James Spackman

An agent with The bks Agency (see other agents at this agency).

About

James is an alumnus of the Bloomsbury Publishing Graduate Scheme (the post room). From this stellar beginning, his publishing career progressed through sales and marketing roles at Bloomsbury, then at John Murray and Hodder & Stoughton, helping create bestsellers from authors as diverse as JK Rowling, Ben Schott, Stephen King, Freddie Flintoff and Kate Fox. He went on to be MD of Watkins, a division of Osprey Group focusing on personal development and healthy food and drink.
James is Publisher of Pursuit, Profile Books’ cycling imprint, coaches book trade people in presentation skills under the brand The Book Pitch Doctor and is founder of The Spare Room Project.

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United Kingdom

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Music.
Society/Culture.
Sports/Recreation.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Music.
Society/Culture.
Sports/Recreation.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Last Updated: 21 Aug 2026

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