Rowena Beresford is the Managing Editor of Riveted Press, where she works closely with new and emerging authors as a writing coach and editor.
She has more than twenty years’ experience in fiction, magazine and educational publishing, and has ghost written and co-authored a number of successful autobiographical, narrative non-fiction and self-help books. Rowena is also a qualified graphic designer experienced in marketing, typesetting, book and cover design.
Rowena regularly attends writer’s groups and/or conferences, providing one-on-one feedback to authors on their manuscripts and publishing aspirations, as well as speaking on conference panels and presenting workshops.
Rowena acquired, edited and published CBCA award-winning title Aster’s Good, Right Things by Kate Gordon, and has had titles longlisted and/or shortlisted in a variety of awards including The Tasmanian Literary Awards, The Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards, and the DANZ Awards (Diversity in Australia and New Zealand). Indigo in the Storm won The Australian Family Therapists Award for Children’s Literature (2024) and My Brother, Finch was recently longlisted in the Young Adult Indie Book Awards 2025.
Riveted Press is proud to be the publisher of unforgettable books by Australian authors and illustrators—many of which have featured in award lists—and our latest news is that we're expanding into young adult and adult fiction!
Our tagline is 'Where unforgettable stories are forged' and that epitomises what we are looking for. We publish almost any genre, but what is most important is that your manuscript has the potential to become unforgettable, and we can work together to bring that potential to life.
Riveted Press only accepts submissions via editorial meetings at CYA and a few other select events, so this is a great opportunity to show us your work.
We don't publish memoir, horror, erotica or toilet humour.
Rowena Beresford - Editor Assessments
Assessment Categories
- Adult Literary Fiction
- Chapter Books
- Commercial Adult Fiction
- Crime
- Early Readers
- Fantasy
- Historical
- Illustrations
- Junior Fiction
- Literary Fiction
- Middle Grade
- Mystery
- Narrative Non-Fiction
- Picture Book
- Speculative Fiction
- Thrillers
- Women's Fiction
- YA Writing
Last day to book
22 June
Payment plans
If you’d like to set up a payment plan, just send us a quick email at info@cyaconference.com to receive your code before booking. A 15% non-refundable deposit is required upfront for payment plans, with full payment due before your session.
Please note that each attendee can have only one payment plan.
Feedback
Rowena will be providing verbal feedback with her assessments.
Important
Assessment sessions:
- are only available to conference, bootcamp and Writers at Sea Retreat 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.