Max Edwards leaves Aevitas to return to Apple Tree Literary

Max Edwards has left Aevitas Creative Management after five years to re-open his own agency, Apple Tree Literary. 

Having originally founded Apple Tree in February 2019, Edwards merged it with Aevitas later that year. He brings his list of authors with him to the re-launched Apple Tree Literary.

Edwards said: “I’m excited to be re-launching Apple Tree Literary. I have learnt so much over the last five years and will miss all my former colleagues at Aevitas Creative Management. But the opportunity to grow my own agency from a sapling once more is a thrilling one. I look forward to nurturing the continued successes of my brilliant clients, and to working closely with their publishers around the world.”

Toby Mundy, c.e.o. of ACM UK, said: “I think I speak for everyone at Aevitas Creative Management when I wish Max the very best with his new venture. I look forward to seeing him and his clients flourish in their new home."

Edwards’ list includes academics Dr Hannah Durkin, Professor Dame Theresa Marteau, Professor Luke O’Neill and Dr Colin M Fisher; Nick Pettigrew, Joe Tracini, Serj Tankian, Brenda Fricker and Freya Bromley; journalists Louise Callaghan, Suzanne Wrack, Ben Riley-Smith, Ellen Atlanta and Keza MacDonald; and novelists Alex Allison, Aliya Whiteley, Guy Morpuss and the Estate of Christopher Priest. 

Apple Tree Literary will operate directly in the UK and US markets, and translation rights for its clients will be handled exclusively by Emily Randle at Randle Editorial & Literary Consulting.

Edwards worked as a bookseller at Blackwell’s in Oxford and for Sports Interactive, developers of the computer game "Football Manager", before moving into publishing a decade ago. He worked at United Agents and RCW before forming Apple Tree Literary.

Edwards can be contacted on max.edwards@appletreeliterary.com.