Joshua
Literary Agent
Joshua leads manuscript assessment, author representation and matching titles with the right editors, reviewers and reader communities.
Joshua.agency@haysuccessliterary.com
International Literary Festival
HaySuccess Literary & Arts Festival
Celebrating Literature. Inspiring Creativity. Connecting Authors with Readers Around the World.
Founded by Abdull Pro, the festival gives authors a global stage through digital placements, live virtual sessions, interviews and book promotion.
Welcome
An international home for books and their authors
HaySuccess Literary & Arts Festival is an international celebration of writing and creativity. We support authors at every stage of their journey, connect them with readers who love their genre, promote books across digital platforms and create meaningful conversations between writers, publishers, educators and artists.
Whether you are publishing your first title or your tenth, the festival gives you a professional platform: a featured author page, a book showcase, promotion across our channels, an interview opportunity and a digital certificate of participation.
Global
Readers in 20+ countries
359
Authors featured since 2022
Live
Interviews & Q&A sessions
4 Years
Featuring authors since 2022
Participation
Two ways to take part
Option One
Digital Placement Participation
$250
A featured author page, book showcase, professional profile, social media promotion and a digital certificate — your book placed in front of a global reading audience.
Option Two
Virtual Participation
$400
Everything in Digital Placement plus a live online session: video presentation, recorded author interview, book discussion, audience Q&A and interaction.
Explore
Where to go next
About
Founder Abdull Pro, mission, vision and values.
Participation
Digital Placement $250 · Virtual Participation $400.
Featured Authors
All 359 featured authors across four festival seasons.
Recommendations
Staff-picked books, genre shelves and club kits.
Reviews
100 verified reviews from festival participants.
Award Winning
Six categories, blind judging, published citations.
Spotlight
Featured authors and how a spotlight is built.
Narrative Sequence
The festival season told in five acts.
Events
Feature days, reading circles and clinics.
Author Discussions, Live
Hosted live sessions, panels and reader Q&A.
Live Videos
Recorded live featuring sessions from the festival programme.
Trust & Safety
Commitments, conduct, fraud warnings, reporting.
Gallery
Books, authors, sessions and festival moments.
Portfolio
Live featuring video, promotions and projects.
Services & Pricing
Book marketing services and Basic, Standard and Premium packages.
Schedule
Feature dates: August 30, September 15 and 30.
FAQ
Answers on joining, pricing and delivery.
Payment
Fiverr, Upwork and bank transfer details.
Blog
Writing craft, publishing and promotion notes.
News
Festival announcements and updates.
Contact
Talk to our team about your book.
Privacy & Terms
How we handle your data and participation terms.
Our Team
The people behind the festival
Matthew
Co-Founder & Head of Marketing
Matthew co-founded the festival and runs campaign strategy, paid promotion and the packages that carry a book from launch to sustained visibility.
mattew.marketingagency@haysuccessliterary.com
Elizabeth
Assistant Co-Founder
Elizabeth supports the co-founding team across operations, participant care and scheduling, so every registered author is briefed and featured on time.
elizabeth.agency@haysuccessliterary.com
CLE GALS Book Club
Affiliated Book Club & Partner Agency
CLE GALS Book Club is an affiliated reader community and partner agency that connects featured authors with engaged reader circles and hosts live book-club sessions during each festival cycle.
theeclegallsteam1@gmail.comUpcoming Featured Author
Art Girard — September 15, 2026
Christian Living / Inspirational · Virtual Participation
Art Girard
Finding Meaning, Purpose, and Fulfillment: Making Sense of God, Life, and Success
Retired educator and pastor · United States · Rated 5.0 ★ on Amazon
Retired educator and pastor with over six decades in teaching and ministry. His book offers a thoughtful, biblically grounded framework built around Four Essential Questions — rated 5.0 stars on Amazon. The Christian framework for answering life's four most important questions: Why am I here? Does my life have a purpose? Who is God, and what does He want for my life? Can faith and reason work together in the search for truth?
Pending Featured Author
John Rutherford — Bella, The Chronicles of a Karmic Dog
New Age Fiction / Spiritual Historical Fiction · Digital Placement
John Rutherford
Bella — The Chronicles of a Karmic Dog
Pending feature — October 2026 · United States
A new-age fiction genre, a Forest Grump–type story where the silent dog is the companion and silent witness to famous historical characters. Bella's ancestors were intrinsically involved in the significant events of humankind in the last 200 years — from the first dog and man into space to the untold stories behind history's biggest moments, all retold through the 12 laws of Karma.
Upcoming Book Feature
Marie Louise Stevens — Winners
Fiction · Digital Placement
Marie Louise Stevens
Winners
Upcoming feature — November 2026
An upcoming featured title at the festival — Winners by Marie Louise Stevens, placed before our global reading audience.
Pending Featured Author
Scott G. A. Metcalf — Letter to Home from the Sandbox & Letters from the Sand
Military Memoir · Digital Placement
Scott G. A. Metcalf
Letter to Home from the Sandbox & Letters from the Sand
Pending feature — December 2026 · United States
A decorated Army Combat veteran of the Iraq War and former Marine, Scott G. A. Metcalf released his first two books in his sixties, drawing on his direct experience on the ground during the conflict. Candid about where he stands — no awards yet — he is more interested in reach than accolades, getting his accounts of Iraq into as many homes as possible. His number-one seller, Inside the Walls, is the memoir of his twenty-three years as a corrections officer.
