Publishers

Paper Road Press specialises in science fiction and fantasy, all things in between – and things from the fringes, too. We want to see magical realism, urban fantasy, space opera, secondary worlds, time travel, myths and legends, crossovers and reimaginings; the familiar made unfamiliar and the unfamiliar familiar.

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Pacific Books is an Australian book publisher that specialises in paperback books and e-books. Unlike traditional publishers, Pacific Books has a fast turn-around from manuscript to publication and distribution. Books are usually available one month after submission through our partnership with Amazon stores and Ingram Worldwide Distribution.

Oxford University Press has branches in Australia and New Zealand. Overall aim is to uphold standards of and further education. Specialisation: primary, secondary and higher education; English language teaching; dictionaries and reference; academic, professional and general.

Phone
1300 650 616
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Textbooks concentrating on law, social sciences, media studies and geography. See website for further contact information, details on proposal submission and guidelines. See also for a list of publishers in individual areas.

As publishers of a wide range of books on New Zealand, the Pacific and Asia, Otago places special emphasis on history, literature and the arts, and natural and social sciences.

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+64 3 4798807
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Odlum & Garner produce a range of educational books for secondary school students, plus Create-a-Calendar. Top students and Science teachers use and recommend Odlum & Garner books. These books are produced by Science teachers for Science teachers and their students.

Nosy Crow is a small, multi-award-winning, independent company. Nosy Crow publishes high-quality, commercial fiction and non-fiction books for children aged from 0 to 14 by well-known authors and illustrators and by new talent.

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+44 (0) 207 089 7575
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NewSouth Publishing is the publishing arm of UNSW Press. Recognised as a leading independent Australian publisher, it produces a range of general, literary and illustrated non-fiction and select scholarly titles across three imprints: NewSouth; UNSW Press; and CHOICE.

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New Frontier Publishing produces titles for children. Specialisation: Children’s picture books, junior readers (6-8), junior novels (8-12), educational texts for primary and secondary school.

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Award-winning partnership publisher of children’s books, teaming aspiring authors with professional editing, illustration, design, printing, distribution, marketing and promotion.

Lansdowne Publishing concentrates on publishing for the international market. Specialisation: quality, illustrated non-fiction books such as cookery, gardening, gift books, health and lifestyle, home and design, New Age, history, mythology and general interest. Our new Australian list will focus on Australian interest titles in all areas and will concentrate on black and white books.

Phone
0417 454 615
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Commissions work and rarely publishes unsolicited manuscripts.
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Kensington Publishing Corp. is located in New York City and is known as “America’s Independent Publisher.” It remains a multi-generational family business. As the foremost independent commercial publishing house in the United States providing hardcover, trade paperback, mass market, and digital releases, Kensington publishes the books American wants to read.

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Jo Fletcher Books is part of the Quercus family, a small but perfectly formed list publishing the very best in best science fiction, fantasy and horror. JFB authors are writing critically acclaimed, award-winning and unputdownable novels right across the fantastical spectrum, encompassing everything from crime to literary fiction.

Specialisation: educational (primary and secondary); non-fiction (handbooks and manuals); fiction (novels, story books and readers).

Phone
(03) 95230044
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Welcomes generic educational texts as well as those tied to the Australian curriculum. Special interest in English, literacy, mathematics and Japanese resources. Only manuscripts demonstrating practical, creative, outcome-based content are selected for publication. Non-fiction manuscripts must be of a very high standard and based on current research and practice.

The Images Publishing Group publishes architecture and interior design titles. Specialisation: illustrated books on architecture and design. Occasionally publishes on fashion, photography, landscape architecture, graphic design and architectural illustration. Peleus Press, established by Images Publishing Group, publishes fashion, new age, motoring and equine titles.

Phone
(03) 95615544

Icon Books is an independent British publisher formed in 1992 which publishes popular, engaging and sometimes provocative non-fiction for adults.

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+44 (0) 207 697 9695
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Hybrid Publishers titles include: legal, non-fiction (fitness and well-being, fitness, nutrition, true crime, self-help, history etc) and some fiction and poetry. Legal titles: Law Crest imprint. YA: Ford Street imprint. Alternative contact: Anna Rosner Blay, Managing Editor.

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Maori-owned and operated publishing company, specialising in high-quality Maori books of regional, national and international interest.

Hot Key Books publishes books for teenagers and young adults. Hot Key publishes stand out, quality fiction that people like to talk about.

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+44 (0)20 7490 3875
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A small independent publishing house seeking literary, general, women’s, romance, young adult, fantasy, and science fiction novels longer than 80,000 words. Details available on the website.

HarperImpulse is an exciting new range of romance fiction from the women’s fiction team at HarperCollins. Impulse aims to break new talent from debut authors and import the hottest trends from the US, bringing you the very best in romance. Whether that is through short reads for your mobile phone or epic sagas that span the generations, Impulse proudly publishes romance fiction that gets everybody talking.

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Manuscript needs to be double-spaced, readable, and submitted in MS Word format. Multiple manuscripts may be sent, but send them in separate emails.

Graywolf Press is a leading independent publisher committed to the discovery and energetic publication of contemporary American and international literature. Graywolf champions outstanding writers at all stages of their careers to ensure that diverse voices can be heard in a crowded marketplace.

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0011 1 6516410077
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At present Graywolf Press is only considering agented fiction submissions. However, submissions for non-fiction and poetry are periodically open.
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Gollancz is the oldest specialist SF & Fantasy publisher in the UK. Founded in 1927 and with a continuous SF publishing programme dating back to 1961, it is home to a galaxy of award-winning and bestselling authors. Gollancz have one of the largest ranges of SF and Fantasy of any publisher in the world.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux is renowned for its international list of literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry and children’s books. Farrar, Straus and Giroux authors have won extraordinary acclaim over the years, including numerous National Book Awards, Pulitzer Prizes, and twenty-two Nobel Prizes in literature.

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Exisle Publishing is an Australian publisher of books on a wide range of subjects, including self-help, health, nutrition, popular psychology, biography, history, business, current affairs, travel, cooking, leisure and lifestyle. They publish books in Australia and New Zealand.†New books are published in both physical and digital forms.

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Eunoia are committed to ensuring that our wonderful creative fiction and non-fiction authors are given the exposure they deserve, both in New Zealand and elsewhere.