Send a Query to AnnabelBarker at Annabel Barker Agency
Annabel Barker is currently CLOSED to queries. Bella Suckling is OPEN to queries.
Our agents are open to submissions intermittently throughout the year. Please see below for more details about our interest areas. Current submissions will be directed to Bella Suckling.
If you have issues submitting via this platform, please email us directly at hello@annabelbarker.com
If you are using AI for any aspect of your submission, please be transparent in your query. We do not accept submissions that have used AI in the written or illustrative components of creative work.
We welcome submissions from both new and established creators but we only accept submissions from people living in Australia or New Zealand.
Bella is looking for the following:
I am open to fiction and non-fiction for adults. I am also open to middle grade and young adult projects.
Some of my favourite recent books of fiction include: Theory and Practice by Michelle de Kretser, Sunbathing by Isobel Beech, Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au and An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life by Paul Dalla Rosa. I have a soft spot for smart chick-lit in the vein of Nora Ephron, Katherine Heiny and Candace Bushnell – think: love stories and chatty memoirs. In the world of non-fiction, I adore the work of Helen Garner, Anna Funder, Lech Blaine and Jia Tolentino but am open to projects of different kinds across culture, history, memoir, psychology and lifestyle. I’m always on the lookout for a great real-life middle grade story, in the vein of Nova Weetman and Rebecca Lim. I’m increasingly interested in fast-paced adventure stories across middle-grade and YA – big fan of Tristan Bancks and Mark Smith. I’m also drawn to LGBTQ stories for young adults, like Holden Sheppard’s Invisible Boys and Erin Gough’s Amelia Westlake. Above all, I am compelled by diverse, distinct and memorable voices.
I am not taking on illustration clients. I am not a good fit for science fiction, fantasy or horror.
Whilst we can only take on a fraction of the projects we receive, we have great respect for writers and illustrators and we are so grateful for the time taken to submit to us. Please note that we consider each submission with the utmost care, but we cannot reply to all submissions. If you do not hear from us within 8 weeks, please consider this a pass.
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