Paper Lion

Representing rights in all media throughout the world

Paper Lion is a cross-media literary agency, founded in 2017 by Katy Loffman and Lesley Pollinger. We represent rights across all media, in our clients' work, including publishing, radio and audio, digital and stage, and film and TV rights throughout the world, with a particular focus on exploring digital opportunities.

We offer consultancy in copyright forensics, contracts old and new, and all aspects of intellectual property rights, however complex. We are happy to consider one-off rights projects, or work with you long term.

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I Spy, by HE Bates

There was a period, both in literature and in the cinema, when things were always what they seemed. Black was black, and white was white. The hero was upright and clean-limbed, the heroine innocent and demure, and the crippled sister consumptive, saintly and self-sacrificing.
The villain, above all was unmistakeable. He had a drooping moustache, a salacious eye, and a cunning look. Nowadays things have changed. The villain of the film or novel of today is more often a suave and well-dressed charmer with an ingratiating smile. If it is a murder story and if he is the murderer, then he will probably recite Kipling and dandle babies on his knee, just to throw us off the scent.
The public, in other words, have become more sophisticated in their requirements. They are no longer put off with the obvious.

Published in Royal Air Force Journal, July 1942

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