Publishing with us

Magabala Books is an Indigenous publishing house. Publishing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers, storytellers and illustrators is our mandate. We are proud to celebrate the dynamism and diversity of First Nations’ voices.

If you are a non-Indigenous author your submission to Magabala Books will not be considered.

Magabala Books will consider collaborative works between Indigenous and non-Indigenous authors.  However, there must be a minimum of 50% contribution by the Indigenous collaborator(s) on the text, from the inception of the project (for example a children's picture book manuscript by a non-Indigenous author with an Indigenous illustrator is ineligible). When assessing collaborative submissions, we examine the process and relationships behind the collaboration carefully.  

Submissions

As a small publishing house Magabala Books can only approve a limited number of manuscript submissions a year. We appreciate your understanding.

Magabala accepts unsolicited manuscripts directly from authors and literary agents. We are only able to publish a very small number of the manuscripts we receive. We will not consider manuscripts that have been submitted to, and currently under consideration by, other publishers.

Due to an overwhelming response, we regret that we are unable to accept new submissions until September 2025. Thank you for your understanding.

The Magabala Publishing Team