Anji Clarke

Anji Clarke is a publishing consultant with a contracts/legal background who wants to take the stress out of some of the things that people find daunting. Her career spans a few publishing areas: academic and trade publishing; literary agenting; editorial and consortial sales contracts; rights and collective licensing. More recently she has been consulting for the Copyright Hub.

As SAGE Publications' Senior Contracts and Copyright Manager she was responsible for , among other things, the practical commercial application of publishing law and publication ethics. Previously she was on the trade side working as a contracts manager and associate literary agent.

Anji guest lectures for publishing/creative writing MAs and has contributed to the industry contracts 'Bible' Clark's Publishing Agreements, edited by Lynette Owen. She holds monthly free copyright and contract drop-in sessions at her husband's pub in London.

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