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The Agency of True Places

The Agency of True Places is a boutique Literary Agency representing distinctive voices in non-fiction, culture and pop culture.

We represent authors and develop projects that sit at the intersection of culture, storytelling and audience engagement.

Our work spans:

  • Narrative and popular non-fiction

  • Platform-led and creator-driven books

  • Culturally engaged projects with clear readerships

Alongside agenting, we offer consulting and development support for authors, publishers and creative businesses.

For representation, submissions and consulting enquiries

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Wild City: Punk horticulture for a connected urban future

by Jon Davies & Steve Williams

Wild City is not your usual gardening book.

It’s a call to action for modern urban dwellers who care about nature in their towns and cities.

Award-winning urban landscape designers, Steve Williams and Jon Davies (aka Wild City Studio) showcase their vision of modern urban regeneration through their own unique, disruptive design style cultivated by a love of city life, art, music and nature.

Wild City brings together innovative landscape techniques, inspirational stories and poetic passages that invite us to look at the city in a new, more connected way.

For the rough diamonds and wildflowers of our cityscapes.

“Provocative, hopeful and gloriously anti-establishment, WILD CITY takes a can of spray paint to the horticultural rulebook.”
— Dan Masoliver, The Garden Magazine (RHS)
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Our Approach

We are a development-led agency.

We work with authors to:

  • Shape ideas into compelling, commercial proposals

  • Position projects clearly for the market

  • Build the strongest possible case for acquisition

Our focus is on projects that are both editorially distinctive and commercially viable.

Authors

  • Owen Cutts

  • Daniel Macaulay

  • Kate Slatter

  • Wild City Studio

  • Laurie Goodlad

  • Louie Munro-Michell

  • Susanna Edwards

  • Robin Allender

  • Lucy Matthews

  • Alistair Moore

  • John Goodlad

  • Gary McGrath

  • Rosemberg

  • Liam Hewitt

  • Jacob Taylor

  • Clubs of London

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Services

  • Boutique literary agency focussing on projects that are cool, compelling and culturally engaged.

  • Strategic, Management and marketing support for Creative & Publishing Industries

  • Unlock clarity, confidence, and creative momentum — so you can live with purpose and make meaningful change.

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We’d love to work with you.