by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 30, 2013 | Blog, Client book news and links
Reviewing my client list the other day, I was struck by the fact that they are really a fine looking bunch of writers. When I get around to updating my website, I must add photos. The chap on the left, for example, is Brad Hutchins, whose memoir Game, Set, Cash! will...
by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 31, 2013 | Blog, Client book news and links
October is probably my favourite month of the year in New York. The leaves are falling, one suddenly needs to put on a jacket again after months of perspiring, and it’s the hectic social season of the travelling Australian — specifically, the travelling...
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...