Something to Say, about what exactly?

Writing Advice + Publishing Guidance + Cultural Commentary

What are my credentials?

Working in publishing for over fifteen years as a novelist, editor and literary agent, I’ve shepherded almost forty books onto bestseller lists and have built some of today’s biggest book brands. I was nominated for ‘Literary Agent of the Year’ at the British Book Awards 2020 and have marked out my territory as an industry leader in navigating the cross section between digital and print, speaking at international conferences on the subject and getting listed in “The Bookseller 150” which names the book trade’s most influential. I founded my own 360° publishing consultancy, Bergstrom Studio, which turns good ideas into books and aspiring writers into published authors.

“If anyone is qualified to write about what it means to be a young woman in Britain today, it’s Abigail Bergstrom"

– SUNDAY TIMES

“Abigail is incredibly literate, not just about digital-first publishing but about publishing in general, and about reading. She is analytical about the product and everything around the product"

– PANDORA SYKES

“Bergstrom is a new voice but sure to be an enduring one"

– CAROLINE O’DONOGHUE

Here are some other things people are saying about me.

What do I write?

I have written for national magazines and broadsheets including ELLE, Sunday Times Style, the Telegraph, Grazia and Refinery29. I also review books for Konfekt , a quarterly magazine made by the creators of Monocle.

My debut novel ‘What a Shame’ was published to critical acclaim and the screen rights were optioned by Severn Productions.

Here are some things other people have said about my debut novel ‘What a Shame’

“An intelligent, moving and darkly comic debut, taking us deftly from serious explorations of trauma and consent to riotously funny scenes of modern life - it's like Fleabag with a sprinkling of the occult”

– SUNDAY TIMES

“Affecting, clever and blisteringly humorous... a riveting read about heartbreak, female shame and self-acceptance”

– RED MAGAZINE

“Above all it’s a really beautiful portrayal of female friendship”

- TIMES RADIO

My debut novel, ‘Selfish Girls’ will publish in July 2025

Why become a paid subscriber?

If you subscribe you’ll regularly receive a piece of writing from me (and you don’t have to pay for it). But a lot of content will only be available to paid subscribers for these three reasons:

1). Writing and mentoring writers is what I do for a living but one-to-one consultancies are expensive and not everyone has access to them. This newsletter was a way of creating an offering that could reach more people and offer more accessibility in terms of cost.

2). I believe strongly that writers should be paid for their work and that social media platforms have led to us either giving it away for free or being forced to use advertising to pay for it.

3). I have access to some of the brightest minds in publishing and some of the world’s most exciting writers, and work hard to include their advice so that the content on this platform is varied, informed and fresh.