednesday 22nd January at 8pm, and will be available on iPlayer.

Laura Shepherd-Robinson has won the Historical Writers' Awards Debut Crown for her novel Blood & Sugar - "a tightly-plotted and frightening crime story". The Historical Writers’ Association, whose membership is made up of ‘authors, publishers and agents of historical writing, both fiction and non-fiction’, run the annual awards. The HWA Debut Crown is awarded to the best historical novel by a first-time fiction author published in the UK.

THE CHILDREN OF MEN (Faber & Faber) by P. D. James has been selected for the BBC’s 100-strong list of The Novels That Shaped Our World. Published in 1992, the renowned dystopian novel was chosen by a panel of six British writers, curators and critics. Celebrating novels in the English language, the list is designed to ‘spark debate about the novels that have had a big impact on us all personally and culturally’. The list kicks off a year-long celebration of literature at the BBC in partnership with libraries and reading groups around the UK, starting with a three-part series that begins on Saturday 9th November at 9pm.

Anthony Anaxagorou has been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2019 for his first poetry collection After the Formalities published by Penned in the Margins. The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry was inaugurated in 1993 to celebrate the Poetry Book Society’s 40th birthday and honour its founding poet. Described as ‘the prize most poets want to win’ (Sir Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate) and ‘the world’s top poetry award’ (Independent), it is awarded annually to the author of the best new collection of poetry published in the UK and Ireland. It is firmly established as the most valuable and prestigious prize in the UK for a new collection of poetry.

Congratulations to all our authors who have been shortlisted for a Crime Writers’ Association Dagger. The awards honour ‘the very best in crime writing’ and have been ‘synonymous with quality crime writing for over half a century’. DESTROYING ANGEL by SG MacLean, TOMBLAND by CJ Sansom and BLOOD & SUGAR by Laura Shepherd-Robinson make up half of this year’s CWA Sapere Books Historical Dagger. CJ Sansom has also been shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library, a prize for a crime writer’s overall work that has ‘long been popular with borrowers from libraries.’ A STATION ON THE PATH TO SOMEWHERE BETTER by Benjamin Wood has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, which goes to the best crime fiction novel. Laura Shepherd-Robinson has also been shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, which is awarded to the best first-time author. Shepherd-Robinson’s BLOOD & SUGAR has simultaneously made the shortlist for the 2019 Amazon Publishing Readers’ Awards Best Debut. In collaboration with Capital Crime, these awards are a celebration of the crime and thriller genre.

BLOOD & SUGAR by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Mantle) and TOMBLAND by C. J. Sansom (Mantle) have been longlisted for the HWA Crown Awards 2019. The Historical Writers’ Association, whose membership is made up of ‘authors, publishers and agents of historical writing, both fiction and non-fiction’, run the annual awards. Three panels of judges are assigned to each award: the HWA Gold Crown; the HWA Non-Fiction Crown; and the HWA Debut Crown. Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s BLOOD & SUGAR – ‘a compulsive read’ – is longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown for the best debut historical novel. Alongside Shepherd-Robinson’s novel, CJ Sansom’s ‘much-anticipated and weighty addition to the terrific Shardlake series’ is longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown for the best historical novel.

Gill Meller has been shortlisted by the Guild of Food Writers for the Recipe Writing Award and the General Cookbook Award. The annual Awards are ‘the most prestigious in food writing and broadcasting’ and have shortlisted Gill for both his column in delicious. magazine, and for his second cookbook TIME: A YEAR AND A DAY IN THE KITCHEN (Quadrille, 2018). The winners will be announced on Thursday 27th June at Studio Spaces in Whitechapel.

The Crime Writers Association Daggers longlists have been announced, and we are thrilled to have some of our brilliant authors featured. Two of our authors, Andrew Taylor for The Fire Court, and Benjamin Wood for A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better, are longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, which is awarded to the best crime novel of the year. Laura Shepherd-Robinson is longlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger for her novel Blood & Sugar, which is awarded to the best crime novel by a first-time author. Laura Shepherd-Robinson for Blood & Sugar, S. G. MacLean for Destroying Angel and C. J. Sansom for Tombland are all longlisted for the CWA Sapere Historical Dagger, which is awarded to the best historical crime novel set in any period up to 50 years prior to the year in which the award will be made. C. J. Sansom has also been nominated for the CWA Dagger In The Library, a prize for a body of work by an established crime writer that has long been popular with borrowers from libraries. The shortlists will be announced in the summer, and the winners will be announced at the Daggers Award Ceremony at the end of October.