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Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Guidelines www.allenandunwin.com/writing/centre.asp

Junior fiction, YA, non-fiction

Children's Editor
Allen and Unwin
406 Albert Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002

Phone: 03) 9665 5000
Email: frontdesk@allenandunwin.com.au
Web: www.allen-unwin.com.au

Black Dog Books

Guidelines www.bdb.com.au/submissions/submissions.htm

Junior fiction, YA, non-fiction

Ali Arnold
Black Dog Books
15 Gertrude Street
Fitzroy VIC 3065

Phone: 03) 9419-9406
Email: ali@bdb.com.au
Web: www.bdb.com.au

Blake Education

Guidelines by request

Junior fiction and non-fiction

Amanda Santamaria
Editor - Blake Education
Blake Publishing Pty Ltd
PO Box 250
Glebe NSW 2037

Phone: 02) 8585 4019
Email: amanda.santamaria@blake.com.au
Web: www.askblake.com.au

Billabong Valley

Guidelines www.billabongvalley.com

Junior novel (only 2 per year)

Don Cronk
Perth

Phone: 08) 9447 3184
Email: doncronk@billabongvalley.com
Web: www.billabongvalley.com

BlueCatBooks

Guidelines www.bluecatbooks.com.au

Children’s books, reference texts, juvenile fiction

Leonie Peguero
Blue Cat Books
PO Box 3006
Eltham VIC 3095

Phone: 03) 9439 3070
Email: peguero@bigpond.net.au
Web: www.bluecatbooks.com.au

Brolly Books

Guidelines www.brollybooks.com

Picture books, junior fiction

Emma Borghesi
Brolly Books
Borghesi & Adam Publishers Pty Ltd
18 Claremont Ave
Malvern VIC 3144

Phone: 03) 9509 9322
Email: emma@brollybooks.com
Web: www.brollybooks.com

Bushfire Press Pty Ltd

Guidelines http://www.bushfirepress.com/submissions/index.html

Pre-school, primary and secondary non-fiction for arts education: youth theatre, music, dance, drama, media, and visual arts.

Mark Leehy
The Publisher
Bushfire Press
13 Hillside Gve
Upwey Vic 3158

Email: mark@bushfirepress.com
Web: www.bushfirepress.com

Duo Publications

Guidelines www.duopublications.com.au/Duo_Prospectus.pdf

Children’s non-fiction and fiction

Peter Hehir or Peter Macaione
Duo Publications
PO Box 5598
Brendale QLD 4500

Phone: 07) 3264 6373
Email: sales@duopublications.com.au
Web: www.duopublications.com.au

Eleanor Curtain Publishing

Educational books for primary schools, fiction and non-fiction

Eleanor Curtain Publishing
85 High Street
Prahran Vic 3181

Phone: 03) 9510 2522
Email: enquiries@ecpublishing.com.au
Web: http://www.ecpublishing.com.au/

Era Publications

Currently not accepting unsolicited manuscripts.

Children’s fiction and non-fiction for primary-school-aged children.

PO Box 231
Brooklyn Park SA 5032

Phone: 08) 8352 4122
Email: admin@erapublications.com
Web: www.erapublications.com/

Five Mile Press

Guidelines www.fivemile.com.au/publishing.htm

Picture books, short stories

Lorelei Waite or Niki Horin
The Five Mile Press
PO Box 177
Ferntree Gully
Rowville VIC 3178

Phone: 03) 8756 5500
Email: publishing@fivemile.com.au
Web: www.fivemile.com.au

Fremantle Arts Centre Press

(WA residents only)

