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Alex Adsett Literary is a full service literary agency, representing quality works of fiction and non-fiction for adults, teens and kids.  We are a dynamic and growing agency with a focus on building diversity within the publishing landscape, and represent more than 45 authors from debut works of fiction to multi-award winners. We also provide freelance consultancy services for Australian publishers and authors, including commercial review of publishing contracts.

Phone
0431 874 787
Address
PO BOX 694, TUGUN QLD 4224
Contact Name
Alexandra Adsett, Agent
Submission Information
Submissions are only accepted via the Query Manager portal (querymanager.com/query/AlexAdsettQueries), and in accordance with the submission guidelines. • Initial contact: email • Average response time: 90 days
Tips & General Information
AAL does not accept unsolicited submissions. Please do not phone or send physical post regarding submissions. Please only phone or email if you need consultancy advice.
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Adult literary fiction, non-fiction and fantasy. No poetry, screenplays, plays, or children’s. Please phone or email first to determine whether your kind of writing is of interest. Please let us know if any agents or publishers have seen any versions of the work. Member of the Australian Literary Agents’ Association.

Phone
(02) 98188557
Address
2A Booth Street, BALMAIN NSW 2041
Contact Name
Lyn Tranter, Agent
Submission Information
• Submission guidelines available at website • Initial contact: phone• Submit sample chapters, resume • Submission preference: email • Average response time: six weeks.
Tips & General Information
Currently accepting unsolicited submissions.
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Work represented: Non-fiction, especially travel narrative, memoir, biography, natural history. Most fiction considered including YA but NO speculative, fantasy, children’s, or poetry. Contact initially by phone or email. Please call during normal business hours Monday to Friday.

Phone
+64 (0) 224 328 728
Contact Name
Sally Bird, Director/Owner
Tips & General Information
Do not email complete manuscript unless asked to do so. Research the market. Analyse any competing titles. If there is nothing on your topic already, it could be because there is no market. Remember, good writers are also readers.
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Check the website for submissions guidelines. Will not look at any unsolicited submissions which do not follow the guidelines. Member of the Australian Literary Agents’ Association.

Phone
(02) 93197199
Address
Locked Bag 848, SURRY HILLS NSW 2010
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Submission Information
• Submission guidelines available at website • Average response time: 3–4 months
Tips & General Information
Read the submission guidelines very carefully.
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A member of the Australian Literary Agents’ Association, Curtis Brown represents many established writers and significant Estates. The agency is not currently looking to represent poetry, children’s picture books, stage or screen plays, short stories or translations.

Phone
(02) 93616161
Address
PO BOX 19, PADDINGTON NSW 2021
Submission Information
• Submission guidelines available at website • Initial contact: email • Submit sample chapters, SSAE • Submission preference: hard copy • Average response time: 2–10 weeks
Tips & General Information
Please carefully read the submission guidelines on our website and submit accordingly. Should you have any further queries, please contact us by email: [email protected]
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Committed to quality Australian writing. Looking for exceptional writing with flair that breaks new ground. Biography and non-fiction preferred but crime, self-help and literary fiction also considered. Adult and young adult but not children’s. Telephone or email first.

Phone
(02) 98914123
Mobile
0422 204 082
Address
PO BOX 592, WESTMEAD NSW 2145
Contact Name
Monica Dennison, Literary Agent
Submission Information
• Submission guidelines available at website • Initial contact: phone
• Submit book proposal, sample chapters, resume, SSAE, Refer website • Submission preference: hard copy, email • Average response time: 1-2 months
Tips & General Information
Looking for exceptional writing with flair that breaks new ground. Committed to quality Australian writing. Biography and non-fiction preferred but crime, self-help and literary fiction also considered. Adult and young adult but not children’s.
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Represents adult and children’s non-fiction and fiction. No poetry, plays or short stories. Initial contact via email, phone or mail (include SSAE) describing manuscript, assessments if any and writing history. Member of Australian Literary Agents’ Association (ALAA).

Phone
(03) 54273644
Address
PO BOX 572, WOODEND VIC 3442
Contact Name
Sheila Drummond, Director/Agent
Submission Information
• Submission guidelines available at website • Initial contact: email • Submit book proposal, sample chapters, resume, SSAE • Submission preference: hard copy • Average response time: 6–8 weeks
Tips & General Information
Submissions only accepted after initial contact as above. We now accept electronic submissions but ONLY after phone or email agreement. Know your work and competitors in the marketplace.
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Golvan Arts Management represents a wide range of writers including writers of both adult and children’s fiction and non-fiction, poetry, screen writers and writers of plays. They also represent visual artists and composers. Member of the Australian Literary Agents’ Association.

Address
PO BOX 766, KEW VIC 3101
Contact Name
Debbie Golvan, Manager
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Tips & General Information
Please see website before making any submission, particularly the General Information section which contains information on how to prepare a non-fiction proposal for an agent or publisher. Fees are a 10% commission, plus GST. Check website to confirm Golvan is accepting submissions.
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Represents script writers, designers, directors in film, theatre, television and radio. HLA has affiliations in London, New York, Europe. Member of the Australian Literary Agents’ Association.

