A Comic Offering
CS Pacat writes about the development of her graphic novel series, ‘FENCE’, and in particular, her relationship with artist Johanna the Mad.
The Victorian Writer
Illuminating Collaboration
Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff are the biggest thing in Australian literature right now. Together, they have written the ‘Illuminae Files’ series, a brilliant, ground-breaking piece of science fiction for young adults. The first two books, ‘Illuminae’ and ‘Gemina’ were critically-acclaimed international bestsellers; the third, ‘Obsidio’, which has just been published in Australia, is set
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Take Three Girls
Celebrated YA authors Cath Crowley, Simmone Howell and Fiona Wood spoke to Writers Victoria about collaborating on their latest novel, ‘Take Three Girls’.
About Collaboration
Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton have their ‘Treehouse’, Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, the ‘Illuminae Files’. Heck, even father daughter writing duo Tom and Meg Keneally share ‘The Monsarrat’ series. There are so many famous creative collaborations in Australian publishing, and fine examples of how some of our best and most creative minds have melded
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Jeanne Ryckmans Q&A
ALAA Agent Jeanne Ryckmans of Cameron’s Management speaks to WV’s Emma Cayley about her love of storytelling and how this has shaped her career.
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Ask an ALAA Agent: How Do Agents Weather Change?
Part of the role of being a good agent is to stay on top of what publishers are looking for – the publishing trends. It is not as easy as looking at the bestseller list, however, because by the time a trend reaches the reader, agents and publishers are already looking for the next big
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Ask an ALAA Agent Do It Yourself – Or Not?
For this column, I’ve been asked to write on the theme of ‘Do It Yourself’ in relation to self-publishing, which I have to admit is a tricky one for me as a literary agent. As an agent, my role entails finding publishers for our clients and managing the relationship between author and publisher once we
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From an ALAA Agent – Non-fiction at the Margins
One of the most interesting areas of change in literature over the last fifty years has been in non-fiction. Creative non-fiction is a term that seeks to encompass its shifting boundaries. Much of the excitement in literature is happening at the intersection of fiction and non-fiction, so that what the writer invents, with the reader’s
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Ask an ALAA Agent: What Does an Agent Do?
ALAA agent Jacinta di Mase answers some common questions about literary agents. What does a literary agent do? A literary agent is a writer’s representative in the commercial world: their manager, their business representative, protector of their copyright, the one who weighs in on the side of the author/illustrator in all dealings. An agent
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Ask an ALAA Agent – How do I get my YA manuscript published?
There are certain ‘signposts’ that, if I see them in a Young Adult (YA) manuscript submission pitch, they can tell me all I need to know about how much an author actually understands YA literature and the readership they purport to be writing for. 1. YA is not a genre This is a golden rule.
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