Subtext Literary Agency

Publication news! The French translation of Amir Cheheltan's 'Revolution Street' is now out by Saint Jean Editeur in the French-Canadian territories.

We are very happy to share that @anuradhakumar01 's The Bicycle Thieves, a cozy mystery set in Presidency Bombay, the second in the Bombay Mysteries series, has been acquired for publication in English in South Asia.

We are delighted to announce the acquisition of Amir Cheheltan's 'Revolution Street', in French for North America!

Amir Cheheltan has written and published 20 books. Winner of the German International Literature Award 2020, he was a board member of the Iran Writers Association from 2001 to 2004, and writes in his native Farsi, but his books have been banned in Iran since 2005.

Meet Upasa Borah. She has over 2200 followers and 500,000 readers on Wattpad, with 13 published books. She has published one book with Cherry Publishing. She is also a spoken word poet and has been featured at Spoken Fest Delhi by Kommune.

Auguste Lacoste was a 19th century humanist thinker who forged his philosophy through his travels. He brings his cutting edge way of thinking to the world via the incredible letters he left behind. The rights to his work are owned by Victoria Diaz subtextlit.com/about-3

Meet @arpitagarwal1 A seasoned television professional, he has turned his skills to writing his first book. In a career of 28 years, he has worked with Fremantle Media, Keshet International, NDTV, amongst others. subtextlit.com/about-3

Pauline Alphen, a Brazilian-French writer-translator, has been published by Gallimard, Hachette & Companhia das Letras. Her series The Awakeners won the Prix Imaginaire des Collegiens, Prix Plume Libre & was nominated twice for Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire subtextlit.com/about-3

Meet our author @anuradhakumar01. A prolific writer, Anu has been published by Speaking Tiger, Yoda Press, Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, and others. She has won awards from the Commonwealth Foundation, UK, and The Little Magazine, India. More at subtextlit.com/about-3

And here it is! Our Frankfurt Book Fair catalogue for the year 2023, available in French and English! French - shorturl.at/dhiIM English - shorturl.at/ftxEQ #frankfurt #fbf2023 #fbf #buchmesse #catalogue

Loving all the manuscripts we've been getting. Keep them coming, folks! #reading #manuscripts #writer #editing #publishing #amreading #litagency #literature #books #art #culture

We're thrilled to announce that we have signed our very first authors! #author #writers #englishliterature #frenchliterature #english #french #agent #literature #literaryagency #agency #books #bookstagram #bookishlife #editing #agents

Slots going fast! Book yours today, write to submissions@subtextlit.com or visit subtextlit.com/call-an-agent for details.

Two slots are booked! Write to submissions@subtextlit.com to book yours!

SubtextLit presents, Call An Agent! Have a manuscript but don't know where to take it? Looking for a publisher but don't know where to start? Pitch it to us directly! You get 15 minutes, tell us about your book. Email submissions@subtextlit.com for details.

Something exciting coming soon. Watch this space! #literaryevent #litagent #bookstagram #books #literature #frenchliterature #sneakpeek

Submissions open! Write to submissions@subtextlit.com with English & French manuscripts. Fiction: a detailed synopsis+at least 80 pages of the work+your bio. Non-fiction: a detailed synopsis/complete proposal+your resume/bio. For details subtextlit.com/submissions

Benjamin has been working in Rights in France & UK for 10 years. He has a Masters in Publishing from @oxfordbrookes and Gender Studies @BirkbeckUoL He specialises in fiction, translations, memoir & reportage. When not reading works on his Hindi skills! subtextlit.com/about-us

Meet Team Subtext! Ishita has been in publishing for a decade and holds a Masters in Publishing from @oxfordbrookes, and one in Psychology. Her specialties are narrative non-fiction, translations and genre fiction, which happen to be her favourite reads. subtextlit.com/about-us

At Subtext we believe sharing, adapting content bridges cultures. You've heard ‘words are powerful’, we’d like to add ‘in every form’. Subtext is a London-Delhi literary agency that aims to help us enjoy the beauty of words, whatever their shape. subtextlit.com