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Join literary agent Alex Adsett for a series of 5 weekly 90 min zoom workshops, giving you a rare behind-the-scenes look at the publishing industry, from Monday 17th August 6.30 – 8pm (though we often run long) Week1 Intro to Literary Agents (what they do & more)...

We have noticed a sharp increase in scam emails being sent to authors by people who are impersonating our agents. Please note that we will never approach an author using a gmail address, and please look out for fake emails using similar but not quite right...

It has been a huge first half to 2026, with some incredible titles by our authors being published. Meanwhile Team Alex Adsett Literary has been out and about - pitching to film producers at Screen Forever, pitching to international publishers at Creative Australia's...

Get excited, because it’s the #AlexAdsettLiterary end of year wrap up post!!!! Another huge year of incredible books – thirty-eight (38!) books published across the agency! Whether you’re book buying for gifts or for yourself, please support Aus authors and...

October 2025 saw principal agent Alex Adsett and rights manager Kabita Dhara attend their first Frankfurt Book Fair for Alex Adsett Literary. After months of preparation, the fair itself was as huge, intense, manic and fun as everyone had promised (and threatened)...

It's going to be a big last quarter of 2025! Alex is first heading to her first Frankfurt Book Fair for five days of non-stop meetings with publishers, scouts and agents from around the world. The preparation for the world's largest book fair, the actual meetings, and...

It's been a big start to August, with Alex heading to Melbourne to deliver her sold out, full day workshop for Writers Vic, catch up with the Victorian authors and publishers, then the annual day of pitching to film producers as part of the wonderful 37South at...

Bookings are now open for the Toolkit Towards Publication publishing masterclass for 2025! I will be running the course again starting on Wednesday 18th June 2025, and running for six weeks, with each session running from 7pm – 8.30pm AEST. Across the six weeks, we...

What a truly wonderful weekend at the Clunes Booktown Festival. It was great to connect with so many colleagues, authors, friends & aspiring authors across the panels and bookstalls! Alex ran a Pitching Dos and Don'ts workshop on the Sat, chaired a great...

And we’re a wrap on another huge year at #AlexAdsettLiterary. THIRTY FOUR (34!!!) incredible books published, from picture books to middle grade, graphic novels, crime, romance, spec fic, commercial fiction, cookbooks, non-fic and literary! I am so proud of all our...