One of the longest-standing book scouting agencies in the UK, Eccles Fisher Associates is based in central London and works for international publishing clients across the world and a film & TV company, sourcing for them the very best in fiction, non-fiction, adult and children’s books. We are interested in quality, in every genre, focusing on English-language titles from the UK and elsewhere, as well as books written in other languages.
Grupo Companhia das Letras – formed by the merger between the publishing houses Companhia das Letras and Objetiva – publishes literary and commercial fiction, self-help, MBS and business, upmarket non fiction, and children's and YA.
We work across the Random House imprints, with Knopf, Random House, Doubleday and McClelland & Stewart, and their paperback imprints Vintage and Anchor, children’s and YA imprints, as well as the cookery imprint, Appetite.
CITIC Press is one of the leading publishers in China, publishing 700-900 titles a year including, in translation, quality non-fiction and both commercial and literary fiction.
Gyldendal has occupied a central position in Danish cultural life since its foundation in 1770, publishing literary and commercial fiction for adults, children and YA, and non fiction. We also work with commercial fiction imprints Cicero and Flamingo.
A major Finnish publisher founded in 1890, which publishes literary and commercial fiction, non fiction, children’s and YA. We also work with Like, Karisto, Nemo and Atena, independent houses acquired by Otava in recent years.
www.otava.fi
Founded by Robert Laffont in 1941 and part of the Editis Group since 1990, Laffont publishes literary and commercial fiction, crime and thrillers on its La Bête Noire list, a wide range of general non fiction, and books for young adults.
https://www.lisez.com/robert-laffont/2
At PRH Verlagsgruppe , we work with the Penguin division (Penguin Verlag, C. Bertelsmann, DVA, Siedler, Pantheon, GTV, Kosel); the Blanvalet division (Blanvalet, Penhaligon, Limes); and the children's division (cbj, cbt, Penguin Junior).
Established in 1974, Patakis is a leading independent general publisher in Greece and is distinguished for its commitment to quality, publishing adult commercial and literary fiction, children’s fiction and non fiction, scientific books, educational books and dictionaries.
Libri Kiadó was founded in Budapest in 2011 and publishes non fiction, upmarket commercial fiction and literary fiction, and children’s and YA. Imprints include Libri, Park, Helikon and Jelenkor.
Rizzoli Libri is part of Gruppo Mondadori and comprises the three imprints Rizzoli, Fabbri and the paperback imprint BUR, publishing works of fiction and non-fiction, books for young adults and graphic novels.
The Singel group was created in 2014. We work across the group with the literary houses: Nijgh & Van Ditmar, Querido, De Arbeiderspers, Athenaeum, De Geus; and the upmarket commercial house, Volt.
Founded in 1953, WL focuses on publishing literary prose and poetry by established and emerging authors. In non fiction, WL publishes biography, history, music and popular science, and also has a children’s and YA list.
LITERA is the leading publisher in Romania, publishing around 700 titles per year covering fiction, non-fiction, illustrated, reference, current affairs, history, science, self help, health & diet and novelty formats, as well as children's books.
www.litera.ro
A leading publisher across the Spanish-speaking world, based in Barcelona and Madrid and comprising for adults: Plaza & Janes, Grijalbo, Suma das Letras, Aguilar, Rosa Dels Vents, Alfaguara, Debate, Taurus, Random House, Lumen, Reservoir and Debolsillo and Ediciones B; and Montena for children’s and YA.
Founded in 1945, Yapı Kredi Publications (YKY), offers its readers a selection of the highest quality works: literary fiction, non fiction, poetry, art books and graphic novels, children’s and YA, combining well-balanced Western and Eastern values.
Doubleday was founded in 1897 by Frank Nelson Doubleday. In 2008 Doubleday became part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group at Penguin Random House LLC. They publish commercial fiction, literary fiction and upmarket non fiction.
Catherine joined in 2005, working alongside founder Anne-Louise Fisher until her retirement in 2015, since when she has owned and run the company. Previously, she worked in various publishing roles including as deputy managing director of Chatto & Windus and managing director of Granta.
Eva graduated from Humboldt University Berlin with a doctorate in French literature. After working at Mohrbooks Agency and as a freelance editor for Ullstein, she joined the team in 2019 to scout UK books. She also reads German, French and Italian.
Francesca joined the team in 2019 to work with non-English language books. Prior to this, she was a literary translator and worked both in editorial and foreign rights. Apart from English, she reads French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Icelandic and Japanese.
Fran studied English at Warwick and Publishing at UCL. She joined Eccles Fisher in 2023 to cover Eva Pemmerl’s maternity leave. Prior to this, she was rights manager at Lutyens & Rubinstein.
Lucy first interned at Eccles Fisher in 2016, following which she joined literary agency Peters Frasers and Dunlop. She returned in 2018 after completing a Master of Research (MRes) in literature at The University of Edinburgh, and now runs the book to film scouting.
Marzena joined in 2008 from the Laura Cecil Literary Agency, and previously Andrew Nurnberg Associates and Bloomsbury Publishing, and is our head of children's and young adult book scouting. Apart from English, she also reads Polish, German and Russian.
Rosie has returned to Eccles Fisher to run US scouting, after working with us from 2016 to 2019, Recently she was a scout at JMH Literary Scouting in the US and previously an agent at Jonathan Clowes in London. She is based in Boston.
Simona scouts international titles focussing on France, Germany and Eastern European countries, and works on the film and TV side scouting all non-English langue titles for adapation. She is Italian and also reads French.
Polite note: we are unable to accept unsolicited submissions.
