Anakana Schofield

Contact

Thank you for your interest in my work.

I am exclusively represented by Sarah Chalfant at The Wylie Agency. All inquiries about my work or availability for events, festivals, interviews should be made to Sarah via Jessica Bullock jbullock@wylieagency.co.uk

The Wylie Agency (UK) Ltd
17 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3JA
tel +44 20 7908 5900
 

Inquiries about interviews, readings, festival invites, events for my new novel BINA please contact either the Wylie Agency or depending on the territory:

In the United States, my publicist at NYRB is Nicholas During: nduring@nybooks.com 

In Canada, my publicist Sharon Klein at Knopf Canada: sklein@penguinrandomhouse.com

In the UK, my publicist is Hayley Camis at Fleet (Little Brown) Hayley.Camis@littlebrown.co.uk

Other inquiries related to foreign rights, my previous novels, future commissions, rights permissions, speaking engagements, teaching opportunities or to launch my, as-yet-unrealized, potential as a weather forecaster/presenter, please contact the Wylie Agency at the email above.

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I am unable to write or work for free, unless you are willing to likewise provide 365 days worth of thrice-daily cooked dinners delivered warm to my door to feed myself and my family, along with three horses and a modest sized cart for us to live, rent free, in until the end of time. If this seems ardent or unreasonable, please google the cost of living in Vancouver.

BINA is published in hardback, ebook and audiobook by Knopf Canada (May 2019). Fleet, Little Brown UK published her in March 2020. New York Review of Books published her Feb, 2021 in the US.

MARTIN JOHN is published in paperback and ebook by Biblioasis in Canada/North America. The audiobook is published by Knopf Canada and is also purchasable in the US.

MARTIN JOHN is published in French in Quebec by VLB and in France by Actes Sud in Feb 2020

MALARKY is published in paperback and ebook by Biblioasis in Canada/North America and Oneworld in the UK/IRE/AUS/NZ. The audiobook is published by Knopf Canada and available for purchase in the US also. All my audiobooks are read by yours truly for better or worse.

If you ever have problems obtaining copies of any my novels, please alert me via social media  My twitter is @anakanaschofiel and I will assist you. 

All my novels are taught in universities and colleges. They are taught in diverse disciplines including: fiction, modernism, Irish studies, Irish women writers, Canlit, LGBTQ2S, sexuality, creative writing, mental health, medicine, psychology and even sociology. Bina would be very suitable for any Public Health curriculum, since it tackles Medical Assistance in Dying and ageing. If you wish to teach my novels on your curriculum I will be happy, as far as time permits, to provide a video recording of a reading from the respective novel.

At this time, most unfortunately I cannot blurb books (or offer writing advice beyond read and buy books if you want to be published, otherwise there will be no publishers to publish you) due to the intense pressure of trying to make a basic living and not carp it from high cholesterol and various ailments by age 51. Sometimes I teach courses at various universities. My best advice for anyone on the planet is turn to literature, art and music: it always provides and buy a squirrel-proof bird feeder, since birds never disappoint. Art rises and the world will always contain a volume of numpties so do not be discouraged if you receive rejection and resistance . Resolve to write better by reading better. I have absolute faith in readers. If you are one of them, know that it’s only because of YOU and your support that I can continue my work. If you like it, tell the world. If you don’t like it, read someone else and buy my books for those you vehemently dislike and pretend you like them.