Anthea Bariamis is a publisher at Simon & Schuster Australia, where she has worked since 2018. Anthea publishes across a range of genres, with a focus on commercial and upmarket fiction. In 2024 she was shortlisted for the ABIA Commissioning Editor/Publisher of the Year.
Anthea is currently looking for stories with a twist, especially: paranormal romance with laugh-out-loud dialogue, cosy fantasy novels with heart, emotional romance and book club fiction that makes readers cry, jaw-dropping horror and thrillers, gripping romantic suspense, crossover young adult fiction, immersive historical novels, enthralling fantasy with excellent plotting, and timeless love stories set against sweeping landscapes. Anthea is also looking for non-fiction books that inspire and entertain young women.
Anthea is not currently taking submissions for crime fiction, literary fiction and non-fiction, true crime, or biographies.
Anthea Bariamis - Editor Assessments
Assessment Categories
- Adult literary fiction
- Commercial adult fiction
- Fantasy
- Historical
- Horror
- Mystery
- Narrative non-fiction
- Non-fiction
- Romance
- Speculative fiction
- Thrillers
- Women's fiction
- YA Writing
Last day to book
22 June
Feedback
Anthea will be providing verbal feedback with her assessments.
Important
Assessment sessions:
- are only available to conference, bootcamp and Writers at Sea attendees.
- may be booked before booking for the conference, but you must book for the conference by 15 May, or your session will be cancelled and not refunded.
- have a $25.00 administration charge should you decide to cancel before 15 May.
- are non-refundable if cancelled after 15 May unless we are able to resell the session.
Payment plans
If you want to set up a payment plan, use the code CYA25 at checkout. A 15% non-refundable deposit is required upfront for payment plans, with full payment due before your session.
Please note that payment plans aren’t available for early bird tickets, and each attendee can have one payment plan.