Guidelines www.facp.iinet.net.au/guidelines.php
Response: four months

Picture book, YA

The Publisher
Fremantle Arts Centre Press
PO Box 158
North Fremantle WA 6159

Phone: 08) 9430 6331
Email: facq@iinet.net.au
Web: www.facp.iinet.net.au

Funtastic

Picture books, children’s fiction, non-fiction

Editorial Team
Funtastic Ltd
800 Wellington Rd
Rowville VIC 3178

Phone: 03) 8575 0044 Web: www.funtastic.com.au/docs/products/publish.htm

Ginninderra Press

Guidelines www.ginninderrapress.com.au/submit.html
Response: eight weeks

YA, non-fiction

Stephen Matthews
Ginninderra Press
PO Box 53
Charnwood ACT 2615

Phone: 02) 6258 9060
Email: stephenmatthews@ginninderrapress.com.au
Web: www.ginninderrapress.com.au

Greater Glider Productions

Picture books, junior fiction, non-fiction, play scripts

Greater Glider Productions
Book Farm
330 Reesville Road
Maleny QLD 4552

Phone: 07) 5494 3000
Email: jillmorris@greaterglider.com.au
Web: www.greaterglider.com.au

Hachette Livre Australia

Do not accept unsolicited manuscripts – through agents only.

Guidelines www.hha.com.au/about_submissions.html

Australian Publishing Submissions
Hachette Livre Australia
Level 17, 207 Kent Street
Sydney NSW 2000

Phone: 02) 8248 0800
Email: auspub@hachette.com.au
Web: www.hha.com.au/index.html

HarperCollins Aust

Do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.

PO Box 321
Pymble NSW 2073

Phone: 02) 9952 5000
Web: www.harpercollins.com.au

HarperCollins NZ

HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand
31 View Road,
Glenfield, Auckland New Zealand

Phone: 64 9 443 9400
Web: www.harpercollins.co.nz

Hazard Press

Do not accept unsolicited manuscripts – through agents only.

Guidelines www.hazard.co.nz/submission.html

Young Adult fiction

P.O. Box 2151
Christchurch, New Zealand

Phone: (+64-3) 377-0370
Email: info@hazard.co.nz
Web: www.hazard.co.nz/

IAD Press (Jukurrpa Books)

(Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors only)

Guidelines www.iad.edu.au/press/authors.htm

Children's fiction, YA, non-fiction

Josie Douglas
IAD Press
PO Box 2531
3 South Terrace
Alice Springs NT 0871

Phone: 61) 08 8951 1334
Email: publisher@iad.edu.au
Web: www.iad.edu.au/press/iadpresshome.htm

Ibis Publishing Australia

Guidelines www.ibispublishing.com.au/page.php?page=PublishingwithIbis

Children's picture books

Ibis Publishing Australia Pty Ltd
Suite 7, Level 2
150 Albert Road
South Melbourne VIC 3205

Phone: 03) 9690 3445
Email: info@ibispublishing.com.au
Web: www.ibispublishing.com.au

Jane Curry Publishing

Guidelines www.janecurrypublishing.com.au/html/aboutus.htm

Educational picture books, fiction and non-fiction

Jane Curry Publishing
220A Glenmore Rd
Paddington NSW 2021

Phone: 02) 9356 3922
Email: elspeth@janecurrypublishing.com.au
Web: www.janecurrypublishing.com.au

Koala Books

Guidelines www.koalabooks.com.au/submissions.html
Response: three months

Children's picture books, children's fiction

Children's Editor
Koala Books
PO Box 626
Mascot NSW 1460

Phone: 02) 9667 2997
Web: www.koalabooks.com.au

Learning Media NZ

Guidelines www.learningmedia.co.nz/nz/online/authorsartists/seriesguidelines

Junior and YA fiction also Samoan and Maori themes and school journals

Learning Media Limited
Box 3293
Wellington
New Zealand 6001

Phone: 64 4) 472 5522
Email: contributors@learningmedia.co.nz
Web: www.learningmedia.co.nz

Limelight Press

Guidelines http://www.limelightpress.com/contact%20us.htm

Picture Books, Emergent Readers, Junior Novels and YA.

