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These resources are useful for authors, clients and other members of the literature industry.

They are separated into categories:
Editors and Manuscript Assessors (commercial)
Various Writers Organisations
State Writers Centres
Federal and State Government Organisations

Editors and Manuscript Assessors (commercial)

Writers are encouraged to seek out, compare and evaluate the services of editors and manuscript assessors. They can provide a very valuable service for writers. Please note, though, that The Drummond Agency does not recommend or endorse any particular manuscript assessor. This select list of businesses is here as a public service. They have no connection with this or any other ALAA member agency. A positive report from any of them does not oblige us to consider any writer’s work. The ALAA code of practice says that ‘No agent shall charge a reading fee or an editor’s fee and if they do so they shall not qualify for membership.’


Annabel Blay Manuscript Assessment and Editorial Services
PO Box 349, Bermagui NSW 2546
Email: annabelblay@bigpond.com
Contact: Annabel Blay
Manuscript assessment, advice on manuscript development. Structural editing, copy editing and other editorial services available, and workshops on writing and editing.

The Book Doctor
7 The Vale, Willetton, WA 6155
Phone 08 9457 4056
Email: ask@bookdoctor.com.au
http://www.bookdoctor.com.au/
Assessments: all fiction and non-fiction except drama. Honest, thorough and helpful advice on style, content, presentation, marketability, and matters pertaining to your particular manuscript.
Editing: all works. We provide the level of editing you want, from proof-reading to substantive editing. Academic editing is a speciality. Visit our web site for many useful ideas for writers.

Catherine Hammond Editorial Services
P.O. Box 703, Gordon, NSW 2072
Phone-Fax: 02 9499 9834
Mobile: 04 1744 2944
Email: cathhammond@optusnet.com.au
Manuscript assessment (fiction and non-fiction), structural and line editing, manuscript development (mentorship), project management.

Driftwood Manuscript Services
PO Box 466, Kent Town SA 5071
Phone 08 8362 6952
Email: driftwood@kirstybrooks.com
http://www.kirstybrooks.com/driftwood/
Contact: Director, Kirsty Brooks.
Over 50 assessors who specialise in different fields and genres including literary fiction, general fiction, women’s popular fiction, crime, autobiography, life story, biography, short story collections, poetry volumes and non-fiction. Assessments are detailed and rigorous, providing authors with constructive comment on the strengths and weaknesses of their work.

Life Stories Workshop Writing Services
PO Box 603, Potts Point 2011
Email: pmiller@lifestories.com.au — Website: http://www.lifestories.com.au/
Contact: Patti Miller business hours phone 02 9332 2787
Fiction and Memoir manuscript development including structural and style editing, Life writing workshops and Talks

Lynk Manuscript Assessment Service
Phone: 02 6624 5750
email: lynkmas@lynk.com.au
web: http://www.lynk.com.au/
Formerly the National Book Council Manuscript Assessment Service, Lynk sprang to life in 1998. Lynk is very well established with publishers and literary agents as a reputable and professional service for writers. A comprehensive team of published authors and book editors, with individual specialities spanning all genres and a shared commitment to good writing, work as Lynk’s assessors. Our aim is to provide expert constructive feedback so that your manuscript may be developed to its full potential. Numerous authors who have used Lynk have gone on to secure publishing deals. We provide assessments for all genres of fiction, and in all forms — e.g. novels, novellas, short-story collections; all fields of non-fiction; plays and film scripts; poetry; and all forms of writing for children. We also offer a full suite of publishing services, including manuscript development, copy editing, mentoring, consulting, self-publishing and, when a manuscript is of an exceptional standard, agenting. “Lynk is the essential link to writing success.” — Anthony O’Neill, bestselling author of Scheherazade, The Lamplighter and Empire of Eternity.

The Manuscript Appraisal Agency
PO Box 577
Terrigal NSW 2260
Contact: Brian Cook, Phone 02 4384 4466
Email: briancook@manuscriptagency.com.au
Net: http://www.manuscriptagency.com.au/
Many publishers no longer accept unsolicited manuscripts, and those which do are often only able to give cursory attention to hundreds — and in some case thousands — of unsolicited manuscripts they receive each year. Established in 1996, the Manuscript Appraisal Agency (M.A.A.) provides a professional manuscript assessment service for both first-time and experienced authors. Our assessors have had many years of publishing experience in Australia and internationally, in mainstream and specialty markets, and in writing for both adults and children.

Victorian Writers’ Centre
Manuscript Assessment Service
1st Fl, Nicholas Bldg, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne 3000
Email: info@writers-centre.org
Contact: Mary Napier
Professional appraisals of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, short stories, young adult novels, children’s books, film/tv scripts. The service employs professional writers and editors to read and comment on manuscripts. The assessors comment on character, point of view, plotting, pace, writing style, narrative or poetic voice, dialogue, tone, structure, presentation, appropriate use of research, and marketing possibilities.

