Author Archives: LennonLiterary

The Lennon-Ritchie Agency is a boutique literary agency and management company. A small agency, we offer individualised care and personal attention. We are dedicated to our writers in all aspects of their careers, and are committed to fostering and supporting both established and emerging writers.

Fred Strydom’s post-apocalyptic novel, THE RAFT, to be published in the United States.

The RaftPublishing rights for THE RAFT, Fred Strydom’s highly anticipated debut novel, have just been sold to SkyHorse Publishing in North America.

The novel was published by Umuzi in South Africa at the beginning of April, and was the subject of a multi-party auction, with SkyHorse securing the rights just ahead of the London Book Fair. The deal was negotiated by the Lennon-Ritchie Agency on behalf of Umuzi.

THE RAFT is set in a world of civilizational collapse, following a single devastating moment where humankind collectively loses its memory. For the novel’s main character, Kayle Jenner, all that is left of his past are the haunting visions of a boy he believes to be his son. Jenner embarks on a voyage across a broken world to find the boy. What he discovers on his journey is breathtaking.

Editor Cory Allyn of Skyhorse Publishing described the spellbinding novel as: “Lost meets Life of Pi meets The Road.”

Watch the captivating book trailer here

View: Jon Dalgaard’s teaser trailer of the hilarious upcoming BEDHEAD series

Jon Dalgaard and Claire Phillips, with team Ben Mathews, Reece Aleister Jones and Tom Keele recently created the hilarious sex-comedy BEDHEAD as part of the Fresh Blood initiative. Below is a little teaser of what is still to come….

 

If you are located in Australia, please click here to watch the first episode of this exciting series.

Click here for more info on Jon Dalgaard.

 

Samantha Reynolds: Q&A with Justin Fox.
Justin Fox

Justin Fox

“When I was six, my parents took me to Europe. I’ve never recovered from the thrill of that journey. It’s the reason I can’t ever sit still and have pursued a life of travel writing.”

-Justin Fox

Read Samantha Reynolds’ beautiful interview with Justin Fox here.

Justin has recently published his highly acclaimed WHOEVER FEARS THE SEA.

Click here for more info on Justin.

Featured

Justin Fox: Whoever fears the sea

Scriptwriter Paul Waterson is in Kenya to research a documentary film. It’s October 2001, and his relationship has come to an unexpected end. Searching for solace in Mombasa, Malindi and Lamu, he becomes obsessed with finding the last remaining mtepe dhow in Somalia, a magnificent, sewn vessel harking back to Africa’s rich maritime past. But getting someone to take him into Somali waters is proving near impossible. When he does manage to talk a dhow captain into the journey, he and the crew are oblivious to the dangers that lie ahead.

“An engagingly romantic, fast-paced tale of sailing-ship adventures off the myth-laden East African coast, with plenty of sex and action, plus a serious revisionist message regarding  modern-day Somali piracy.” JM Coetzee

Justin Fox is a Cape Town-based travel writer, novelist, and editor. Justin was a Rhodes Scholar and holds a PhD in English from Oxford University.  He was a research fellow at the University of Cape Town after his doctorate, where he still teaches part time. Justin’s articles and photographs have appeared internationally in a number of award-winning publications and his short stories and poems have appeared in multiple anthologies.

Click here to buy this book.

Click here for more info on Justin.

Click here for Justin’s website.