Limelight Press
Unit 15, 6 Thames Street
Balmain, NSW, 2041

Phone: (02) 9810 9655 (Helen)
(02) 9810 9755 (Jayne)

Email: email@limelightpress.com.au
Web: www.limelightpress.com/

Little Hare Books

Guidelines www.littleharebooks.com/information/submissionguidelines.html
Response: two months

Children’s picture books and fiction

The Commissioning Editor
Little Hare Books
4/21 Mary Street
Surry Hills NSW 2010

Phone: 02) 9280 2220
Email: enquiries@littleharebooks.com
Web: www.littleharebooks.com

Lothian Books

Picture Books, Emergent Readers, Junior Novels and YA.

The Publishing Assistant
Lothian Books
Level 5 / 132-136 Albert Road
South Melbourne VIC 3205

Phone: 03) 9694 4900
E-mail: books@lothian.com.au
Web: www.lothian.com.au/

New Frontier Publishing

Guidelines http://www.newfrontier.com.au/submission.htm

Children’s picture books, fiction, non-fiction

New Frontier
6 Merle St
Epping NSW 2121

Phone: 02) 9876 1050
Email: info@newfrontier.com.au
Web: www.newfrontier.com.au

Macmillan (Pan Macmillan, Sun Books, Pan, Picador, Ironbark, Pancake, Palgrave MacMillan)

Imprint: Macmillan Education Australia

Guidelines www.tinyurl.com/6slf4

Children's fiction, YA, non-fiction

Angela Berry
Primary Publisher
Macmillan Education Australia
627 Chapel St
South Yarra VIC 3141

Phone: 03) 9825 1126
Email: angela.berry@macmillan.com.au
Web: www.macmillan.com.au

Imprint: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd

Guidelines www.panmacmillan.com.au/submission_guidelines.asp
Response: ten to twelve weeks

Children's picture books

Publishing Department
Pan Macmillan Australia
Level 18, St Martin's Tower
31 Market Street
Sydney NSW 2000

Phone: 02) 9285 9100
Email: panpublishing@macmillan.com.au
Web: www.panmacmillan.com.au

Mallinson Rendel Publishers Ltd

Guidelines www.mallinsonrendel.co.nz/author-guidelines.asp

Children’s fiction

Mallinson Rendel Publishers
PO Box 9409
Wellington

Phone: 64 4 802 5012
Email: publisher@mallinsonrendel.co.nz
Web: www.mallinsonrendel.co.nz/index.asp

Omnibus Books

Part of Scholastic Australia

Guidelines http://www.scholastic.com.au/common/about/manuscript.asp

Picture books and fiction for primary-school-aged children. Some non-fiction.

Ms Dyan Blacklock
Publisher
Omnibus Press
335 Unley Rd
Malvern SA 5061

Phone: 08) 8425 8300
Web: http://www.scholastic.com.au/

Oxford University Press

Guidelines http://au.oup.com/content/General.asp?ContentID=4

Children's fiction, non-fiction

Irene Sawczak
Commissioning Editor Primary
GPO Box 2784Y
Melbourne Vic 3001

Phone: (03) 9934 9123 Web: www.oup.com.au

Papyrus Publishing

Guidelines www.papyrus.com.au/submissions.html
Response: one year

Children's fiction and poetry especially cultural and human rights

C/- Post Office
Scarsdale VIC 3351

Phone: 03) 5342 2394
Email: editor@papyrus.com.au
Web: www.papyrus.com.au

Pearson Education Australia

Guidelines www.pearsoned.com.au/schools/contactUs.asp

Children's and YA, fiction and non-fiction

Pearson Education Australia
Schools Division
PO Box 1024
South Melbourne, VIC 3205

Phone: 03) 9811 2800
Email: schools@pearsoned.com.au
Web: www.pearsoned.com.au/schools

Pearson Education, Comet, Explore and Challenge

Educational School Magazines

Guidelines www.pearsoned.com.au/schools/magazines/guidelines.asp

Children's short fiction, non-fiction, jokes, puzzles, poetry and plays

Response: twelve to sixteen weeks

Magazines Editor
Pearson Education Australia
PO Box 1024
South Melbourne Vic 3205

