Victoria
The Courier newspaper is delivered within the Ballarat, Buninyong and Creswick region. Topics of interest: local, real estate, motoring, and any material with a Ballarat angle.
A music street press for Melbourne’s northern, eastern and southern suburbs, and rural cities in southeastern Victoria, and also Hobart, Launceston and Devonport.
The Expert Editor is an Australian professional editing and proofreading company offering a range of services for academic, book and business writers.
The Big Issue magazine is a fortnightly, independent magazine sold on the streets by people experiencing homelessness, marginalisation and disadvantage. The Big Issue is timely and topical, and loved by readers for its distinctive brand of irreverence. The magazine has something for everyone: vendors’ stories, celebrity profiles, culture, commentary and in-depth social justice investigations all feature in its pages.
Quarterly print literary magazine/journal.
Small publishing company. Specialisation: General, theology, music, religion, biography, academic, history.
The Wheeler Centre is Melbourne’s home for smart, passionate and entertaining public talks on every topic. Across events and a unique collection of videos, podcasts and original writing, The Wheeler Center supports some of Australia’s finest local and international writers and thinkers.
Transit Lounge is an independent press dedicated to the publication of exciting new fiction and non-fiction. Has a particular interest in creative literary publishing that explores the relationships between East and West, entertains and promotes insights into diverse cultures and encompasses diverse genres.
WorkingType Studio provides print design services, specialising in book design, book cover design, associated book promotional material and websites for authors. Their book design solutions have assisted hundreds of independent authors and publishers over the past twenty years.
Writers Victoria is all about writing. With members throughout Victoria (and beyond), they are the state’s largest organisation supporting Victorian writers. For more than three decades, Writers Victoria has been a leading provider of information, resources and skills development for our members and the broader writing community.
Edit or die is a freelance editing and writing consultancy servicing business, individuals, writers, government and publishers. Manuscript assessments and reports, copy editing and proofreading, indexing, marketing and submission advice, preparation for printing, design and layout, advertising and copy writing. Specialising in fantasy and science fiction, genre novels and self-published books. The business arm of edit or die specialises in technical, scientific, medical, legal, community and government publications.
Melbourne Writers Festival brings writers and readers together to be inspired, challenged and thrilled by an intelligent, rousing and diverse program of books and ideas. Since 1986, the organisation has entertained hundreds of thousands of readers as Australia’s boldest literary festival. Based in Melbourne, a UNESCO City of Literature, we provide the inspiration and framework for vital, timely conversations.
Quikmark Media is a boutique PR consultancy specialising in business profile building & national publicity campaigns for non-fiction books.
Broadsheet is Melbourne’s online magazine covering food and drink, nightlife, fashion, art and entertainment. A guide for people who love to go out and get involved in city life, Broadsheet will keep you in the know about the best of what Melbourne has to offer.
Publication featuring articles on classroom management, professional development, IT, law, policy and industry news.
Books+Publishing is Australia’s number-one source of news about the book industry, keeping subscribers up to date with the latest book industry news, events, features, interviews, opinion, personnel changes, job advertisements and classifieds. Books+Publishing is also the only source of pre-publication reviews of Australian books.
Publisher of scholarly books, periodicals and electronic products for all academic disciplines. Under the Arcadia imprint, a publisher of general books, principally history, biography and fiction. Specialisation: Academic and general non-fiction, history, biography, lifestyle, information, corporate, fiction.
Blake Education produces primary and secondary teaching materials that are useful and user-friendly. Materials are largely written by teachers, for teachers, and cater to the exact needs teachers share and are most appropriate for classroom use. Specialisation: Primary education (reading books, teacher resource material), primary literacy resources, secondary education (teacher resource material).
Cambridge University Press is the printing and publishing house of the University of Cambridge. Specialisation: academic publications in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, technical, professional and media sciences as well as primary and secondary education texts.
Celapene Press publishes children’s fiction and holds the annual Charlotte Duncan Award.
Catholic book publisher serving the spiritual and educational needs of individuals, groups and the church as a whole.
Specialises in children’s boardbooks, educational and activity books, adult reference, illustrated and paperback books. Also produces book and video gift boxes, books and DVDs.
Eleanor Curtain Publishing specialises in reference and professional development books for primary teachers. The focus is on key curriculum and educational issues with a wide national and international market. All titles are either published under licence or distributed in North America and New Zealand.
Ford Street is a successful small independent Australian publisher of books for children and young adults. Publishes around fifteen titles a year, ranging from picture books through to novels for older readers. Ford Street’s publisher is renowned Australian author, Paul Collins, who has written extensively for both the local and international markets.