News and Success Stories
Adventures in Fiction continues to build up a reputation for supporting emerging new writers. We work with writers at all stages in their careers and are always immensely pleased and proud to watch clients develop and progress.
Spotlight 
First Page Competition
Can you write a winning first page?
Writing a novel? Need a little help along the way? Hoping to attract the attention of agents and publishers? We are offering one lucky winner a significant showcase and invaluable input and support.
Winning Prize:
Deadline: 14th February 2012
For further information go to Spotlight Competition
2011 – Great new books to watch out for
The Sacrificial Man by Ruth Dugdall (Legend Press) is making a splash with CWA Debut award and an appearance on Woman's Hour. Click here to read more. Exiled by Shireen Jilla is published by Quartet with a great strapline from Boris Johnson. Click here to read more. And The Sun Hasn’t Fallen from the Sky by former apprentice Alison Gangel (Bloomsbury) was Book of the Week on Radio 4 Woman’s Hour and is collecting great reviews.
Agency Workshop
The annual workshop with a literary agent is due to take place in late spring. The workshop is open to apprentices and those who have benefited from an appraisal or mentoring with Adventures in Fiction. Previous agents have included Laura Longrigg from MBA and Anna Power from Johnson and Alcock. If you would like to be considered for this workshop contact click here
Apprenticeships News
‘The Apprenticeship marked the real turning point for me.’
Heartfelt congratulations to 2006 apprentice Alison Gangel on the publication of her memoir The Sun Hasn’t Fallen From the Sky - and to 2008 apprentices Ruth Dugdale and Jo Reed. Ruth Dugdall’s second novel is published by Legend Press and Jo Reed has recently followed up her debut novel The Tyranny of the Blood with a second in her Blood Dancer trilogy. (Wild Wolf Press (2011). Other notable successes include Andrew Theophilou, an extract from whose novel was published in Inside Out by Legend Press in 2007.
Click here for information about this year’s apprentices, their novels in progress and the Apprenticeships scheme
DEADLINE FOR NEXT YEAR’S SCHEME: 31st May 2012
Richard and Judy Book Club
I met my new agent today! Exciting stuff – and you had a big hand in making it possible!’
Former Adventures In Fiction client Farahad Zama is about to publish Not All Marriages are Made in Heaven the third novel in his trilogy. His first The Marriage Bureau for Rich People (Little Brown) was selected as a Richard and Judy Book of the Month in 2010 and has been translated into eight languages.
Director's News
An Invitation to Dance, an epic historical novel by Adventures in Fiction director Marion Urch is now available in UK, Ireland, US, Russian and German editions. (Brandon 2009. Harlequin 2009. Aufbau-Verlag 2010.) Set against the turbulent beginnings of the nineteenth century, the novel follows the life of Lola Montez, a daring young Irish woman who re-invented herself as a Spanish dancer and scandalised the world.Click here to read more.
Other Notable Successes
Adventures in Fiction works with authors at various stages in their careers from previously published and agented novelists and short story writers to emerging talent. We would particularly like to highlight Cloth Girl by Marilyn Heward Mills which was shortlisted for the Costa Awards Debut Novel of the Year 2007.
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The Sacrificial Man |
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The Sun Hasn’t Fallen From the Sky Alison Gangel |
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Exiled Shireen Jilla |
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The Tyranny of the Blood Jo Reed |
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The Marriage Bureau for Rich People Farahad Zama |
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Inside Out. Andrew Theophilou |
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Cloth Girl Marilyn Heward Mills |
