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Truganini biography from my client Cassandra Pybus publishing March 2020

Truganini biography from my client Cassandra Pybus publishing March 2020

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...
My clients’ books, out in the world

My clients’ books, out in the world

by Virginia Lloyd | May 17, 2017 | Blog, Client book news and links

There are few things  more satisfying than seeing your book published at last. Holding a hard copy in your hands, seeing it on the shelf of a bookshop, or listed with a thumbnail cover image at an online store – there’s no taking away the enormous...

Farewell to the Father: Tim Elliott’s memoir-writing process

by Virginia Lloyd | May 3, 2016 | Blog, Client book news and links, Memoir

To see my client Tim Elliott’s memoir Farewell to the Father make the cover of The Good Weekend last weekend (left), as well as this extract on news.com.au, was pretty exciting, to say the least. I’ve already received several emails from people who read...
Tim Elliott’s Farewell to the Father: from article to published memoir

Tim Elliott’s Farewell to the Father: from article to published memoir

by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 30, 2016 | Blog, Client book news and links, Editorial Development

Fairfax journalist Tim Elliott’s memoir, Farewell to the Father, will be published in April. The gorgeous cover speaks to the richness, power and detail of Elliott’s recollections of growing up with his brilliant but manic-depressive and suicidal father,...

Australian fiction in fine health, according to recent diagnosis

by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 5, 2015 | Blog, Client book news and links

[F]irst novels that reshape familiar historical material with originality and dash; sustain their strange tales with assurance; move confidently between countries and eras, intimate and national histories; offer two more indications of the present and future health of...
A book party for Jenny Ackland’s THE SECRET SON

A book party for Jenny Ackland’s THE SECRET SON

by Virginia Lloyd | Sep 6, 2015 | Blog, Client book news and links

Here’s my client Jenny Ackland’s wrap-up of the launch of her novel The Secret Son a few days ago. It was a large crowd at the Bella Union in Melbourne. Jenny did a very smart thing by wearing a flaming red dress so everyone could see her. There are...
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