 

Various writers’ organisations (non-government)

Australian Society of Authors
98 Pitt Street
Redfern NSW 2016
PO Box 1566
Strawberry Hills NSW 2012
Tel: + 61 2 9318 0877
Fax: + 61 2 9318 0530
Email: asa@asauthors.org
http://www.asauthors.org/

Australian Writers’ Guild
Unit 8, 50 Reservoir Street
Surry Hills NSW 2010
Tel: + 61 2 9281 1554
Fax: + 61 2 9281 4321
Email: admin@awg.com.au
http://www.awg.com.au/

Australian PEN Centres
http://www.pen.org.au/

Australian Publishers Association
60/ 89 Jones Street
Ultimo NSW 2007
Tel: + 61 2 9281 9788
Fax: + 61 2 9281 1073
Email: apa@publishers.asn.au
http://www.publishers.asn.au/

Australian National Playwrights’ Centre
Level 1, NSW Writers Centre
Rozelle Hospital
Balmain Road
Rozelle NSW 2039
PO Box 1566
Rozelle NSW 2039
Tel: + 61 2 9555 9377
Fax: + 61 2 9555 9370
Email: info@anpc.org.au
http://www.anpc.org.au/

Australian Script Centre
77 Salamanca Place
Hobart TAS 7004
Tel: + 61 3 6223 4675
Fax: + 61 3 6223 4678
Email: info@ozscript.org
http://www.ozscript.org/

Australian Copyright Council
Suite 3, 245 Chalmers Street
Redfern NSW 2016
PO Box 1986
Strawberry Hills NSW 2012
Tel: + 61 2 9318 1788 (copyright information)
Tel: + 61 2 9699 3247 (admin & sales)
Fax: + 61 2 9698 3536
Email: info@copyright.org.au
http://www.copyright.org.au/

Copyright Agency Limited
Level 19, 157 Liverpool Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: + 61 2 9394 7600
Fax: + 61 2 9394 7601
Email: info@copyright.com.au
http://www.copyright.com.au/

Public Lending Right Scheme & Educational Lending Right Scheme
38 Sydney Avenue
Forrest ACT 2603
GPO Box 3241
Canberra ACT 2601
Toll free: 1800 672 842
Tel: + 61 2 6271 1650
Fax: + 61 2 6271 1651
Email: plr.mail@dcita.gov.au
Email: elr.mail@dcita.gov.au
http://www.dcita.gov.au/ lendingrights/

The Children’s Book Council of Australia
National Office
416 Magill Road
Kensington Gardens SA 5067
PO Box 3203
Norwood SA 5067
Tel: + 61 8 8332 2845
Fax: + 61 8 8333 0394
Email: office@cbc.org.au
http://www.cbc.org.au/
 

State writers’ centres

ACT Writers Centre
Gorman House Arts Centre
Doonkuna Wing
Ainslie Avenue
Braddon ACT 2612
Tel: + 61 2 6262 9191
Fax: + 61 2 6262 9191
Email: admin@actwriters.org.au
http://www.actwriters.org.au/

NSW Writers’ Centre
Room 1, Garry Owen House
Rozelle Hospital Grounds
Rozelle NSW 2039
PO Box 1056
Rozelle NSW 2039
Tel: + 61 2 9555 9757
Fax: + 61 2 9818 1327
Email: nswwc@nswwriterscentre.org.au
nswwc@ozemail.com.au
http://www.nswwriterscentre.org.au

Queensland Writers’ Centre
Level 2, Metro Arts Building
109 Edward Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Tel: + 61 7 3839 1243
Fax: + 61 7 3839 1245
Email: qldwriters@qwc.asn.au
http://www.qwc.asn.au/new/home/default.asp

SA Writers’ Centre Inc
2nd Floor, 187 Rundle Street
Adelaide SA 5000
PO Box 43
Rundle Mall
Adelaide SA 5000
Tel: + 61 8 8223 7662
Fax: + 61 8 8232 3994
Email: sawriters@sawriters.on.net
http://www.sawriters.on.net

Tasmanian Writers’ Centre
77 Salamanca Place
Hobart TAS 7000
Tel: + 61 3 6224 0029
Fax: + 61 3 6224 0029
Email: admin@tasmanianwriters.org
http://www.tasmanianwriters.org

Victorian Writers’ Centre
Nicholas Building
1st Floor, 37 Swanston Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Tel: + 61 3 9654 9068
Fax: + 61 3 9654 4751
Email: info@writers-centre.org
http://www.writers-centre.org

WA State Literature Centre Inc.
Fremantle Arts Centre
1 Finnerty Street
Fremantle WA 6160
PO Box 891
Fremantle WA 6160
Tel: + 61 8 9432 9559
Fax: + 61 8 9430 6613
Email: slcprograms@fremantle.wa.gov.au
http://www.writerswritingwa.org

Northern Territory Writers’ Centre Inc — Darwin
Frog Hollow Centre for the Arts
56 McMinn Street
Darwin NT 0801
GPO Box 2255
Darwin NT 0801
Tel: + 61 8 8941 2651
Fax: + 61 8 8941 2115
Email: info@ntwriters.com.au
http://www.ntwriters.com.au

