Client Highlights
Decline and Fail
John Crace
Decline and Fail
John Crace
Guardian Faber Publishing
The Madness of Crowds
Douglas Murray
The Madness of Crowds
Douglas Murray
Bloomsbury
Stories For Boys Who Dare To Be Different
Ben Brooks
Stories For Boys Who Dare To Be Different
Ben Brooks
Quercus
You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone
Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone
Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
Faber
Free Speech And Why It Matters
Andrew Doyle
Free Speech And Why It Matters
Andrew Doyle
Little Brown
How To Stop Fascism
Paul Mason
How To Stop Fascism
Paul Mason
Allen Lane
Bunnyman
Will Sergeant
Bunnyman
Will Sergeant
Constable
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?
Seamas O'Reilly
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?
Seamas O'Reilly
Fleet
Client News
White Rabbit signs Ten Thousand Apologies, the story of Fat White Family by Adelle Stripe and Lias Saoudi
September 16, 2021
From the mountains of Algeria to the squats of South London via sectarian Northern Ireland, Ten Thousand Apologies is the sordid and thrilling story of the country’s most notorious rock band. More in The Bookseller:
New Cold War Steve Book Announced: Journal Of The Plague Year
September 8, 2021
Following the bestselling Festival of Brexit and A Prat’s Progress, collage superstar Cold War Steve returns with his Journal of the Plague Year. Published by Thames and Hudson in October and on pre-order now…
Seamas O’Reilly is #1 on the Irish bestseller list for a 7th straight week
September 6, 2021
From the Observer columnist and Twitter sensation Seamas O’Reilly, Did You Hear Mammy Died? is a memoir of growing up with ten siblings and a widowed dad in ’90s Derry. Available here:
Fully updated and revised 10th Anniversary edition of Paul Brannigan’s This Is A Call is out now
September 3, 2021
Harper Collins are publishing a new edition Paul Brannigan’s bestselling biography of Dave Grohl, which features two new chapters to bring the story up to date….
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About Us
The Hamilton Agency is a literary agency based in Holland Park in London. It was founded March 2019 by Matthew Hamilton, who was an agent with Aitken Alexander Associates for over twelve years. Previously he was a Publishing Director and Board member at Bloomsbury, and Editorial Director at 4th Estate.
Matthew Hamilton has represented bestsellers such as The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray, Postcapitalism by Paul Mason and Stories For Boys Who Dare To Be Different by Ben Brooks. He has a particular interest in politics and current affairs, music, narrative non-fiction, memoir, biography, sport and entertainment.
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