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The Australian Literary Agents’ Association was formed in 2003 in order to provide a public presence and a point of contact for Australian literary agencies and their staff.
What do literary agents do?
They seek outlets for the work of writers they represent, and oversee the contract relationships between authors and those who use their work — book and magazine publishers, film, theatre, radio and television producers, and others. They see that their authors get a fair and profitable deal. They are especially concerned with publishers’ advances, the way publishers promote their authors, overseas rights, translation rights, film rights and opportunities, and many other detailed contract matters.
Members of the Association are obliged to adhere to the principles outlined in the code of practice.
This Internet site presents the ALAA to the public. Follow the links at the top of the page to see a list of members, and to read their code of practice. The ‘Finding an agent’ page tells writers how to find a suitable literary agent and how to present their writing to best advantage. The ‘Literary contacts’ page offers a list of links to dozens of literary contacts in Australia including writers’ organisations, writers’ centres and manuscript assessment services.
Officeholders:
President - Jenny Darling
Vice President - Mary Cunnane
Treasurer - Fiona Inglis
Secretary - Donica Bettanin
In July 2008 the President of the Australian Literary Agents’ Association, Jenny Darling, wrote an open letter to the Prime Minister on the subject of parallel importation of books into Australia. This proposal could result in the dumping of cheap overseas books into our unprotected market, and severely damage Australian publishing. It is a vital matter for authors, agents and publishers to consider. Every few years some zealous public servant digs up this issue again, and again, and causes endless worry and concern and loss of time and money for thousands of busy people in publishing, while (of course) the public servants and politicians and senate committees are fully paid for their time and effort in stirring up trouble.
Please read Jenny’s letter [»»] here.
First published 10 November 2005 at this URL: http://austlitagentsassoc.com.au/index.html
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