Industry Notes: Midas Buys BKS Literary Agency; Audio Publishers Sets Conference
One of London’s leading PR firms in publishing buys a literary agency, and APAC 2021 is announced as a digital conference for early May.
In central London’s Blackfriars area, January 6. Image – iStockphoto: VV Shots
Bartholomew: ‘Our Collective Clients’
Now led by Jason Bartholomew, the public relations and marketing company Midas in London has announced today (January 13) its acquisition of the literary agency Bartholomew founded with two associates, the BKS Agency.
Today’s announcement says that the agency now represents more than 50 authors, working both in fiction and nonfiction. At the time the agency was introduced, Bartholomew had been with Midas only for several months as co-CEO with Steven Williams. He moved to Midas and opened BKS with Spackman and Killingley after leading rights for Hachette UK at Hodder & Stoughton, Headline, and John Murray.