by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 28, 2015 | Blog, Client book news and links
After more than a year of communicating via telephone and email, it was great to meet my client Kellie Arrowsmith today in person in Sydney. She’s in town promoting her memoir SKIMPY, a fast-paced story of her adventures in the outback. (The title comes from her...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 13, 2015 | Blog, Client book news and links
‘The sharp, riveting narrative of Becoming Westerly deserves to transcend the tiny canon of surf writing and be recognized as a work of mainstream literary nonfiction,’ writes Andrew Lewis in his thoughtful review of my client Jamie Brisick’s...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 26, 2015 | Blog, Client book news and links, Editorial Development, Memoir
Being based in Sydney again I am happy to be able to attend client events in person — such as the Sydney launch this week of Anna Bligh’s important memoir, Through the Wall, at HarperCollins HQ. I was Anna’s development editor. What that means is...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 10, 2015 | Blog, Publishing
I’m thrilled to announce the publication of Becoming Westerly by my client Jamie Brisick. The book explores the extraordinary life of Peter Drouyn from his days as a champion Australian surfer to his transformation into the woman he always believed he was meant...
by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 4, 2014 | Blog, Client book news and links
I am delighted with today’s news that Lily Brett won the major French literary award, the Prix Medicis, for a work in translation for her novel Lola Bensky. It’s a major vindication for Lily’s writing, and a proud moment for me as her long-time...