Publishers
Talem Press is a new publisher of fantasy books, and is an imprint of Writer’s Edit Press. Talem Press is a completely independent, Sydney-based house. Talem believes in the life-changing potential of stories, and everything they publish seeks to provide inspiration, and escape. The editors are particularly passionate about unlikely heroines, mysterious magic and out-of-this-world story-telling. Submissions will be open for a period of three months (July 12 – October 12).
Tartarus is a small, British independent press founded in 1990, specialising in collectable hardback limited editions of literary supernatural/strange/horror fiction novels and short fiction collections, along with paperbacks and ebooks. Recipient of five World Fantasy Awards and a Stoker Award.
Tor UK is the Pan Macmillan imprint specialising in science fiction, fantasy and horror. Pan Macmillan and Tor are proud to publish a wide variety of material, which includes award winners, bestsellers, enduring classics and exciting debuts.
The Wild Goose Literary e-Journal is a subscriber journal focusing on new Australian writing. They publish essays, short fiction, poetry and memoir from emergent writers. Founded in 2014 The Wild Goose Literary e-Journal is entirely digital with a specially themed issue each December. Themes are announced on the website in June.
Specialisation: educational (primary and secondary); non-fiction (handbooks and manuals); fiction (novels, story books and readers).
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.
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.
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.
PressPress publishes poetry chapbooks.
The Primary English Teaching Association Australia (PETAA) was founded in 1972 and is the most successful teaching organisation of its kind in Australia. Specialisation: Primary teacher resources; education-focused research and materials.
Really Blue Books is an e-publisher and distributor of fiction and non-fiction e-books. We produce quality, creative works and nurture new writing talent.
Smink Works Books publishes fiction, animated children’s books, writer resources and other non-fiction in digital e-book and print. Smink Works is an internet-based publisher, taking on writers from all over the world (no author fee required) and using the internet as the primary marketing and sales channel.
Steam eReads is Australia’s premier e-publisher of hot romantic fiction. We are currently accepting submissions of 55,000 – 90,000 words for full length fiction, and 15,000 – 30,000 words for our ÄòShort n Spicy’ series.
Specialisation: Architecture, biography, Australian military history, canines, craft, non-fiction.
Angry Robot is a global imprint dedicated to the best in modern adult science fiction, fantasy and everything in between. Angry Robot is British-based but sells worldwide through Penguin Random House (US/Canada) and Simon & Schuster (Australia/NZ). Their mission is to produce books that appeal to everyone, from post-Dr Who and Xbox fans to long-time genre enthusiasts.
Awa Press is an independent, award-winning, New Zealand-owned company that specialises in contemporary non-fiction by New Zealand and overseas authors. Its list includes travel, memoir, sport, collected essays, the Ginger Series, 100 Essential New Zealand series and Awa Science. The company is keenly interested in international co-publishing and rights sales.
Baen Books is an independent science fiction and fantasy publisher, distributed by Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster. Baen Books has become a market leader, publishing books at the heart of SF, by authors such as David Drake, Lois McMaster Bujold, Elizabeth Moon, David Weber, James Hogan, Mercedes Lackey, Larry Niven and many more.
Auckland-based Beatnik is a boutique, independent publisher and one-stop shop for high-quality print design, photography and illustration. Beatnik’s publications are a range of art, recipe and educational books, presented beautifully with attention to longevity and accessibility of content.
Until 30 April, Berbay is accepting submissions for readers aged 6–12. New and previously published authors, please send a cover letter and the first 50 pages to [email protected].
Bloomsbury Spark is a one-of-a-kind, global, digital imprint from Bloomsbury Publishing dedicated to publishing a wide array of exciting fiction eBooks to teen, YA and new adult readers.
For over three decades, books published by Bridget Williams have contributed to critical scholarship in New Zealand; they have told our stories, and deepened our understanding of what it is to inhabit these islands. Today and into the future, we continue this proud tradition – doing what BWB has always done best: far-sighted and influential publishing, whatever the format.
Carina Press is a digital-first imprint from Harlequin. A natural extension to the Harlequin business; Carina Press builds on our digital strength and gives us greater flexibility in the type of editorial we acquire from authors and offer to readers.
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.
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.
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.