Ian Drury

London Literary Agent best known for fantasy/SF, historical fiction & popular history. Struggles with anything more complicated than a blackjack or a Luger.

[Ian Drury @litagentdrury]

@Mark__Lawrence And you can tell her that she's saved an editor the trouble of having to remove them.

[Ian Drury @litagentdrury]

If only there was some way you could buy books via the internet. . .

[Ian Drury @litagentdrury]

History Press to publish 'feline biography' by Oliver Soden https://t.co/C5gjV2k5gG via @thebookseller
* purrs quietly in garden*

[Arcadia Books @arcadia_books]

We are so unbelievably proud to announce that the incredible @maxgladstone & @tithenai have done it again!! Another win for the unstoppable THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR.

Excuse us for a moment.

[Ian Drury @litagentdrury]

Hence The Times competition in the early 1920s to find the most dramatic newspaper headline, one guaranteed you'd read (100yr old clickbait if you will). Winner: 'Archduke found alive, World War fought in vain.'

[Military History Matters @MilHistMag]

#OnThisDay in 1914 – 105 years ago – Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. The event triggered a chain reaction which led to the beginning of the First World War.
#history #military #wwi

[Lucy Fisher @LOS_Fisher]

Today marks 70 years since the start of the Korean War, often described as a forgotten conflict.

More than 80,000 British personnel served, under the UN flag, & more than 1,000 died. A further 3,700 Brits were recorded wounded, captured or missing.

[Ian Drury @litagentdrury]

These splendid vehicles had to be specially built to reach high buildings but also be able to drive around the narrow streets in the City of London.

[Ian Drury @litagentdrury]

Review: The House of Sacrifice (Empires of Dust #3) by Anna Smith Spark https://t.co/dZ7tm29wwk via @DWalters29

[Ian Drury @litagentdrury]

TfL is forever bombarding us with patronising advice to carry water in this hot weather. Here's a better plan: get out of that underground sweatbox and have a pint:

[City A.M. @CityAM]

Tube map locates London's cheapest pints https://t.co/MXyxAJGHHv

[Mark Lawrence @Mark__Lawrence]

The cover contest for the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off is over.

Check out the winners! #SPFBO

https://t.co/RVYSz95ntx

[Ian Drury @litagentdrury]

Read this splendid biography and make up your own mind:

[Ian Drury @litagentdrury]

Senlin still climbing!

[Reddit Fantasy @Reddit_Fantasy]

Senlin Ascends ... to 10,000 Goodreads ratings! c/o Reddit Fantasy https://t.co/caDXfOq8ry

[Ian Drury @litagentdrury]

Treat yourself to an excellent summer read:

[Ed Wilson @literarywhore]

The #ROTHERWEIRD trilogy is complete! Damn fine writing from Andrew Caldecott, damn fine publishing from @JoFletcherBooks

[BAME Anglican @BAMEAnglican]

Blessed feast of St Thomas the Apostle.

He travelled outside the Roman Empire to India, where he was martyred.

His legacy lives on in the Christian community in India.

Patron saint of India, Saint Thomas Christians, Sri Lanka, and Pula in Croatia.

#StThomas
#Apostle

[Mark Lawrence @Mark__Lawrence]

The 5th SPFBO starts today!

Brace yourselves. #SPFBO

https://t.co/dGNOGYvIai

[Ian Drury @litagentdrury]

Ah, the children of the night. . .
https://t.co/1Z3F8Fn1P0

[Michael Jecks Author @MichaelJecks]

This should be read by any enemy of terrorists. A book I'll have to buy, I think.
The woman who haunts the IRA : https://t.co/KTvwXdLTCA @unherd

[Ian Drury @litagentdrury]

Big thanks to all the staff involved in making @WinWritersFest 2019 another excellent occasion. Now to read those scripts. . .

[WinWritersFest @WinWritersFest]

‘Stand our from the Crowd’ with Jo Fletcher and Ian Drury in the Stripe auditorium

[Ian Drury @litagentdrury]

@JudithHeneghan @WinWritersFest @JoFletcherBooks Likewise. But we had a great time, and look forward to reading the various manuscripts we've called in.

[Ian Drury @litagentdrury]

If your child had an adventurous bear that stayed on the bus, you might check out this link and find a familiar face:
https://t.co/Gv1Jema3VN