I'm here to champion authors.
After 30 years in book publishing at Penguin Australia, the world’s largest publisher, and having worked with some of the most esteemed international and local authors, I have set up my own boutique PR and Literary Agency. The agency focuses on championing authors and draws on my extensive networks of contacts both within and outside the literary world.
I have led teams of publicists and marketers for many years overseeing promotional campaigns for some of the top authors and thinkers in the world. I also have experience in corporate communications.
Some authors I have worked with:
Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, James Patterson, Jane Fonda, Judy Nunn, Sir Edmund Hilary, Julia Gillard, Nigella Lawson, Frederick Forsyth, Shane Warne, Olivia Newton-John, Ben Elton, Kathy Lette, Geoffrey Robertson, Frank Moorhouse, Yotam Ottolenghi, Jamie Oliver, Rick Stein, David Malouf, Lee Child, Geraldine Brooks, Paul Barry, Armistead Maupin, Ruth Rendell, Richard Dawkins, Ray Martin, Leigh Sales, Michael Palin, Bill Bryson, Terry Pratchett and Booker Prize-winning authors: Richard Flanagan, Ian McEwan, Julian Barnes, Peter Carey, Tom Keneally, Anne Enright, Salman Rushdie and Roddy Doyle.
How it works
For a standard book promotion I charge $5,000 which includes reading your book, writing a press release, sending it to the media, setting up book events (where necessary), providing a schedule of media appearances and content ideas. What isn’t included is marketing plans (including digital media), media training or accompanying you to events and/or media appearances. Please email me in the first instance with a synopsis of your book (see my submissions page here to see what I need from you) and we can go from there.
Mentorship Program
I will also be providing free mentorships for people who are keen to become a book publicist or who are already working in a publicity team. I will provide monthly meetings of an hour duration. These mentorships are limited to only one or two a year so please get in contact if you are interested.