Blue Door has bought rights to cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew’s book about England’s first Ashes test series victory on Australian soil in 24 years.

Publisher Patrick Janson-Smith bought world rights from Roger Field of New Media Law. Agger’s Ashes will be published in March and will feature accounts of all...

Blue Door has bought the rights to a memoir from Test Match Special commentator, Jonathan Agnew about his late colleague Brian Johnston. Patrick Janson-Smith, publisher bought world rights to title from Roger Field of New Media Law.

The book, as yet untitled, is an account of a four-year friendship, including many anecdotes from their...

"Ignoring it." That is how Patrick Janson-Smith says he is responding to the economic climate as he goes about setting up Blue Door, his new HarperCollins-backed imprint in the teeth of the recession. "You can't worry about it. Publish what you want to and work your butt off to make it work. And if that requires publicity or...

Patrick Janson-Smith is leaving the Christopher Little Literary Agency to set up on his own. Janson-Smith, who departs on 7th December, joined Christopher Little in 2005 after 24 years at Transworld. His as yet unnamed agency will start business in January 2008.

Janson-Smith said: "The past two years with CLLA have been exhilarating...