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Anjanette Barr
@bookbarrista.bsky.social
Literary Agent with Dunham Literary, Inc.
Currently closed to queries.
🌎Alaska 💕Books! Tea! Whisky!
http://www.AnjanetteBarr.com
My sweet teenage daughter: “It’s spirit week and today is “goth day” but I don’t really have anything.

*my elder-millennial heart rejoicing*

I got you, darling!!
October 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I am so excited for this! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/m...
How Guillermo del Toro Conjured a ‘Frankenstein’ Monster Unlike Any Before
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Are you pitching me at a conference soon? PLEASE LEAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS! I’m not talking about my question for you, but YOUR questions for ME! I want to hear your pitch, but you have my permission to ask about the industry, marketing/author brand, etc. Get the most out of your time! #amagenting
October 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My author Kris Ackoury dropping some truth on YouTube. I have loved seeing him grow and become an even more fantastic writer along this journey! youtu.be/9CU8Py9jC2U?...
Navigating Traditional Publishing, Rejection, and Criticism
YouTube video by Kristopher Ackoury
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September 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
We are currently living our best, nerdy lives.
September 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Why attend our #scbwiohionorth Fall conference?

THE FACULTY.

Check out the incredible lineup of industry professionals coming this year.

Join us Oct 03 - Oct 04!
Tri-C Corporate College East (4400 Richmond Rd., Warrensville Heights, OH 44128).

www.scbwi.org/events/2025-...
August 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Thanks to all who have thought of us. The flood is receding and less damage was done this year than last thanks to all-hands-on-deck preparations.
August 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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The National Weather Service has updated its forecast for when the glacial outburst flood will crest. As of this evening, a crest somewhere between 16.25 and 16.75 feet is expected between 8 a.m. and noon Wednesday.
Live updates as Juneau's glacial outburst flood now expected to crest Wednesday morning
The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning and forecast of more than 16 feet for Mendenhall River. That record peak is expected Wednesday morning.
www.ktoo.org
August 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Thank you for keeping Juneau in your thoughts and prayers as we anticipate a glacier lake outburst flood (jökulhlaup) this week. My home is not in the flood zone, but friends, schools, churches, and beloved businesses are.
The wireless emergency alert system has gone off in Juneau as the Mendenhall Glacier prepares to flood. #Alaska #Juneau
August 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I’ve found some gems already in the round of queries that just closed! But I have about 1000 more to read and need to switch my focus back to my current authors. Thanks for your patience as always! #amagenting #closedtoqueries
July 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Dunham Literary is closed for *unsolicited* queries.
Do you have a referral, a conference code, or a pitch contest like or heart? Those are solicited queries, and you can still send one. Everyone else please wait until we open again.
July 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Had so much fun doing this interview for the @jenniedunhamlit.bsky.social blog! Give it a look to get a better sense of how I got into agenting and what I look for in the projects I request. 🥰

www.dunhamlit.com/blog/agent-i...

#literaryagent #publishing
Agent Interview: Lee Melillo, Associate Agent at Dunham Literary — Dunham Literary
Today we’re interviewing Lee Melillo , Dunham Literary’s new Associate Agent. Lee joined us in May 2024 as Jennie Dunham’s assistant, where she spent the last year learning the tools of the tra...
www.dunhamlit.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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It’s #kidlitartpostcard day! Here’s a spread from my upcoming board book “Baby Loves Football” written by Dr Lee C. Stuart and published by @ascendbooks.
I draw picture books and comics. Represented by @bookbarrista at Dunham Literary. See my website for more.

#illustration #kidlitart
July 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Tales of the Shire is now available for pre-order! I’m pretty happy to see it’s only $40, I had been bracing myself for a higher price point.

My affiliate link: amzn.to/44mybbd
Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game - Nintendo Switch
Welcome Home, Hobbit! From the creative studio, Wētā Workshop, live the cosy life of a Hobbit in the wonderfully serene landscape of the Shire. Discover, decorate, and share in this idyllic corner of Middle-earth. Join friendly Hobbits and familiar names awaiting your arrival in Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings™ Game. Create your own Hobbit as you set forth in Bywater. Greet comfort at the door as you decorate your own Hobbit hole, tend to your garden, fish at clear ponds, forage wild fruits and herbs, and trade with townsfolks. Prepare homemade meals to share with fellow Hobbits and foster relationships. With much to see and lots more to eat, enjoy days of splendor in the picturesque forests, lakes, and pastures. Unwind in the place where what matters most are all the little things. Help bring the community together to achieve village status in Bywater. Experience delight in Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game
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June 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
If you queried me before 6/1/2025, you should now have received a reply. I’m a little further behind on requested full manuscripts, but I’m working on them!
June 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Just sent out my latest #Creativity Newsletter. In addition to news of my poems on @thedirigible.bsky.social, I share tips for exercising your #imagination muscle. @bookbarrista.bsky.social
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June 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Well friends, I'm sitting on 700 unread query letters. I have already replied to an additional 200. I opened for queries 19 days ago. So, thanks for your patience - it's gonna be a minute. #amagenting #literaryagent #opentoqueries
June 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Congratulations to our newest agent, Lee Milillo!! 👏🏻
My #MSWL is officially live, and I can publicly announce that I've been promoted to Associate Agent at @jenniedunhamlit.bsky.social. This is a dream. I'm so excited to begin building my list, and can't wait to hear from you! <3 www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/le...
Lee Melillo – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
www.manuscriptwishlist.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Today’s weather is helping me function despite today’s news headlines. Lord, have mercy. #mendenhallglacier
June 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If I like your pitch, please query me with #JoyPit 2025 in the subject line!
#JoyPit is happening now…

Keep sending the pitches 🎉🥳

It’s party time 🥳

#writingcommunity #amquerying #amagenting
June 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Current niche obsession: Merphy Napier reading through #dungeoncrawlercarl for the first time via the amazing #JeffHays narrated audiobook and gushing about it on #BookTube. So much fun!

Where are my DCC people at here on #BookSky?

#merphynapier #mattdimniman
June 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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#JoyPit is happening soon…

June 6, 2025…

Start prepping…

#writingcommunity
June 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Dunham Literary is OPEN for queries. Please review the submission guidelines on our website www.dunhamlit.com before contacting us. We look forward to lots of great, new projects!
June 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Anjanette Barr – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
www.manuscriptwishlist.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM