by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 26, 2023 | Blog
After editing a lot of query letters, opening chapters, and other materials for aspiring authors, I decided to publish this guide for those making a submission to Curtis Brown Australia. As an Australian expat living in Brooklyn, I review a lot of submissions...
by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 6, 2021 | Blog
LAST UPDATED: 7/23/2023 While it’s not essential to get a literary agent in Australia to land a traditional publishing deal, you’ll have a much stronger chance of success if you do. Consider this list of Australian literary agents a companion piece to my...
by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 12, 2020 | Blog
As someone who’s worked from home for a long time now, my challenges with self-quarantine are about juggling homeschooling with earning a living, more than keeping my job in the first place. Every day, as I hear the sirens course through my neighbourhood,...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 27, 2020 | Blog, Client book news and links
Truganini: Journey Through the Apocalypse, by my client, the eminent historian Dr Cassandra Pybus, will be available next week. Her biography of Truganini, erroneously known in the popular imagination as ‘the last Tasmanian’ of her race, is a significant...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 4, 2019 | Blog
The path to getting published took much longer than my clients Professional Gillian Straker and Dr Jacqui Winship expected, but their wonderful book The Talking Cure is now available in Australia and South Africa. About The Talking Cure ‘Until you make the...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 12, 2019 | Blog
LAST UPDATED: July 2023 If you’re looking for Australian publishers currently accepting submissions of unsolicited manuscripts, here’s an alphabetised list. If you’ve looked around my website, you might have seen my post warning Australian authors about...