Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship

The Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship is named after the distinguished Australian literary editor, and honours her contribution to Australian letters. The Fellowship offers the recipient an attachment to the editorial department of a US publishing house or houses and a literary agency for up to 12 weeks. The Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship is sponsored by the Literature Board of the Australia Council, the Australian Publishers Association, and the Australian publishing industry including publishers and Societies of Editors.

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The Fellowship has among its aims:

• to offer recipients an opportunity to further develop specific editorial skills of benefit to themselves as well as to Australian publishing
• to familiarise Australian editors with US editorial and publishing practices leading to a greater understanding of US markets for Australian books
• to recognise and reward editors for their contribution to Australian writing and publishing.

ALEXANDRA NAHLOUS from Allen & Unwin is the successful recipient of the 2009 Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship. This was announced by the Literature Board of the Australia Council and the Australian Publishers Association at the Sydney Writers’ Festival on 21 May, 2009. More details in this word document.

The Literature Board of the Australia Council and the Australian Publishers Association are pleased to announce that the full report of the 2009 winner, Alexandra Nahlous is now available.  Her report outlines her experiences between January and April in New York, where she worked with major publishers and agents in the area of women's fiction..

Please click here to access the report in full.

Reports detailing the US experiences of the five most recent recipients – Collette Vella,  Louise Thurtell, Erica Irving, Jo Jarrah and Rowena Lennox– are available online - just click on the name to download the report. Electronic copies of earlier reports are also available. To obtain a copy of a report, or for more information, please contact Dee Read on (02) 9281 9788 or email dee.read@publishers.asn.au

The Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship is sponsored by Literature Board of the Australia Council, the Australian Publishers Association, and the following Australian publishers and industry bodies: Allen & Unwin, Hachette Livre Australia, HarperCollins Publishers Australia, Penguin Group Australia, Random House Australia, and the Society of Editors (Queensland).

L-R: Bernadette Foley, Rowena Lennox, Colette Vella, Sue Hines, Nicola Evans and Kathy Fulcher