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The Best Literary Agents Seeking Poetry Submissions in the UK

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Peter Straus

💼 Agency: RCW Literary Agency

🌍 Location: London, GB

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.rcwlitagency.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Action & Adventure, Cookbook, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Memoir, Politics, Romance, Science Fiction, Spirituality, Thriller, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Kazuo Ishiguro, Colm Toibin, Kate Atkinson, Jenny Pitman, Rupert Thomsom, Lucy Caldwell, Peter Carey, Rachel Cooke, Tom Crewe, Carol Ann Duffy, Anne Enright, Ian McEwan

Open to queries

Caroline Walsh

💼 Agency: David Higham Literary Agency

🌍 Location: London, GB

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.davidhigham.co.uk

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, LGBTQ, Commercial Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult

Previous clients: Antonia Barber, Joe Berger, Kathryn Cave, Eve Edwards, Candida Harper, Trish Cooke

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