At the recent AGM of the Association of Authors’ Agents, then Vice President Isobel Dixon of the Blake Friedmann Literary Agency stepped up to President, praising outgoing President Lizzy Kremer of David Higham Associates for her ‘amazing two years’, as a ‘vigorous, rigorous and generous’ President to the Association.

'It's been a great pleasure to work with Lizzy Kremer over these last four years,’ Isobel said, ‘and to see the growing and dynamic engagement from our Association's member agencies. Catherine Clarke was also on the AAA committee when I first joined and it's brilliant to have such an insightful and experienced colleague back as Vice President, along with our energetic committee. We have a great deal to do on industry best practice and all areas of authors' rights, as well as key issues around copyright, literacy and inclusivity, and I look forward to the engagement and campaigning ahead. It’s an honour to serve in this way, and particularly meaningful to me personally that Blake Friedmann’s co-founder, Carole Blake, was also once President of the AAA.’

Catherine Clarke of Felicity Bryan Associates, who served on the committee previously, returns as Vice President. Other current members of the committee are Lucy Luck of C+W (Treasurer), Charlotte Seymour of Andrew Nurnberg Associates (Secretary), Meg Davis of Ki Agency, Camilla Ferrier of The Marsh Agency and Molly Ker Hawn of The Bent Agency.

Camilla Ferrier has also chaired the Foreign Rights sub-committee and is now stepping down, with Lisa Baker of Aitken Alexander stepping into the role.

Isobel Dixon is Managing Director and Head of Books at the Blake Friedmann Literary Agency, where she represents bestselling and prizewinning writers from around the world. Her clients' work includes contemporary, historical and literary fiction, crime and thrillers, memoir, biography and narrative history. She is a Trustee of the National Centre for Writing in Norwich and on the Board of BTBS The Book Trade Charity. As poet, her most recent collection, Bearings, is published by Nine Arches, who will also bring out The Landing in 2021.

Catherine Clarke was Publishing Director of the Trade Books Department at Oxford University Press for several years before she joined Felicity Bryan as an agent in 2001. She represents a broad range of writers of serious non-fiction, including history, nature writing, biography, and philosophy. She also represents a number of bestselling and prizewinning writers for children and young adults. She became Managing Director of Felicity Bryan Associates in 2010. In 2017 she was named Literary Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards.

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