Northern Territory Writers’ Centre — Central Australia
Red Hot Arts Centre
67 Bath St [cnr Stott Tce]
GPO Box 4080
Alice Springs NT 0871
Tel/Fax: +61 8 8952 3810
Email: alice@ntwriters.com.au
http://www.ntwriters.com.au/

 

Federal and state government organisations

Literature Board of the Australia Council
 http://www.ozco.gov.au/boards/literature/

The Culture and Recreation Portal
(...a vast, free, Australian government funded Internet directory
of Australian cultural organisations and resources)
Australian Government Department of Communications,
Information Technology and the Arts
GPO Box 2154
Canberra City ACT 2601
Australia
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/

Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
38 Sydney Avenue
Forrest ACT 2603
GPO Box 2154
Canberra ACT 2601
Tel: + 61 2 6271 1000
Fax: + 61 2 6271 1901
Email: dcita.mail@dcita.gov.au
http://www.dcita.gov.au/

Arts ACT
Level 4, Macarthur House
12 Wattle Street
Lyneham ACT 2602
PO Box 158
Canberra City ACT 2601
Tel: + 61 2 6207 2384
Fax: + 61 2 6207 2386
Email: artsACT@act.gov.au
http://www.arts.act.gov.au/


Arts Queensland
Level 16, 111 George Street
Brisbane QLD 4001
GPO Box 1436
Brisbane QLD 4001
Toll free: 1800 175 531
Tel: + 61 7 3224 4896
Fax: + 61 7 3224 4077
Email: reception@arts.qld.gov.au
http://www.arts.qld.gov.au/


Arts NT
1st Floor, 9-11 Cavenagh Street
Darwin NT 0800
GPO Box 1774
Darwin NT 0801
Tel: + 61 8 8999 8981
Fax: + 61 8 8999 8949
Email: arts.office@nt.gov.au
http://www.dcdsca.nt.gov.au/

Arts SA
West’s Coffee Palace
110 Hindley Street
Adelaide SA 5000
GPO Box 2308
Adelaide SA 5420
Tel: + 61 8 8463 5444
Fax: + 61 8 8463 5419
Email: artssa@saugov.sa.gov.au
http://www.arts.sa.gov.au/

Arts Tasmania
Level 8, 22 Elizabeth Street
Hobart TAS 7000
GPO Box 771
Hobart TAS 7001
Tel: + 61 3 6233 7308
Fax: + 61 3 6233 5555
Email: arts.tasmania@arts.tas.gov.au
http://www.arts.tas.gov.au/

Arts Victoria
Level 6, 2 Kavanagh Street
Southbank VIC 3006
Private Bag No. 1
South Melbourne VIC 3205
Toll free: 1800 134 894
Tel: + 61 3 9954 5000
Fax: + 61 3 9686 6186
Email: artsvic@dpc.vic.gov.au
http://www.arts.vic.gov.au/index.htm

Arts WA
Level 7, 573 Hay Street
Perth WA 6000
PO Box 8349
Perth Business Centre WA 6849
Tel: + 61 8 9224 7300
Fax: + 61 8 9224 7301
Email: info@dca.wa.gov.au
http://www.dca.wa.gov.au/ArtsWA.asp

NSW Ministry for the Arts
Level 9, St James Centre
111 Elizabeth Street
Sydney NSW 2000
PO Box A226
Sydney South NSW 1235
Toll free (NSW only): 1800 358 594
Tel: + 61 2 9228 5533
Fax: + 61 2 9228 4722
NRS: 133 677
Email: ministry@arts.nsw.gov.au
http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/

Queensland Arts Council
8 Lochaber Street
Dutton Park
Brisbane QLD 4102
GPO Box 376
Brisbane QLD 4001
Toll free: 1800 177 789
Tel: + 61 7 3846 7500
Fax: + 61 7 3846 7744
Email: info@qac.org.au
http://www.qac.org.au/htm/default.asp

Regional Arts Australia
2 McLaren Parade
PORT ADELAIDE SA 5015
Bus tel (08) 8444 0424
Bus fax (08) 8447 8496
Email: Ruth.smiles@countryarts.org.au
http://www.regionalarts.com.au/raa1/default.asp

Regional Arts NSW
Pier 5, Hickson Road
Millers Point NSW 2000
Tel: + 61 2 9247 8577
Fax: + 61 2 9247 7829
Email: admin@regionalartsnsw.com.au
http://www.regionalartsnsw.com.au/

Regional Arts Victoria
1st Floor, 147 Liardet Street
Port Melbourne VIC 3207
PO Box 600
Port Melbourne VIC 3207
Tel: + 61 3 9644 1800
Fax: + 61 3 9646 3832
Email: enquiry@rav.net.au
http://www.rav.net.au/

Tasmanian Regional Arts
Corner of George and James Street
Latrobe TAS 7307
PO Box 172
Latrobe TAS 7307
Tel: + 61 3 6426 2344
Fax: + 61 3 6426 2889
Email: info@tasregionalarts.org.au
http://www.tasregionalarts.org.au/
 

 
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