
Anne Beilby – Contracts & Rights Director, Text Publishing

Anne Beilby – Contracts & Rights Director, Text Publishing
Anne Beilby is the Contracts & Rights Director at Text Publishing. She is responsible for all contracts—acquisitions, sales, film and audio. She has attended numerous international trade Fairs including Frankfurt, Bologna, Taipei & London Book Fairs since joining Text in 2004.

Gaby Naher – Director, Left Bank Literary

Gaby Naher – Director, Left Bank Literary
Gaby is one of the partners in the recently launched Left Bank Literary and represents a range of quality fiction and non-fiction for adult readers. Her clients include Stella-prize-winning Heather Rose, and New York Times #1 bestseller, Candice Fox. Prior to establishing The Naher Agency in May 2008, Gaby worked as a literary agent, publicist and bookseller in Sydney, London and New York. She is the author of four books and has a Doctorate of Creative Arts.

Annabel Barker – Director, Annabel Barker Agency

Annabel Barker – Director, Annabel Barker Agency
Annabel is a rights agent specialising in books for children and young adults. Her career in children’s books has spanned more than 15 years. She has worked for publishers including Hachette, Pan Macmillan and Hardie Grant, where she was Managing Director of Hardie Grant Egmont, one of Australia’s leading independent children’s publishers. Annabel’s background is in international rights and she has negotiated co-editions, English and translation rights and film and TV deals for some of Australia’s best children’s writers and illustrators. Recently she launched her own agency, and now represents Australian children’s and young adult books into all markets.