by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 13, 2017 | Blog, Editorial Development, Improve your writing, Publishing
In my experience, if your manuscript has areas for improvement, they will be obvious to a publishing industry professional in the very first pages of your work, whether fiction or nonfiction. To an unpublished writer, this may sound harsh, but to people who read...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog, Grants for writers
Under the leadership of Peter Rose and the generosity of individual donors, the venerable Australian Book Review has expanded both the number and quality of its writing fellowships and prizes in recent years. Here are some application deadlines to note if you have...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 6, 2017 | Blog, Publishing
I’m extremely happy to report that GIRLS AT THE PIANO, the book I have been writing, on and off, for the past seven (gasp) years, will be published in Australia by Allen & Unwin in early 2018. While it’s good news for me personally – the second...
by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 10, 2016 | Blog, Publishing
According to a roundup of rights sales at the book industry’s biggest get-together, the Frankfurt Book Fair, psychological thrillers are going the way of wizards, but nonfiction about the environment is in, in, in. What’s the Frankfurt Book Fair? Each...
by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 10, 2016 | Blog, Publishing
Radio National recently lifted the lid on the Australian book publishing slush pile, that ‘unlovely place’ (according to Picador publisher Geordie Williamson) where unsolicited manuscripts go for assessment by an anonymous reader inside a publishing house....