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HS-LA is a boutique agency run by Hannah Sheppard. Hannah puts authors at the heart of everything she does; from helping you to develop your ideas for commercial success with expert, collaborative editorial work, to being your number one fan and shouting about your stories as loudly as she can – she is here to build careers that flourish.
Hannah wants publishing to embrace the change that’s needed to open the doors to a wider range of voices and aims for the Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency to be part of driving that change.
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Posted on 2nd November, 2026
Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Shadow Compass has been nominated for the Carnegies 2027!
The Carnegies are the UK’s longest running and best-loved children’s book awards, recognising outstanding reading experiences created through writing and illustration in books for children and young people. As part of its mission to champion our libraries, the Carnegie Medal for Writing is awarded by children’s librarians—who do absolutely incredible …
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Posted on 2nd November, 2026
GOODNIGHT SILVER is a Waterstones’s Book of the Month!
GOODNIGHT SILVER by Abi Elphinsone (with illustrations by the tremendous Olivia Lomenech Gill) has been selected as Waterstones’s Children’s Book of the Month this November. Hurrah! Waterstones said: ‘A lost girl, a dreamer and a snow leopard cub strike out for the promised land of Whisperfell in this immersive and …
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Posted on 20th October, 2026
THE AGE OF WINGS — Cover Reveal!
We’re enthralled by the cover design for the first book in Rosie Hopes’ Rivening series: Age of Wings, which beautifully captures the glittering city of Aligera. There, residents fly using solar-powered wings — and as Zerene, Thoosa, Vesper, Jac & Iora quickly discover, the wings that they choose changes everything… You …
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