Kat Aitken

Literary Agent at Lexington Literary
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[Kat Aitken @Kat_Aitken]

Thrilled and DELIGHTED to be launching Lexington today with dazzling friend @serenadams and our inimitable clients!

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

Kat Aitken and Seren Adams have left United Agents after nine years to found new agency Lexington Literary. 👇 https://t.co/K15tgPhLZ0

[lauren o'neill @hiyalauren]

did a @RollingStoneUK job in June and still haven't been paid for it. never "called out" a company publicly in my life before (mortifying to have to ask for my own money frankly), and I'm prob yelling into the void, BUT it's Christmas so perhaps there is a miracle to be had lol

[Imogen West-Knights @ImogenWK]

out today in @FTMag , my account of three days i spent camping in oregon with bigfoot believers https://t.co/lrubzlAKd9

[Astra House @astrahousebooks]

"A lucid and sometimes moving reminder of how Milton’s epic, for all its pre-modern erudition and doctrinal complexity, has continually been given new life by its modern readers." —Nicholas McDowell on Orlando Reade's WHAT IN ME IS DARK for @Lit_Review https://t.co/GJMAPEkcPO

[The New Statesman @NewStatesman]

“He gives us his own view straight: ‘If you aren’t seduced by this poetry you aren’t reading it right.’ I imagine Reade is an excellent teacher.”

📖 Book of the Day: @LucyHH on Orlando Reade’s Life of Paradise Lost https://t.co/jSiXFMw8B8

[Publishers Weekly @PublishersWkly]

In Orlando Reade's excellent debut, he traces the legacy of John Milton’s 1667 epic poem 'Paradise Lost' by examining its influence on Thomas Jefferson, Malcolm X, Jordan Peterson, and other famous figures.

Our starred review of 'What in Me Is Dark' (@AstraHouseBooks):https://t.co/oV81lhvMHz

[Hutchinson Heinemann @HutchHeinemann]

🌞 EXCITING COVER REVEAL 🌞

Our friends at @MerkyBooks have revealed the cover of SUNSTRUCK by @willhunterr, winner of the New Writer's Prize. A dazzling and poignant exploration of race, status and the risks of falling in love. Pre-order now: https://t.co/wgywZKPLsq

[Waterstones @Waterstones]

*contains flashing images*
A dazzling new voice on British fiction, @willhunterr is the winner of the @MerkyBooks New Writer's Prize. Get ready for Sunstruck, a poignant exploration of race, status and the risks of falling in love. Preorder now:
https://t.co/El9D6CTyzQ

[Róisín Lanigan @rosielanners]

exposing myself as a bus nerd here but the company that just got half a bill from the govt also made the boris bus and more importantly was formerly run by bus nepo baby 'pastor jeff' wright, founder of deeply weird evangelical megachurch green pastures https://t.co/PXSYcvFShE

[The New York Review of Books @nybooks]

Samuel Earle (@swajcmanearle) on the questionable “science” of polling
https://t.co/YGFpYu1rrN

[Bloomsbury Continuum @BloomsContinuum]

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Wealth, power, same-sex desire...and the story of how homophobia came to be.

We can't wait to bring this book to the world.

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

Bloomsbury Continuum has swooped for The Queer Thing About Sin: How the West Came to Hate Queer Love, a "groundbreaking" book from classicist Harry Tanner 👇 https://t.co/CGyjG0uHbC

[Róis��n Lanigan @rosielanners]

Very excited that the Irish pre-order link for I WANT TO GO HOME BUT I'M ALREADY THERE is now live here https://t.co/XUyJORKUOw ☘️

[Brick Lane Bookshop (has left, on bluesky) @BrickLaneBooks]

We are delighted to share the Longlist and reveal the twelve fantastic stories that will be published in our 2024 Short Story Prize Anthology.

A huge thank you to all the writers who submitted a story this year and to all the readers who have helped us select the final twelve.

[Suyin Haynes @suyinsays]

🌻For fragments, @junebellebabe’s and my collaborative project on sibling loss and grief, we are looking for UK-based storytellers with a history of migration to contribute to our new series. This is a paid opportunity, deadline 8 Sept, full details here: https://t.co/3EJTWdpf01

[Róisín Lanigan @rosielanners]

I am beyond excited to share the official cover (!!!) for my debut novel I WANT TO GO HOME BUT IM ALREADY THERE, which comes out on 20 March 2025 with @FigTreePenguin !

Pre-order here: https://t.co/SvNXsGcqjf

[Fig Tree @FigTreePenguin]

Renting can be a nightmare...

Introducing I WANT TO GO HOME BUT I’M ALREADY THERE by @rosielanners, a brilliantly observed, darkly funny and maddeningly relatable debut novel about what it really means to feel at home.

Pre-order now: https://t.co/ITdXdAnGYG

#IWTGHBIAT

[Fig Tree @FigTreePenguin]

We're so thrilled that @rosielanners's debut novel, I WANT TO GO HOME BUT I'M ALREADY THERE, has found a fan at @RedLionBooks!

[Róisín Lanigan @rosielanners]

I’m in @FinancialTimes this weekend mourning the death of the house party https://t.co/8p3TBZRo5P