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Anna Ganley Anna Ganley is Chief Executive of the Society of Authors – the UK trade union for all types of writers, illustrators and literary translators. Anna is responsible for overseeing the running of the organisation and driving the SoA’s mission of empowering and supporting authors. Anna is also Chair of the Creators’ Rights Alliance,

What Are Your Rights Panel – Bios Anna Ganley is Chief Executive of the Society of Authors – the UK trade union for all types of writers, illustrators and literary translators. Anna is responsible for overseeing the running of the organisation and driving the SoA’s mission of empowering and supporting authors. Anna is also Chair

Agents Panel – Bios Joe Sedgwick has supported writers professionally for ten years. He began work as a Literary Agent at Seventh Agency in 2024 and is actively looking for non-fiction and literary fiction from global voices and writers who are under-represented in the UK publishing industry. He has a Publishing MA from Kingston University,

Independent Publishers – Bios Sarah Beal is publisher and editorial director at Muswell Press, the company she co-owns with her sister Kate.  Muswell Press is a small independent, publishing biography, crime, contemporary fiction and lgbtq titles.  Sarah was a director of a Bloomsbury Publishing for over 20 years where she worked with authors from Margaret

Competitions and Prizes Panel – Bios Sunny Singh is a writer, academic, public intellectual, and a champion for decolonisation and inclusion across all aspects of society, and is the founder of the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour. She is the author of three critically acclaimed novels, Hotel Arcadia,