Phone
(02) 95493000
Address
PO BOX 1536, STRAWBERRY HILLS NSW 2012
Tips & General Information
Not accepting unsolicited material or solicitations at this time. Requests for representation operate exclusively by referral.
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HMMG (formerly Harry M Miller Group) is one of the most recognised brands in the Australian media, arts and entertainment industry. Specialises in the management of high profile and emerging media, literary and producer talent.

Phone
(02) 83532444
Address
Fox Studios Australia, FSA #38, 38 Driver Avenue, MOORE PARK NSW 2021
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Irina Dunn offers her services as a manuscript assessor and editor as well as an agent to promote writers’ manuscripts to publishers. Have you completed a manuscript? Wondering what to do now? Email the manuscript to Irina Dunn to get a quote for a detailed assessment report. If Irina thinks your manuscript has “legs”, she will approach the relevant Australian publishers on your behalf and get your manuscript past the injunction on many publishers’ websites: “No unsolicited manuscripts except from an agent”.

Mobile
0403 486 363
Address
PO Box 247 BALMAIN NSW 2041
Contact Name
Irina Dunn
Submission Information
• Initial contact: email
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Quality commercial fiction and non fiction for adult and children’s markets. Jacinta di Mase Management is a select agency representing a diverse range of authors and illustrators for picture books, young adult fiction, and quality commercial fiction and non-fiction for the adult trade market.

Phone
(03) 94894030
Address
342 St Georges Road, NORTH FITZROY VIC 3068
Contact Name
Jacinta Di Mase, Agent
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Margaret Connolly has been a literary agent for 30 years. She began her working life as a lawyer, before being approached to join Curtis Brown in the mid-1980s. She set up her own agency in 1992. Her client list includes many of Australia’s most distinguished novelists, poets, non-fiction authors, film-makers, children’s writers and illustrators.

Phone
(02) 94496342
Address
PO BOX 945, WAHROONGA NSW 2076
Contact Name
Margaret Connolly, Agent
Tips & General Information
Represents most genres of writing.
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Margaret Gee is a literary agent based in Sydney. She represents non-fiction and some fiction. Margaret Gee no longer accepts submissions from unpublished authors.

Phone
(02) 93653266
Address
PO Box 221, DOUBLE BAY NSW 1360
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Represents literary fiction and trade non-fiction, especially biography, current affairs, history, and narrative non-fiction; also some children’s. Founding member of the Australian Literary Agents’ Association.

Phone
(07) 38709996
Twitter
Submission Information
• Initial contact: email • Submit book proposal, sample chapters, query letter • Average response time: 4 weeks
Tips & General Information
No preliminary phone calls please; refer to website for details.
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Represents all types of fiction and non-fiction for adults and children. Also represents stage plays and screenplays for film and television. Does not represent poetry or short stories. Member of Australian Literary Agents’ Association.

Phone
(02) 92819622
Address
PO BOX 445, PADDINGTON NSW 2021
Contact Name
Rick Raftos, Managing Director
Submission Information
• Submission guidelines available at website • Initial contact: email • Submit query letter • Submission preference: email • Average response time: 6–8 weeks
Tips & General Information
Please check under Submission Guidelines on website to find out if they are taking on new projects BEFORE emailing in any sample work.
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Sandy Wagner Creative Agents does not represent short stories unless it is a volume worthy collection, poetry or academic works. Anything else is welcome to be discussed.

Phone
0438 856 939
Address
240 Gumms Road, HAROLDS CROSS NSW 2622
Contact Name
Sandy Wagner, Literary Agent
Tips & General Information
Before a manuscript or a part can be sent please call or/and email the blurb and a little something about yourself so we can discuss if I am able to take what you are offering further. The blurb I would like to see is written in the spirit of the manuscript which I take to be a manuscript revised over again.
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The Speakers’ Bureau is a service which puts speakers in contact with organisations like schools, libraries, businesses and community groups that are looking for a speaker to talk or run a workshop on a particular topic. The speakers’ Bureau is administered by Metro magazine on behalf of the Australian Teachers of Media Inc., an independent, non-profit incorporated association promoting the study of screen literacy. Conditions: no travel allowance, must have an ABN.

Phone
(03) 95255302
Address
PO BOX 2040, ST KILDA WEST VIC 3182
Contact Name
Peter Tapp, Editor
Tips & General Information
For more details visit website and click on The Speakers’ Bureau.
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We prepare your manuscript with skill and care to appeal to trade publishers: • Clean, error-free text • Easy-to-read layout • Synopsis • Author biography • Business case. Full professional member of the Institute of Professional Editors. Member of the Queensland Writers Centre.

Mobile
0413 004 138
Address
PO Box 242, SCARBOROUGH QLD 4020
Contact Name
Dr John Cokley
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Zeitgeist Media Group (ZMG) is a media-focused literary agency. We make sure that your novel or non-fiction work jumps above all others in the minds of potential publishers and media. We represent writers from Australia and around the world from our Brussels and Sydney offices.

Phone
(02) 80609715
Address
Level One, 142 Smith Street, SUMMER HILL NSW 2130
Contact Name
Benython Oldfield, Agent
Tips & General Information
Taking a hiatus from unsolicited submissions until July 2021. Most excited by literary fiction, commercial fiction, memoir, and narrative non-fiction.