by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 21, 2013 | Blog, Client book news and links, Publishing
Below I’m cross-posting I Got A Book Deal, my client Brooke Hemphill’s account of how she came to land a deal with Melbourne-based Affirm Press, which will be publishing her book in late 2014. As her agent, I will annotate Brooke’s post (the indented...
by Virginia Lloyd | Sep 28, 2013 | Blog, Client book news and links
Here are some US tour dates for the North American edition of Lola Bensky by Australian-born New Yorker Lily Brett. I’ll be at the Strand Bookstore on Tuesday 1st October for the launch and to hear her in conversation with Liel Liebowitz. Please say hello if you...
by Virginia Lloyd | Sep 21, 2013 | Blog, Client book news and links
My calendar is telling me we’re now at the tail end of September 2013. Feels about May to me. Of 2010. When I was a kid I hated it when adults talked about how fast the time was passing, but my only barometer of time was school holidays, Christmas, and my...
by Virginia Lloyd | Aug 27, 2013 | Blog, Client book news and links
So great to see my client Jenny Ackland’s wonderful short story The Dead Man’s Cake included in The Big Issue’s 2013 Fiction Edition, this year themed ‘Make Me Smile.’ I hope I’m not too late with this post to encourage Australian...
by Virginia Lloyd | Aug 11, 2013 | Blog, Publishing
Book publishing is a commercial business full of highly professional and sophisticated people who love books of all kinds. We’re all looking for new authors with wonderful stories. It’s a complicated and difficult way to make money, but the goal is simple....