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...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 7, 2013 | Blog, Client book news and links
This gorgeous book about New York-based Australian painter David Rankin will be launched over the next week at three events in Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney. An accompanying exhibition of selected artworks will be held at the Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne, from 9-17...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 6, 2013 | Blog, Client book news and links
My client Kirsten Krauth’s debut novel just_a_girl was published this week in Australia. I love this cover, don’t you?* Called “a Puberty Blues for the digital age” and “a Lolita with a webcam”, just_a_girl tells Layla’s...
by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 7, 2012 | Blog, Client book news and links
New York-based Australian author Lily Brett begins her Australian tour today to coincide with the publication of her sixth novel, Lola Bensky. A full schedule of her public events is available on her website and Facebook page. I have known Lily since the late 1990s...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 9, 2012 | Blog, Client book news and links, Publishing
Allen & Unwin guru Jane Palfreyman sent me this photo of the Big W point-of-sale-display (POSD) for my client Fiona Higgins’ debut novel The Mothers’ Group. The POSD began as part of a Mothers’ Day push for the book, published in late March, and...
by Virginia Lloyd | May 5, 2012 | Blog, Client book news and links
In this video, Fiona Higgins, author of The Mothers’ Group, discusses how she wrote her first novel with journalist Ellen Fanning. The conversation took place at Fiona’s book launch at Berkelouw Books in Paddington, Sydney. The novel is getting great word...