KidLitVic Meet the Publishers is back 31 May 2025

We can’t wait to celebrate our 10th birthday with you at our beloved Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday 31 May 2025. This year’s face-to-face conference will be bigger and better than ever! Attendee tickets go on sale Monday 24 March 2025 at 8pm (AEDT).

Meet publishing professionals from Affirm/Simon & Schuster, Alex Adsett, Allen & Unwin, Annabel Barker, Donna Rawlins, Hachette, Hardie Grant, Jacinta di Mase, Larrikin, Little Book Press, MidnightSun Publishing, Pan Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Riveted Press, Scholastic Australia, Scribble, Text Publishing, University of Queensland Press, Wild Dog Books, Windy Hollow Books and Wombat.

To get involved in KidLitVic 2025, there are two key booking options:

1. General conference ticket

For the price of $360(full)/$320(concession), attendees will have access to:

• 6 Panels – including a bonus on-line panel session on how to pitch prior to the conference

• Our fabulous cocktail party – Mingle with your colleagues and publishing professionals

• Fully catered day of fun

• Pop-up book shop featuring books and illustrators discovered through KidLitVic

2. Illustrator Showcase ticket

For the cost of $410(full)/$370(concession), illustrators can obtain a conference ticket and have access to the illustrator showcase. Publishers adore this! This year there is a bonus online portfolio sample to be sent to all the publishers plus our lovely publishers who couldn’t attend but want to see your work

Extras

Conference ticket holders* will be able to boost their experience by purchasing an EXTRAS ticket on Monday 7 April at 8pm (AEST). EXTRAS include:

• Masterclasses – be inspired and learn ($80)

• Assessments – one-to-one feedback on your manuscript or illustrations ($80)

• Pitch Plus – pitch your work to not one, but two publishing professionals at once ($80)

• Up Close and Personal – in an intimate group of six have exclusive access to a publishing professional and all your questions answered about the publishing industry and their experiences ($60)

Please note: A small number of publishers who can’t attend will partake in on-line EXTRAS during the weeks preceding the conference. A full conference ticket is necessary for all EXTRAS ticket.

Book Shop

Finally, are you an illustrator or writer who secured a contract through KidLitVic?

Be part of the Pop-Up bookshop. Please email Title, Author/Illustrator names, Publisher, ISBN with “Pop-up bookshop” in the subject to kidlitvic@gmail.com. The wonderful Jaye from Mary Martins Bookshop will order your title from your publisher. Conference attendance isn’t mandatory, but we hope you are there so we can applaud you!

Tickets

So, mark 8PM (AEDT), Monday 24th March in your diaries as tickets always sell out quickly and we don’t want you to miss out! Tickets will be on sale through TryBooking.

We, Alison, Coral, Nicky and Julie, can’t wait for you to join us to celebrate 10 incredible years.

*You may notice there has been a price increase from previous years. Unfortunately this was beyond our control and a result of increased venue hire and associated costs. However we have worked hard to keep the extras costs at an accessible rate and at last year’s prices.