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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The 8th biggest books podcast - ahead of NPR and Waterstones - right now is AI generated with over 1,000 episodes in a few days and nothing to tell you it’s AI. Are people really listening to it?

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’ve downloaded the Frankfurt Book Fair episode of Youth to watch on the way to the Frankfurt Book Fair.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Clearly they have not seen the French film Martyrs. To quote Billy Crystal, that, my friend, is a dark side.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm just asking for a single day when I don't have to think about either AI or far-right politics in the news. Thank you for your attention.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Real love is my nine-year-old daughter pretending to be a candle so my older autistic teenage son can ‘blow her out’ - because he gets too pressured by blowing out real candles on his birthday cake.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I’ve listened to some fantastic audiobooks lately - The Paper Palace, London Falling - but The Castle by jonronson.bsky.social has been a complete binge listen for me. It’s as structurally beautiful as it is humane. So clever and revealing.

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Jon Ronson (@jonronson.bsky.social)

New book THE CASTLE can be preordered now! Things Fell Apart, Debutante, 🦋 Effect, Okja, Shamed, Frank, Psychopath📋, Kubricks 📦, Lost at 🌊, 🧔🏼😶🐐, Them Jonronson.com

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This might be the best collection of words ever.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Off to #TheakstonsCrime. Last year as a new agent (and old-hand ex-publisher) I arrived with just one author; this year it’s five who could make it. The family gets bigger! Can’t wait to see everyone.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

That was extremely familiar. Like 40 years of Deja Vu all at once.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Toy Story 5 has a basic failure no one is discussing. The first films worked for all ages, including (especially) the very young. The new film is about social media - which under 13s are not meant to have access to - and has plot points that require you to be able to read. It cuts out young viewers.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

4-2 55/35 What a great week for results.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

One of my grandparents left school at 15, and came from a large household of daughters that worked in northern factories. Another one of my grandparents was political editor of The Times. The wartime class mixing was fascinating.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Yesteryear really is a superb novel: clever, nuanced and deeply effective satire. The twist (no spoilers) also genuinely took me by surprise despite being RIGHT THERE. It felt completely earned. It takes elements of thriller, book club, literary, and even horror and makes them fresh.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

How are you looking so smoothly unruffled in this weather! And in trousers no less.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

What a wonderful thing to do. I’ve visited the UEA crime course a number of time, chaired its annual prize and now rep one of its incredible authors. It turns out superb writers at a high level every year. Good on Lee.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I'm judging a short story competition for @bmthwritingfest.bsky.social - deluge them with your masterpieces.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

One of my favourite places. Thrilled to be back and endangering my luggage weight limit with new books.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

First marathon down. Would never have believed my PE-loathing self could have done something like this one day. Thank you @coachbennett.bsky.social, couldn't have done it without you in my ear.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

This is excellent news, it was a terrible proposal that pretty much the entire publishing industry was against.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I'm inordinately proud of my awesome colleague @hatteatime.bsky.social for being shortlisted as Literary Agent of the Year at this year's British Book Awards. She is one of the smartest agents in the whole industry, and any author would be lucky to have her represent them.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

@ferguscraig.bsky.social Alert! The new series of Married at First Sight Australia is live.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Our latest Not-So-Secret Agents Substack, by me - 'What agents and editors REALLY mean in their rejection letters' open.substack.com/pub/thenotso...

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What agents and editors REALLY mean in their rejection letters

by Ed Wood

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Really proud of this guy, one of the absolute finest UK crime writers around. I was his publisher for a decade and the books were unbelivably good right from the first draft every single time. Billingham is the best.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I've never done an Excel LBF to my knowledge, only Earl's Court and Olympia. I'm excited by the novelty. But it will take me 2 minutes longer from Cambridge, which is a crime.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Best possible result. I feel like we gazed into Stephen’s soul - and found nothing but goodness. #TheTraitors

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

What am I and other Blair Partnership agents looking for this year? Find out on our Substack! For me, it's all about mystery and emotion... thenotsosecretagents.substack.com/p/what-novel...

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What novels are we looking for in 2026?

Three of our agents share the projects they'd love you to send them...

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Harriet giving it full Liam Neeson in Taken is everything. I knew she’d be good, but what a dream. #TheTraitors

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

It's my one year anniversary of starting as an agent at The Blair Partnership. I'm proud to have found fantastic authors and wonderful homes for them, and I have some AMAZING books going out on submission in the coming months. Roll on 2026.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

By series nine of #TheTraitors it will be 20 spies all sitting round pretending to be estate agents.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Wait, Harriet Tyce is on The Traitors? Amazing! Watching someone you know on it will be such a different experience. Go Harriet!

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I’ve now had the cold from hell for four days straight. Thanks to convelescing, I also finished another Lisa Jewell and can’t remember which others I’ve read…

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

When Harry Met Sally is possibly my favourite film (it's unchangable, perfect), and The Princess Bride well up there too. Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, Misery... So few directors can claim a purple patch as rich or varied.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I told our five-year-old that my wife and I are going on a date tonight and asked what he thinks we’ll be doing. “Um, doing crosswords? Sitting down doing crosswords and drinking tea and reading books. Boring books.” I so need to get out more.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Excellent! And damn right too.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I’m not a publisher any more! I’m an agent now. But I will ALWAYS read your spy fiction.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Radiohead at the O2 last night. Jaw-dropping, hairs standing up on your arm music.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

I'm dying to know if he started right there in the middle of the trilogy. Feels like the kind of rebellious thing he might do. NIce to hear from you, by the way! Hope all's well.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

That Celebrity Traitors finale was even better than expected. It had everything you could hope for and more. Wonderful.

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The latest Not-So-Secret Agents Substack from @tpbagency.bsky.social written by me, on comparison titles: why they’re a thing, how they’re used in queries, what pitfalls to avoid, and how to master them. open.substack.com/pub/thenotso...

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Comparison Titles – The No-Nonsense Guide

By Ed Wood

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Oooh, what are you working on?

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

My first takeaway from the Frankfurt Book Fair is how much I respect solo diners in hotel bars who order dessert. You do you lone wanderer!

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Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

What's Hot: Horror is our latest Substack, by me but mainly by fantastic publishers Sophie Robinson of @torbooksuk.bsky.social and Anna Jackson of Orbit. What's hot now, what's oversaturated, and what are the emerging trends? Find out here. open.substack.com/pub/thenotso...

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What's Hot: Horror

By Ed Wood (representing crime, thriller, gothic, horror, and book club authors)

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