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...
by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 20, 2014 | Blog, Client book news and links
Bestselling Australian author of The Mothers’ Group, Fiona Higgins (at right), is part of the Wordy Women tour of the East Coast of Australia with Allen & Unwin stablemates Kylie Ladd (left) and Maggie Joel (centre) to coincide with the publication of...