Brontë Festival of Women’s Writing: Clare Wallace, Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency

For our first event, we welcome Clare Wallace to share her work as a children’s book agent, discussing her career, what an agent does, and advice on submitting work.

Clare will give her top tips for creating a great submissions package, and there’ll be an opportunity to ask questions. This session is perfect for aspiring or early career writers, or those interested in hearing more about publishing.

This event is part of our 2024 Brontë Festival of Women’s Writing.

This event will be livestreamed and recorded for our digital festival attendees. Find out more about attending the festival online here.

Your host for the event will be Angela Clare, Programme Officer at the Brontë Parsonage Museum.

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Clare Wallace is MD at the Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency and has been working with Darley Anderson since 2011. She represents all age ranges, from picture books right through to YA, crossover, and adult fiction.

Clare’s clients have been Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers, Irish Book Award winners, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, been picked as Waterstone’s Children’s Book of the Month, shortlisted for the Branford Boase, and nominated, longlisted, and shortlisted for the Carnegie, to name a few, with many titles adapted for or in development for the screen.

In 2024, she was shortlisted for Agent of the Year by the British Book Awards.