Simon Trewin

Most book launches are pretty boring – warm white wine, twiglets and a speech by a man with a beard. One man is changing all of this – Patrick Neate. Co-founder and host of London’s finest literary nightclub, BOOKSLAM, Patrick has thrown away the white wine, stamped on the twiglets and has cunningly retained the beard in his efforts to revolutionise the literary landscape of the U.K. And it is working – BOOKSLAM is the destination par excellence of any cool author hanging around in London with a book to promote. Take a live band, maybe a little bit of poetry, a reading or two, a D.J and the net result is a good night out which might, just might, put Twiglets out of business. Check the Sony Award-winning podcast here featuring Irvine Welsh, the Alabama 5, Sophie Woolley and Adam Buxton and buy tickets (a steal at £6/£8) for the next event on July 31st – the line-up is exceptional and includes James Frey – the man who famously angered Oprah Winfrey so much that millions of Americans tuned in to watch him getting a right old telling off. See you there.

I am delighted to announce that Ian Fleming Publications Ltd (IFP), the Fleming family company that owns the copyright to the James Bond books, has appointed me to manage the worldwide English language literary rights in the Ian Fleming titles and Young Bond.

Corinne Turner, Managing Director of IFP said, “Simon Trewin joins us at a very exciting time. The centenary year has generated a phenomenal amount of interest in Fleming – the writer – and his work. We’ve achieved an incredible amount and now wish to build on our successes by taking on a dedicated literary agent.   In this way, we benefit not only from the expertise of a talented agent but also of the whole team at United Agents. We very much look forward to working with Simon.” 

Ian Fleming Publications’ rights include Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the best-selling Young Bond series by Charlie Higson.  Foreign rights for these will continue to be managed by The Buckman Agency.  

Read the full press release ………..

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The inaugural search for The Hospital Club 100 was launched at the beginning of June this year in association with The Independent Media Weekly.

 In essence, it’s a search for the authentic stars and media power across London’s creative industries; film, television, music, new media, journalism, publishing, performing arts, marketing PR undefined events, fashion, art, advertising, media law undefined recruitment and celebrity.

The hot 100 list was announced today…

Over 5,000 people voted and the resultant list features the likes of Amy Winehouse, Liz Murdoch, Jonathan Ross and Banksy and, hilariously, also one ‘Simon Trewin’.  So today I am officially the 84th most creative person in London – not quite sure what it means other than the fact that Carlos Acosta, Principle Guest Artist, Royal Ballet (London’s 85th creative person) is looking at my name and thinking, ‘damn this Simon Trewin fellow’.

I have just returned from a sell-out event at Waterstones flagship store in London’s Piccadilly where the brilliant Danny Wallace launched his latest bestseller FRIENDS LIKE THESE. He talked in front of a spellbound crowd about the personal journeys he made to recapture his childhood and reconnect with his best friends from school. There was even a slide-show, a plethora of jokes about Danny’s massive box, many top facts about conkers and an unforgettable live link-up with Homebase in Guildford. Pictured with Danny are three of his South East London fans – Jack Bowyer, Jack Trewin and Bobby Bowyer. Check out Danny’s site at  www.dannywallace.com and hopefully come along and say ‘hi’ at one or more of his events.  On a personal note I would have to be honest and say that Chapter 8 of the book is a bit of a let-down but, I suppose, even diamonds have imperfections. Shame though. ALSO WATCH THE BRILLIANT TRAILER HERE.

We attended a great night out courtesy of Henry Jeffreys at Sceptre – the literary imprint of Hodder and Stoughton – to celebrate three upcoming novels they are publishing this Autumn. Our author Andrew Miller spoke movingly about the influences behind his much-awaited new novel ‘One Morning Like A Bird’ set in Tokyo in 1941 and he was joined by Chris Cleave who told of his experiences working with asylum seekers in the UK – experiences that inspired his new novel ‘Little Bee’ and Alexei Sayle and kept us laughing with tales of ex-pat life in Spain. His novel ‘Mister Roberts’ in out in September. View some pictures of the night in question here.