meet our chairs Jenny Brown established her agency in 2002. She was shortlisted in 2014 and 2020 for Agent of the Year at the British Book awards and is former Chair of the Bloody Scotland crime writing festival. She represents 50 writers and likes to work closely with her writers, almost all of whom are based in Scotland.
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Bryan Burnett is the host of BBC Radio Scotland’s popular evening music programme, Get It On Aberdeen born Bryan began his career as a teenage magazine journalist before moving into radio and TV presenting. He has presented a wide range of shows over the years from arts and entertainment to quiz shows.
Alex Clark is a critic, journalist and broadcaster. A co-host of Graham Norton’s Book Club, she is also a regular on Radio 4 and writes on a wide range of subjects for the Guardian, the Observer, the Irish Times and the Times Literary Supplement. She is a patron of the Cambridge Literary Festival, and has judged many literary awards.
Dr Jacky Collins aka Dr Noir, formerly Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University in Literature, Film & TV and Spanish Language & Culture, is currently based at Stirling University. In 2014 Jacky established the International Crime Fiction Festival that is Newcastle Noir.
Katie Goh is a writer, editor and critic based in Edinburgh. She covers culture for publications like i-D, Huck, VICE and the Guardian and is Intersections Editor at The Skinny. In 2019, Katie was shortlisted for PPA Scotland’s Young Journalist of the Year award and, in 2021, shortlisted for the Anne Brown Essay Prize.
Peggy Hughes is Head of Programmes at the National Centre for Writing, a literature house dedicated to the exploration and celebration of the artform of writing based in Norwich. Previously, she worked in various literature organisations in Scotland. She is also on the board for the publishers 404Ink and the charity Open Book Reading.
