INFORMATION
- About Literary Agents
- About Golvan Arts
- About writing in Australia:
- Fiction
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GENERAL INFORMATION
About writing in Australia: Fiction
If you have written fiction that you want to sell to a publisher, Golvan Arts Management recommends that you contact Mr Jan Scherpenhuizen at LYNK Manuscript Service (PO Box 568, Drysdale, Victoria 3222, phone (03) 5257 3281) or your local Writers’ Centre about organising a professional assessment. After responding to suggestions in the assessment report, you could approach the following publishers. Many publishers will only consider fiction that has had a positive assessment from a manuscript assessment service, if not submitted through an agent.
- Allen & Unwin
- PO Box 8500, St Leonards NSW 2065
- HarperCollins
- PO Box 321, Pymble NSW 2073
- Macmillan (mass market)
- 1 Market St (level 25), Sydney NSW 2000
- Picador, Macmillan (literary)
- 1 Market St (level 25), Sydney NSW 2000
- Random House Australia
- www.randomhouse.com.au
- University of Queensland Press
- PO Box 6042, St Lucia QLD 4067
- Wakefield Press
- PO Box 2266, Kent Town SA 5071
Please note that if you are trying to interest an agent or publisher in your fiction we advise you prepare a short synopsis that provides the reader with some information about the plot and main characters but does not give away too much. It can be as short as the sort of “blurbs” that appear on the cover of books. You should also enclose a short CV. At Golvan Arts we prefer to read the first chapter rather than excerpts from different parts of the story. Remember to enclose a stamped, self addressed envelope if you want your material returned to you. It is also suggested that you see Publishers' web sites for information about how they prefer to receive submissions and that it could be helpful to seek and pay for the advice of a professional editor, such as those registered in the Freelance Register of the Society of Editors (Victoria).
GOLVAN ARTS MANAGEMENT • PO Box 766, Kew, Victoria 3101 Australia • golvan@ozemail.com.au