Congratualtions to Simon Mawer on winning the 2016 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his novel Tightrope .

Tightrope follows Marian Sutro, who has survived Ravensbruck and is back in dreary London trying to pick up the pieces of her post-War life. It is Simon’s tenth novel;...

Adam Mars-Jones has been shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize 2016, for his memoir about his father, KID GLOVES . The prize is awarded to a literary autobiography of excellence, for which it is felt that J.R. Ackerley would have expressed enthusiasm. KID GLOVES has been described as 'moving,...

Falling Awake, Alice Oswald's forthcoming collection, has been shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2016 ! The collection includes the poem ‘Dunt’, which was the 2007 winner of the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem. Vivid and distinct, alert and deeply, physically, engaged in the natural world,...

We're pleased to announce that the following four United Agents authors have made the longlist for the Wainwright Prize:

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United Agents’ Barrie Gower was in attendance at the International Makeup Artist Trade Show (IMATS) last weekend in London, showcasing some of his incredible make-up and prosthetics work. This included a live demonstration in which he showed the audience how to rapidly age a person on screen.

Barrie was...

Russell T Davies’ much anticipated adaptation of Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM will air this Bank Holiday Monday at 8.30pm on BBC One.

Starring Elliot Levey as Philostrate and with Costume Design by Ray Holman , A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM has already garnered much acclaim from critics for its...

Penelope Skinner's The Ruins of Civilisation opened off Broadway in New York last week to rave reviews.

A futuristic Doll's house at Manhattan Theatre Club that doesn't seen futuristic at all. Playwright Penelope Skinner offers a powerful portrait of an anguished woman fixating on the prospect of a...

The Royal Exchange's production of UA's Hattie Naylor adaptation of Sarah Waters' bestselling novel The Night Watch opens to four star reviews this week.

What a haunting, unusual thing Hattie Naylor has made in her adaptation of The Night Watch . Sarah Waters’s 2006 novel is so confident, large-scale...

Filmed at London’s 02 Arena, the seventh annual charity Comedy Gala will air on Channel 4 at 9pm on Sunday featuring the amazing Kerry Godliman (seen on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow & Live at the Apollo). Kerry will be going on tour in autumn, so don’t forget to book tickets...

BBC One's hit drama THE MUSKETEERS returns to BBC One for a third series this Saturday 28th May at 9.30pm.

Simon J Ashford is co-showrunner on the series, which is based on the legendary characters created by Alexandre Dumas. It stars Howard Charles as Porthos and Ryan Gage...