Ask the Publisher: Fiction

Monday 19 November 2012, 7:00PM - 8:00PM

Presented by: Sleepers Publishing, Text Publishing & Transit Lounge with Host, Fran Madigan
Rating: All levels
Type: Panel

This month features three guest publishers specialising in fiction writing. Find out the process of submission, the editorial relationship and the best publishing avenue for you.

Zoe Dattner is co-founder of Sleepers, a publishing house advocating for new and established Australia writers. sleeperspublishing.com

Penny Hueston is the associate publisher of Text, which publishes a broad range of fiction and non-fiction, international and local, books for adults and young adults. textpublishing.com.au

Barry Scott is the co-founder of independent publishing company Transit Lounge. The press has a particular interest in writing that engages with other cultures and since 2005 has published books by writers including Cate Kennedy, Ouyang Yu and Patrick Holland. www.transitlounge.com.au

Host, Fran Madigan is director of The Real Business, and edits, proofreads and writes for a broad range of organisations. She is a former member of the VWC Committee of Management and is the Freelance Affairs Officer for Editors Vic (formerly the Society of Editors).

Held in conjunction with Editors Vic.

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