Industry Day

Our in person industry day for TLC mentees
Wellbeing for Writers Forum: Publishing

So you have a publishing deal, now what? How can we navigate what wellbeing means once we’re published. What changes, what doesn’t, and what do we need to ensure that writers can truly thrive?
TLC Launches Quality Writing For All Campaign

The Literary Consultancy is delighted to announce that we are among the 9% of National Portfolio Organisations to have been granted an uplift in funding from Arts Council England for the […]
Caroline Scott Publishes with Pen and Sword

Caroline Scott came to TLC in 2013 with a first draft of Those Measureless Fields, and was assigned Anna South as her reader. We are delighted to announce that her book […]
Tom O’Rourke Publishes Medieval Debut with ROMAN Books

We are delighted that Tom O’Rourke, who came to TLC for an assessment on his first book, has been picked up by Quintus, an imprint of ROMAN Books, and that […]
Unthank Books Launch TLC Writer and Unthology No.5

Independent press Unthank Books are this summer enjoying a double-release; the fifth installation of their celebrated short story series Unthology (already pre-release reviewed as ‘flawless’), and the debut novel of […]
Heather Reyes Published by Oxygen Books

We are delighted that Heather Reyes, who came to TLC with a draft of her first book Zade (‘a tender, profound, playful novel. Refreshingly experimental, and a delicious hymn to […]
Heinemann Acquires New Jonathan Lee Book

It has just been announced that William Heinemann has bought the rights to TLC editor Jonathan Lee’s new novel, Brighton Heights. North American rights were additionally sold to Diana Tejerina Miller at […]
TLC Client Angela Young on Combining Fact with Fiction

Angela Young, who came to TLC for an assessment of an early draft of a debut novel that would later be published by Beautiful Books as Speaking of Love, has returned […]
TLC Mentee Publishes Debut Collection

Emma Lannie, who was mentored by writer Ray Robinson as part of TLC’s Chapter and Verse online mentoring scheme, has had her debut collection of short stories released by independent […]
2014 Self-publishing Successes for TLC clients

2014 looks set to be the year of the independent author, with self-publishing success stories becoming more and more prominent in industry news. Recently, we’ve heard from several former TLC […]
Interview with Jude Cook

“Six days a week the alarm awakes me at 6.10am. Then to the dark desk, to read back the previous day’s work, or bits of research, or other people’s fiction. […]