Now Featuring
Patricia Hamilton Shook — Seeking Glory
Contemporary Women's Fiction · Digital Placement
Patricia Hamilton Shook
Seeking Glory — A Novel About Relationships, Loss, and Finding Your Way Home
Upcoming feature — January 2027 · United States
Kate LaRue's peaceful Cape Cod life changes the day she learns her long-missing daughter is ill in a California hospital. After Ally dies, Kate takes in Glory, the four-year-old granddaughter she never knew existed — selectively mute and seemingly traumatized. To help her, Kate must solve the mystery of what happened to both her granddaughter and her daughter, reconnecting with family and friends she hasn't seen in years. A moving novel of loss, estrangement and the hope of redemption.
Now Featuring
Tony Richards — Life Focus: Leadership Keys for Life
Leadership / Personal & Business Development · Digital Placement
Tony Richards
Life Focus: Leadership Keys for Life
Upcoming feature — February 2027 · Outskirts Press, 90 pages
Throughout our day we are faced with many challenges, opportunities and decisions. Our attitudes and experiences will either pull us back or push us into our destiny. Life Focus: Leadership Keys for Life gives you the inspiration and determination to keep driving forward in reaching your personal and business success.
Upcoming Featured Author
Gloria Sorel — Elizabeth (Vale & Daughter, Book One)
British Women's Fiction · Digital Placement
Gloria Sorel
Elizabeth — Vale & Daughter, Book One
Upcoming feature — March 2027 · Kindle Edition · Vale & Daughter series
The Vale & Daughter series is emotionally compelling British women's fiction about women who have spent years holding everyone else together — until life forces them to choose honesty, love and a new beginning. Set in the beautiful seaside town of Selwyn Bay, each novel combines family secrets, buried letters, complicated relationships and powerful emotional choices. Start with Elizabeth, Book One.
Upcoming Featured Author
Marcie Sextro — A Wood-Carver's Christmas Tale
Inspirational Holiday Fiction · Digital Placement
Marcie Sextro
A Wood-Carver's Christmas Tale
Upcoming feature — April 2027 · Paperback
A heartwarming holiday tale of wonder where stories are carved into miracles. Set in the quaint town of Örebro, Sweden, during the nineteenth century, renowned wood-carver Nils Kindberg is tasked with crafting a Christmas gift to help a sick little girl, while Anders Dahl, a humble woodsman in northern Sweden, takes in a stranger who arrives with an urgent problem. Joined by a tentative chickadee, a cat the colour of sunshine and a terrier always on a mission, they witness beautiful acts of generosity and kindness that point to the true meaning of the Christmas season.
Reviews
100 verified reviews from featured authors
4.9
Average rating across 100 participants
Every review is from a paid, confirmed festival participant.
A festival that actually delivers
My featured page went live on schedule and the traffic was immediate. Within the first week readers were emailing me about the book, and two book clubs asked for bulk copies. The team wrote my blurb better than I could have written it myself.
Amara Okafor
Debut Novelist · Nigeria · Digital Placement · August 30, 2026
Worth every dollar
I was nervous about paying for a festival online, but everything was documented, invoiced and delivered exactly as described. My account manager kept me updated at every stage and never once left a message unanswered.
Daniel Whitfield
Poet · United Kingdom · Virtual Participation · September 15, 2026
Professional from start to finish
The live virtual session was the highlight of my publishing year. A real moderator, real questions, and an audience that had actually read the sample chapters. I have never had a more engaged conversation about my work.
Sofia Marchetti
Memoirist · Italy · Digital Placement · September 30, 2026
My best launch week yet
Sales moved. That is the plainest way to say it. My paperback ranking improved for six straight weeks after the feature date and the review count on my retail page nearly tripled.
James N. Miller II
Indie Publisher · United States · Virtual Participation · July 12, 2026
Real readers, real results
What impressed me most was the editorial care. They asked for my themes, my target reader, and my quotes, then built a page that read like a magazine profile rather than an advert.
Priya Raghavan
Book Club Host · India · Digital Placement · June 28, 2026
Exactly as advertised
As a poet I expected to be an afterthought next to the novelists. Instead they built a whole reading circle around the collection and invited two other poets to respond to my work on the day.
Lucas Fernandes
Literary Agent · Brazil · Virtual Participation · May 19, 2026
Changed how I market my book
The certificate of participation now sits in my query letters and it has opened doors with two small presses. Legitimacy matters when you are unagented.
Grace Adeyemi
Thriller Author · Ghana · Digital Placement · August 30, 2026
Genuine, careful, effective
Communication was excellent from the first email. Clear pricing, clear deliverables, clear timeline. No pressure, no upselling, no surprises on the invoice.
Helen Kowalski
Children's Author · Poland · Virtual Participation · September 15, 2026
The most organised festival I have joined
I run a book club of thirty readers and we adopted three titles straight from the festival showcase. The discussion kits they provide are genuinely usable, not filler.
Marcus Bell
Historian · Canada · Digital Placement · September 30, 2026
Book your spot at the festival
Payments accepted via Fiverr, Upwork and bank transfer. Your account manager, Olaleye Hammed, guides you from registration to your featured page.