Welcome to Curtis Brown

We are Australia’s oldest and largest literary agency representing a diverse range of Australian and New Zealand writers.

Curtis Brown is keen to source works by young and promising writers whilst also looking after many established clients and significant estates.

On our website you will find information about our agency, how to submit material to us, and the clients and Estates we represent.

Our Sydney office is open 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED:  Our submissions department is closed from Friday 16 December 2011, reopening Monday 6 February 2012.   In the meantime, please read our submission guidelines carefully.

2011 APA Digital Rights Seminar

Curtis Brown Australia managing director, Fiona Inglis, addressed the 2011 APA Digital Rights Seminar with her speech on 'The Agent's Reality'. To read the full version of Fiona's November 29 speech, please follow this link.

Kasey takes home (yet another) ARIA

Congratulations to Kasey Chambers whose album, Little Bird, won the Best Country Music Album at the 2011 ARIAs. This is Kasey's eighth Solo ARIA Award. Well done Kasey!

Russell Skelton – 2011 Walkley Award winner

Russell Skelton’s book, King Brown Country (Allen & Unwin), has been announced  winner of the 2011 Walkley Non-Fiction Award at the Walkley Awards Gala Ceremony in Brisbane. Congratulations Russell!

It’s so bad it’s AWESOME!

The Very Bad Book by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton has continued its winning streak following the recent Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Awards for the Northern Territory and Canberra's Own Outstanding List (COOL) Awards. The Very Bad Book won its category at both presentations! How many accolades can one book receive? Great work guys!

Best of luck to Amy Espeseth!

From 175 manuscripts, Amy Espeseth’s Trouble Telling the Weather has been shortlisted for the 2012 CAL Scribe Fiction Prize.  The CAL Scribe Fiction Prize celebrates the talents of Australian writers over thirty-five years of age, and offers a $15,000 award plus a book contract.  Good luck Amy!

A round of applause for Gabrielle Lord, Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton!

Fresh from their success in this year’s KOALAs, Gabrielle’s ‘Conspiracy 365’ series and Andy and Terry’s The Very Bad Book have placed first in their respective categories in the 2011 Young Australian's Best Book Awards (YABBAs). What a fantastic achievement!

2011 KOALA Winners Announced

Our congratulations go to Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton for winning the KOALAs 'Fiction for Younger Readers' category with their side-splitting title, The Very Bad Book. Meanwhile, Gabrielle Lord received honours in the 'Fiction for Older Readers' category for her 'Conspiracy 365' series.  Well done Andy, Terry and Gabrielle!

Colin Roderick Award winner!

Our heartiest congratulations go to Karen Kissane, whose book Worst of Days: Inside the Black Saturday Firestorm has won the Colin Roderick Award. The Colin Roderick Award was founded in 1967 by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University and is presented for an ‘original work dealing with some aspect of Australian life’ which ‘is of the highest literary merit in its own genre’.

WA Premier’s Book Award Winners

Happy as Larry, a novel by Scot Gardner, is joint winner of the WA Premier’s Book Awards for Young Adults.  Scot shares this price with James Roy for his novel, Anonymity Jones.  Congratulations also to Sally Murphy whose verse novel Toppling (illustrated by Rhian Nest James) won the Children’s Book Category.  We’re thrilled for Scot and Sally!

Congratulations Anita Heiss!

Dr. Anita Heiss took out the outstanding achievement in literature award for her novel Paris Dreaming at the 2011 Deadly Awards last night.  This is the second year in a row Anita has won in this category. Last year, she took out the prize with her romantic novel, Manhattan Dreaming.  The Deadly Awards showcases Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement and contribution across a wide range of categories every year. We would like to congratulate Anita and all the 2011 Deadly Award winners on their wonderful achievement.

Congratulations Belinda Murrell!

The Locket of Dreams by Belinda Murrell has been shortlisted for numerous awards including the 2011 KOALA (Kids Own Australian Literary Awards), 2011 YABBA (Young Australian Best Book of the Year Award), 2011 COOL (Canberra’s Own Outstanding List), 2011 KROC NT Awards, 2010 WAYRBA (West Australian Young Readers Book Award) and 2010 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year award. It has also been listed on the NSW Premiers Reading Challenge list.

The Age Book of the Year

Hurrah! Congratulations Fiona McGregor - her novel Indelible Ink has won The Age Novel of the Year, plus The Age Book of the Year Award! Indelible Ink has also been shortlisted for the Barbara Jefferis Award 2011, shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2010, and shortlisted for the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards 2011.