Phone: 03) 9811 2800
Email: magazines@pearsoned.com.au
Web: www.pearsoned.com.au/schools/magazines/guidelines.asp

Penguin Group (Australia)

Guidelines www.penguin.com.au/about/f_publish.htm

Picture books, junior and YA fiction

Penguin Group (Australia)
PO Box 701
Hawthorn VIC 3124

Phone: 03) 9811 2400
Email: childrens.publishing@au.penguingroup.com
Web: www.penguin.com.au
Puffin Web: www.penguin.com.au/PUFFIN/default.htm

Random House

Guidelines www.randomhouse.com.au/faq/submit.htm#childrens

Picture books, junior and YA fiction

The Children's Publisher
Random House Australia
20 Alfred Street
Milsons Point NSW 2061

Phone: 02) 9954 9966
Email random@randomhouse.com.au
Web: www.randomhouse.com

Reed Publishing NZ

Guidelines www.reed.co.nz/faq.cfm#published

Children’s fiction for ages up to 13.

PO Box 34901
Birkenhead, Auckland

Phone +64 9 441 2960
Email: info@reed.co.nz
Web: www.reed.co.nz

Rigby Heinemann (Rigby, Harcourt Education, Reed, Barrie)

Guidelines on request

Junior fiction and non-fiction

Address for the Sail Literacy series:
Lee-Ann Wright
Senior Editor - Heinemann Primary Publisher
Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd
39 Rawene Road
Auckland
New Zealand

Phone: +64 9) 441 2946
Web: www.rigby.com.au

Scholastic Australia

Guidelines www.scholastic.com.au/common/about/manuscript.asp
Response: about eight weeks.

Picture books and fiction for primary-school-aged children. Some non-fiction.

Senior Editor
Scholastic Press
PO Box 579
Lindfield NSW 2070

Phone: 02) 9413 8374
Web: www.scholastic.com.au

Scholastic NZ

Scholastic New Zealand Limited
Private Bag 94407
Greenmount Auckland 1730

Phone: 64 9 274 8112
Web: www.scholastic.co.nz

Tandem Press

Guidelines www.australianbookgroup.com.au/Publishers/TandemPress/

Publishes New Zealand authors

PO Box 34-272
Birkenhead, Auckland 10,
New Zealand.

Phone: +64 9 480 1452
Email: helenb@tandempress.co.nz
Web: www.tandempress.co.nz

University of Queensland Press

Guidelines www.uqp.uq.edu.au/submit_manuscript.php
Response: three months

YA novels

The Editorial Coordinator
University of Queensland Press
PO Box 6042
St Lucia QLD 4067

Phone: 07) 3365 2127
Email: uqp@uqp.uq.edu.au
Web: http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au

University of Western Australia Press

Guidelines www.uwapress.uwa.edu.au/publishing
Response: two to three months

Children's fiction

UWA Press
University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Highway
Crawley WA 6009

Phone: 08) 6488 3670
Email: maureend@uwapress.uwa.edu.au
Web: www.uwapress.uwa.edu.au

Word Weavers Press

Guidelines www.wordweaverspress.com.au/thepublisher/guidelinesforwriters.htm
Junior fiction especially fast paced with boy appeal

Susan Richmond
Editorial Director
Word Weavers Press Pty Ltd
PO Box 843
Bulimba, Qld 4171

Email: info@wordweaverspress.com.au
Web: www.wordweaverspress.com.au

Overseas Publishers

Internet Publisher Lists

Please use the following URLS for further information on overseas publishers:

http://www.publishers.ca/CNM_Index.wws

http://www.lights.com/publisher/alphabetic.html

http://www.publishers.org/member/members.cfm

http://www.ukwebstart.com/listbookpubs.html

http://www.booktrust.org.uk/publishers/pubindex.htm

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/publish.html

Best regards and keep writing!

Rob Parnell

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