Publishers

Penguin

Penguin Random House Australia has two adult publishing divisions and one children’s publishing division. The author can submit a manuscript, but they need to review the guidelines for submissions to ensure that the manuscripts are going to the right place.

Here is the link

 

Allen and Unwin

Under the heading ‘Getting Published’ there are sections titled ‘do your research’, ‘agents’, ‘advice from a publisher’ and ‘submitting your work’ and all of this is under the heading ‘Being A Writer’ along with sections for getting started, some tips for writing, writers on writing and the Australian/Vogle’s Literary Award.

Here is the link

 

Australian Publishers Association

This website offers links and resources to writer’s centres, literary agents, manuscript assessment services and organisations.

Here is the link

 

HarperCollins

HarperCollins does not accept unsolicited manuscripts, but Avon Impulse and HarperLegend do accept unsolicited manuscripts.

Here is the link to HarperCollins

Here is the link to Avon Impulse 

Here is the link to HarperLegends 

 

 

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury has companies in London, New York, Sydney and New Delhi. Bloomsbury does not accept unsolicited manuscripts, proposals, illustrations, and artwork or submission queries.

Bloomsbury does have a project called Bloomsbury Spark and it is a one-of-a-kind digital imprint dedicated to publishing YA books for people of all ages. Bloomsbury Spark will publish the author globally, but market them locally. “We are not just interested in publishing your book; we want to help craft your career.”

Submissions to Bloomsbury Spark need to be between 25,000 and 60,000 words and there is email addresses attached.

 

Here is the link to Bloomsbury 

Here is the link to Bloomsbury Spark

 

Pan Macmillan

Pan Macmillan only accept manuscripts on the first Monday of the month between 10am and 4pm AEST. They list out what they are looking for and their submission guidelines.

Here is the link

 

Fontaine Press

The Fontaine Press do not accept unsolicited manuscripts and they request that you send them an email with ‘NOTIFY ME’ in the subject line if you wish to be notified when they are accepting unsolicited manuscripts again.

The Fontaine Press have a link to ‘Custom Publishing’, which means that you can pay them to publish your books.

They also have a project called Vivid Publishing and there is a link to start the process and author reviews.

Here are the links: http://www.fontainepress.com/ and http://www.vividpublishing.com.au/

Here is the link to Fontaine Press 

Here is the link to Vivid Publishing 

 

Fremantle Press

The Fremantle Press welcomes unsolicited manuscripts from authors of West Australian residency and/or origin. The Fremantle Press also has a link to ‘Custom Publishing’, which means that, like the Fontaine Press, you can pay the Fremantle Press publish your book.

Here is the link