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Caroline Davidson Literary Agency

has specialised in repres­enting authors of literary fiction and cerebral non-fiction, since 1988.

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Submissions

CDLA accepts submissions for certain types of fiction and non-fiction.

If you are thinking of making a submission, please read our Submissions Guide carefully. We are very selective in taking on new authors.

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Authors

CDLA enjoys working with a diverse group of authors.

Some write novels, literary criticism, plays or screenplays. Others produce books on subjects such as art, gastronomy, history, social commentary, or science. Click the link below to find out more.

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News


  • 2013 heralds a big expansion of Emma Donoghue’s audiobook publications.

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  • Chris Greenhalgh’s romantic novel of passion, adultery and creativity is published by W. F. Howes in CD and audio download on 1 February 2013.

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  • Of what the lovers talked, how they loved each other — and why — can only be imagined and Greenhalgh artfully shuffles the few known facts to create a rich, lyrical novel that manages their love affair without a trace of sentimentality.’

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Books



  • Emma Donoghue’s short story, ‘Urban Myths’, appears in this collection in aid of Console, the Irish suicide prevention charity.

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  • A sparkling novel by Chris Greenhalgh that captures the love affair between two unfor­gettable people: Ingrid Bergman and Robert Capa.

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  • Counter­feiter. Dishwasher. Prostitute. Attorney. Sculptor. Mercenary. Elephant. Corpse.

    The fascinating characters that roam across the pages of Emma Donoghue’s latest fact-inspired fictions have all gone astray: they are emigrants, runaways, drifters.

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  • The Treatise of Walter of Bibbesworth is a didactic poem in Anglo-Norman which surveys a host of practical matters in thirteenth-century England.

    Andrew Dalby has produced the first modern trans­lation of this gem, so far undis­covered by the wider public.

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  • This fascinating book by Andrew and Maureen Dalby explores the plays alongside contem­porary recipes to offer modern‐day cooks a unique insight into daily life and gastronomy in Shakespeare’s London.

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