Need some feedback on your manuscript?
In my experience, if your manuscript has areas for improvement, they will be obvious to a publishing industry professional in the very first pages of your work, whether fiction or nonfiction. To…
My second book, Girls at the Piano, will be published in 2018
I'm extremely happy to report that GIRLS AT THE PIANO, the book I have been writing, on and off, for the past seven (gasp) years, will be published in Australia…
Nature writing and nonfiction for women: trends from the Frankfurt Book Fair 2016
According to a roundup of rights sales at the book industry's biggest get-together, the Frankfurt Book Fair, psychological thrillers are going the way of wizards, but nonfiction about the environment is…
Australian publishers talk about the slush pile
Radio National recently lifted the lid on the Australian book publishing slush pile, that 'unlovely place' (according to Picador publisher Geordie Williamson) where unsolicited manuscripts go for assessment by an anonymous reader…