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For information about manuscript assessment (manuscript appraisal) and development, editing, agents, publishing and other writing issues and resources, see the following links.

For reviews of books, author interviews, literary news and criticism, a free e-zine, book give-aways - visit The Compulsive Reader at http://www.compulsivereader.com/html.

The Australian Literary Agents Association, http://austlitagentsassoc.com.au/index.html for information on agents and how to go about approaching them. See links below.

The Australian Society of Authors at http://www.asauthors.org for anything to do with the business of writing.

For contact with writers and readers, classes, workshops, competitions and more, see The Writers' Centre of your capital city

NSW Writers Centre: http://www.nswwriterscentre.org.au
WritingWA: http://www.writerswritingwa.org

VIC Writers Centre: http://www.writers-centre.org

QLD Writers Centre: http://www.qwc.asn.au
SA Writers Centre: http://www.sawriters.on.net
NT Writers Centre: email ntwriter@octa4.net.au
TAS Writers Centre: http://www.tasmanianwriters.org
ACT Writers Centre: http://www.actwriters.org.au

or contact your regional writers centre. NSW Litlink Regional Writers Centres are

Hunter Writers Centre www.hwcentre.com

Varuna, A Writers House http://www.varuna.com.au/index.html

Booranga Writers Centre (Wagga Wagga) www.csu.edu.au/faculty/arts/humss/booranga/index.html

Central West Writers Centre users.netwit.net.au/~writing/index.html

New England Writers Centre http://users.northnet.com.au/~newc/

Broken Hill City Library www.bhlibrary.org.au

Northern Rivers Writers Centre www.nrwc.org.au

South Coast Writers Centre www.1earth.net/~scwc

For information and advice on contracts, Contract Advisory Service of the ASA Writers’ Centre.

Books and journals

Renni Browne and Dave King, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers (HarperPerennial).
Samantha Schwartz, Australian Guide to Getting Published (Hale and Iremonger, 1995).
Barbara Jefferis, Australian Book Contracts (Keesing Press, 1994).

Australian Author, Journal of the Australian Society of Authors.
Australian Bookseller & Publisher (Thorpe).

The Australian Writers’ Marketplace (Bookman). New edition yearly.
Australian Publishers Association Directory of Members.

Umberto Eco, On Literature (Vintage)
Stephen King, On Writing (Hodder & Stoughton).
Robert McKee, Story (HarperCollins).

Lawrence Block, Telling Lies for Fun & Profit.

Rhonda Whitton and Sheila Hollingworth, A Decent Proposal.

Neil James(ed.), Writers on Writing (Halstead).

While Flood Manuscripts offers these publications as being useful to some writers, their recommendations and methods do not necessarily concur with the opinions of our assessors.

Literary Agents

Australian Literary Management
Barbara Mobbs 9363 5323

The Book Doctor

Callaghan Literary Management 9571 1150

Curtis Brown (Australia)

Drummond Agency 5427 3664

Golvan Arts Management
JBD Literary Agency
Jenny Darling & Associates

The Mary Cunnane Agency

Rick Raftos Management 9281 9622