Contacts/information for publishing work in Perth
(updated November 2008)
ASSOCIATIONS (editing/writing/publishing)
 Australian Publishers Association – links to member publishers’ websites
www.publishers.asn.au
 Australian Society of Authors www.asauthors.org
 Editors WA http://www.editorswa.com President is Emma Pearmain
 Fellowship of Australian Writers WA (FAWWA) www.fawwa.org.au
 Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre, Greenmount
http://kspf.iinet.net.au/
 Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance www.alliance.org.au
 Peter Cowan Writers Centre, Joondalup
http://petercowancentre.homestead.com/index.html
 Society of Women Writers, Perth http://www.swwofwa.com
 WritingWA (formerly State Literature Centre) ceo@writingwa.org CEO,
Sharon Flindell http://writingwa.org
COURSES (editing/writing)
 Edith Cowan University (writing and editing units/courses)
www.ecu.edu.au
 Fremantle Arts Centre sometimes runs editing/writing courses
www.fac.org.au
 Jean Hollis Weber sometimes comes to Perth to give training in
writing/editing www.cybertext.com.au (search for Hollis)
 Murdoch University www.murdoch.edu.au Contact Anne Surma
 Tuart College (short courses) www.tuartcollege.wa.edu.au
 University Extension (short editing courses run by Editors WA, and other
writing and self-publishing courses) www.extension.uwa.edu.au
 University of Western Australia www.uwa.edu.au
WORK
If you want to get contract work in a government department, you have to
register yourself on the preferred suppliers buyers’ guide. All information is
available on www.gem.wa.gov.au
OTHER SITES
US-based website where you can do courses over the Internet
www.writersmarket.com
Cengage Education (formerly Thomson Education Direct) www.cengage.edu.au
Editing/writing courses available
Open University Australia www.open.edu.au
JOB SEARCH
www.seek.com.au
Government jobs www.jobs.wa.gov.au
www.jobsearch.gov.au
http://employment.byron.com.au
www.careerone.com.au
www.centrelink.gov.au
www.mycareer.com.au
The Write Jobs – job listings www.writerswrite.com
PERTH PUBLISHING COMPANIES
UWA Press www.uwapress.uwa.edu.au
Fremantle Press www.fremantlepress.com.au
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Access Press 9379 3188
Black Swan Press 9266 2253
Yellow Pages for listing of Book Publishers www.yellowpages.com.au
INFORMATION ON PUBLISHING AND WEB PUBLISHING
Australian Computer Society www.acs.org.au
Australian Information Industry Association www.aiia.com.au
Australian Writers' Guild www.awg.com.au
Copyright Agency Limited www.copyright.com.au
Copyright Council www.copyright.org.au
Digital Women www.digital-women.com
Editor and Publisher www.mediainfo.com
Editorial Freelancers Association www.the-efa.org
Freelance jobs and directory of freelance talent www.freelancesearch.com
HTML Writers Guide www.hwg.org
Internet Industry Association www.iia.net.au
Internet Resource for Travel Writers www.writing.org
Magabala Books www.magabala.com (Broome)
National Library of Australia services for publishers
www.nla.gov.au/services/serv_pubs.html
Old Mountain Press – sample contract www.oldmp.com/ompcontr.htm
Publishing Edge www.publishingedge.com
Small Business Development Corporation www.sbdc.com.au
Success Print www.successprint.com.au
The Arts Law Centre of Australia www.artslaw.com.au
WA Internet Association www.waia.asn.au
Web design www.useit.com
Webzine for writers, editors www.contentious.com
Writing for money, internet resource for freelance writing
www.writingformoney.com
Industry magazine
Australian Bookseller & Publisher News and information about the industry,
analysis of issues, events coverage, product features, international book trade
news, profiles of industry figures and companies, bookselling news, book
information, monthly bestsellers lists and more…
http://www.thorpe.com.au/products/products_abp.htm
Self-publishing (publishers/printers)
Lamb Print www.lambprint.net.au
9 Robertson Street, East Perth 9328 1533
Artproof Printing
136 Stirling Highway, North Fremantle
9430 4034
Optima Press www.optimapress.com.au
9 Carbon Court, Osborne Park 9445 8380
Access Press 9379 3188
“Publish Your Own Book” (Guide to Publishing)
Scott Print www.scott.com.au
4 Aberdeen Street, Perth 9228 7788
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Other Useful Information for Self-Publishing
ISBN (International Standard Book Number – to identify books throughout the
world)
Contact D W Thorpe (see above)
CIP Cataloguing-in-publication (to get your book catalogued accordingly)
Cataloguing-in-publication unit
National Library of Australia
Ph: (02) 6262 1458 Fax: (02) 6273 4492
Email: cip@nla.gov.au
Web Site: www.nla.gov.au/services/CIP.html
Legal Deposit (a legal requirement for each book published to be deposited within
the library)
Legal Deposit Unit
National Library of Australia
Ph: (02) 6262 1312 Fax: (02) 6273 4322
Email: legaldep@nla.gov.au
Website: www.nla.gov.au (put legal deposit in search)
Other contacts
Australian Booksellers Association (03) 9349 5766
Books
Publish for Profit – How to Write, Market and Promote Your Own Book by Cyndi
Kaplan. Published by Cyndi Kaplan Productions and priced at $19.95.
Successful Self Publishing – Making and Selling Your Own Book
Published by Hale & Ironmonger and priced at $19.95.
by Sheryl Clark.
The Australian Writer’s Marketplace www.awmonline.com.au Online edition of a
complete guide to being published in Australia. Where and how to sell what you
write.
How to start and Produce a Magazine or Newsletter, Worsley Press
(Available from the SBDC online bookshop, www.sbdc.com.au)
Digital books
www.e-publishingaustralia.com
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