Portobello Literary
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Portobello Literary
@portyliterary.bsky.social
A literary agency based in Edinburgh.

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Happy publication day to @christinariley.bsky.social and Looking Down at the Stars ✨

Discover the wonder of marine life seen up close in these joyous and sparkling essays 🪸

Visit our blog to read a guest post by Christina!

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Looking Down at the Stars - guest post by Christina Riley - Saraband
When I applied to be an underwater artist-in-residence at the Argyll Hope Spot my plan wasn’t to write, but to look. I’d been taking underwater photographs with various waterproof 35mm cameras, either...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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We're excited that @christinariley.bsky.social will be launching Looking Down at the Stars at the lovely @portybooks.bsky.social, in conversation with @rkrystalli.bsky.social

🗓️ Thursday 13th November, 7pm

🎟️ Tickets available here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/chris...

#Booksky
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September 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Fantastic news - and wonderful write up from @thebookseller.com - great spot @felinecharpentier.bsky.social @portyliterary.bsky.social
#NatureWriting #BookSky #DisabilitySky
Paperbacks of 2025:
September 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Industry Insider – Understanding Access Forms and Riders – Tools for Disabled, Chronically Ill and Neurodivergent Authors with me, @pollyrowena.bsky.social @portyliterary.bsky.social Hannah Knowles and Ama Badu.

13th November
14:00 - 15:00 GMT

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#SoAatHome #disability #publishing

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October 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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We spoke to the brilliant Caro Clarke of @portyliterary.bsky.social about all things publishing: from the role agents play in supporting writers and what they look for in a book, to ways writers can build a career in an industry in flux.

Read more at our Substack With Bite!
August 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Nottingham you were wonderful last night, sold out event celebrating disability rights activism full of rage, solidarity and disabled joy. Bloody love that I get to do this for my job!
@hurstpublishers.bsky.social @portyliterary.bsky.social @lozzagilbert.bsky.social @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Also another great piece about toxic ableist tropes in books and the Salt Path fiasco here from @bookwormvaught.bsky.social

Just realised it was in 2018 I was being told by people in PRH that my book about nature and illness was unsaleable if it didn't have a redemptive cure arc. 🫠
July 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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We have graphics, which must mean it's real!

Thanks to @eandtbooks.bsky.social and @portyliterary.bsky.social for conspiring with me to bring this book out into the world and letting me have the ridiculous pleasure of making this #NatureWriting longlist two years in a row. #TheCompanyOfOwls
July 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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My Audible Original novel The Shape of Monsters, read by the brilliant Omari Douglas (It's a Sin, Black Doves) will be out on July 3rd!
June 19, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Happy publication day (yesterday!) to Emily Cuddeford and Rachel Morgan for Kitchen Table, the gorgeous debut cookbook from beloved Scottish bakery Twelve Triangles

Simple things made well.
March 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Happy belated paperback publication day to @louisekenward.bsky.social and all the contributors of Moving Mountains!!

A first-of-its-kind anthology of nature writing by authors living with chronic illness and physical disability, with a foreword by @samlwalton.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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So @waterstones.bsky.social is running a preorders campaign this weekend where you can get 25% off “selected” upcoming books.

However I’ve just tried the code with mine and a few of my friends (who are all debut or small authors) books and they’re not included
February 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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If you haven’t yet found @portyliterary.bsky.social excellent course on writing a book proposal, session 2 has now arrived!

Delighted to have been invited to contribute my own experience of wrestling a project into a book…read my guest post below:

#naturewriting 💙📚🌿🦋✍️

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Proposal Course: Session Two
Some thoughts on synopsis, pace and themes, followed by a guest post from Louise Kenward on developing a narrative.
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February 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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"In those final years, the prevailing emotion was one of exuberance and energy. We let the monster swallow us, and we were happy as we were digested."

Published June 10th.
February 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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A NEW SEMESTER BEGINS 📚 🖋️

We're thrilled to reveal the gorgeous cover of THESE DREAMING SPIRES, edited by @marieoregan.bsky.social & @paulkane.bsky.social! Featuring 12 new dark academia short stories from masters of the genre.

We'll see you on the first day of term, September 2nd, 2025.
January 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Lovely clients book post this week:

A proof of @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social debut horror novel Awakened (June ‘25) and a finished copy of the Kitchen Table cookbook by Twelve Triangles bakers extraordinaire Emily Cuddeford and Rachel Morgan (out March)!

Can’t wait for you all to discover them!
February 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Hi new followers! I'm Elspeth, a Scottish writer who loves animals, (vegan) baking and reading across genres. My dark academia debut novel, These Mortal Bodies, comes out this July! My lovely agent is offering a six month free sub to their Substack for anyone who preorders from an indie bookstore x
What to look forward to in 2025 from our authors and our Substack:

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January 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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What to look forward to in 2025 from our authors and our Substack:

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January 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Moving Mountains is coming out in paperback in March, and look at some of the other beauties coming from @portyliterary.bsky.social this year!

Caro is offering some brilliant rewards for all preorders, take a look:
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Portobello Literary in 2025...
What to look forward to from our authors and our Substack — includes an offer for subscribers!
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January 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
What to look forward to in 2025 from our authors and our Substack:

portobelloliterary.substack.com/p/portobello...
January 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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🌟2025🌟 Delighted to share that I’m now represented by Caro Clarke @portyliterary.bsky.social joining their brilliant stable of authors 📕🌟 l know that my words & my journey as a writer could not be in better, kinder, more dedicated hands. I look forward to the adventures 💕
January 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Excellent Substack post by Literary agent Caro Clarke, aka @portyliterary.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/portobel...
Have you heard? "Memoir is dead"...
Or is it? Let's find out!
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November 25, 2024 at 5:33 PM