Entries open for Visiting International Publishers Program 2025 (Australia)

The program supports a delegation of international publishers, scouts and literary agents to travel to Australia to participate in an intensive week-long schedule of business meetings, networking events, industry forums, bookstore visits, writers’ festival events, and panel discussions with Australian publishers and agents.

Program participants are immersed in Australia’s unique literary culture, share insights into global publishing trends, and strengthen their relationships with Australian publishers and literary agents.

Funding Information

• Creative Australia will provide six nights of accommodation, meals at official program events, and the following support for travel:
  • AUD $3,000 to support attendees from Europe and North America.
  • AUD $2,000 to support attendees from the Asia Pacific.

Eligibility Criteria

• They are looking for international publishers, editors, rights managers, literary agents and scouts, who are actively acquiring titles and authors; interested in Australian writing; and prepared to offer insights into their own markets. Applications from all territories are welcome.
• Applications from candidates with a focus on First Nations writing are strongly encouraged.

Selection Process

• They are looking for a mix of representatives across the following:
  • Publishers, rights managers, commissioning editors, literary agents and scouts
  • Markets and territories
  • Genres, including adult fiction and non-fiction, and children’s and young adult fiction and non-fiction
  • Emerging and established publishing houses
  • Smaller and larger publishing houses.

Application Requirements

• You are required to address the following in your application:
  • Provide your name and job title
  • Provide the name of your publishing house or literary agency
  • Provide a link to your organisation’s website which lists your titles
  • List your top three genre specialities or principal areas of interest
  • Provide a brief biography and work history, including key writers published represented (max 300 words).
  • Outline any of your current links with the Australian market (including international rights bought sold and Australian writers published represented) and explain what you hope to gain from your participation in the program
  • Confirm you are available to travel to Sydney from 19-23 May 2025
  • Confirm that your attendance on those dates has been granted by your employer
  • Confirm that you are a confident English speaker and provide two examples of public speaking experience at industry facing events
  • Detail whether you have participated in VIPs previously, and in which years.

For more information, visit Creative Australia.