SUBMITTING A MANUSCRIPT

WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING MANUSCRIPTS.

We do not deal with literary agents so if you are a literary agent, don't bother.

We do, on the other hand, deal with authors.

If you have written a book you feel is almost perfectly excellent, please send it to us on the proviso that it does not in any way reek of the following:

1. Commercial fiction
2. Romantic fiction
3. Mystery/thriller
4. Gratuitously violent anything
5. History (unless you are Simon Schama)
6. Pure mathematics
7. Anything to do with IT or things with wings/wheels
8. Animal activists: this is not your publishing house
9. Novelty/picture books of any description
10. Biography

We are hugely intrigued by:

1. Literary fiction
2. Literary nonfiction
3. Experimental fiction
4. Experimental nonfiction
5. Articulate esoterica
6. Elegant philosophy
7. Streamlined academic treatments
8. Intelligent memoir

Having said that, we must stress certain points:

POST ALL SUBMISSIONS Do not email submissions as we will automatically delete them and there goes your opportunity to knock Kafka from his perch.

LENGTH OF SUBMISSIONS Do not post any more than 20 - count 'em: 20 - pages or we will automatically shred them.

ACCOMPANYING LETTER Enclose a letter stating the title, proposed/actual length of the work, your (one line) reason for writing the book, your name, date of birth, address, telephone number, and legitimate email address (no generic yahoo/hotmail/lycos addresses).

OUR REPLY We will not acknowledge receipt unless we choose to publish your book. This is not because we are savages raised by wolves in the Carpathians, but simply because we do not have sufficient staff.

Address all submissions to us:

c/o Brad Buffoni
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Level 27
St Martin's Tower
31 Market Street
Sydney 2000
New South Wales
Australia