Martin Shaw - I'm a literary professional with twenty-five years experience in Australian books and publishing. I’m passionate about bringing together fine writers with great publishers, both within Australia and internationally.
Currently with a home base in Germany, I regularly attend the world’s major annual book fairs (London, Frankfurt), as well as getting back to OZ as often as I can!
Pip Adam PipAdam.com
Patrick Allington patrickallington.net.au
James Burgmann Milner
Linda Atkins
Lucy Campbell
Megan Clement MeganClement.com
Brendan Colley
Claire Corbett clairecorbett.com
Molly Crighton www.mollycrighton.com/writing
Mali Cornish
Alex Cothren AlexCothren.com
Jen Craig
Paul Dalgarno PaulDalgarno.com
Tom Doig tomdoig.com
Eloise Grills EloiseGrills.com
Rodney Hall RodneyHall.net.au
Justine Hausheerjustinehausheer.com/
Adriane Howell AdrianeHowell.com
Michelle Johnston MichelleJohnston.com.au
Kath Kenny KathKenny.com
Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan NicoleLenoirJourdan.com
Wayne Marshall
Angela Meyer LiteraryMinded.com.au
Jennifer Mills JenniferMills.net.au/
Steve Minon SteveMinon.com
Meg Mundell MegMundell.com.au
Lucy Nelsonlucyjadenelson.com
Angela O'Keeffe
Adam Ouston costyoume.co
Sue Orr
Peter Papathanasiou FromThePlasticPen.wordpress.com
Libby Parker https://www.libbytrainorparker.com
Rebecca Priestley
Andrew Roff RoffWrites.com
Emma Shortis emmashortis.com
Rochelle Siemienowicz linktr.ee/RochelleSiemienowicz
Jeff Sparrow
Paul Thomas pathomas.au
Olivia Tolich
Michelle Tom michellemtom.com
Ben Walter Ben-Walter.com
Louise Wallace
When submitting, please include a covering letter, synopsis, and a short bio. Although relatively catholic in terms of the genres we’ll consider, the agency does lean towards outstanding literary fiction, irresistible commercial fiction and strong non-fiction.
Please also advise if your manuscript is currently entered into a literary competition which has a publisher affiliation, or has been directly submitted to a publisher or literary agent, either currently or in the past.
For general information and advice about the publishing industry, including professional freelance editors who can help you develop/enhance your work, please contact your local state Writers’ Centre. For in-depth industry or contractual advice, I heartily recommend the services of Alex Adsett at alexadsett.com.au.
Get in touch! Send me an email at martin [at] thebooksdesk [dot] com
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