About
Based in Melbourne, Victoria, Sleepers was founded by Zoe Dattner and Louise Swinn in July 2003. Zoe and Louise are aided and abetted by a team of interns and work experiencers, too many and too valuable to mention, as well as a veritable smorgasbord of mentors and friends, not to mention our long-suffering families. We aim to build a broad desire for and recognition of good writing by publishing and promoting new and emerging authors.
The annual Sleepers Almanac has met with wide acclaim. We’re also publishing novels, a collection of short stories, and we have published a book of illustrations, not to mention a book about toast! To be kept in the Sleepers loop, make sure you join our mailing list by telling us how you heard of us and which state you are in here.
Sleepers is proud to be a member of SPUNC: the Small Press Underground Networking Community. SPUNC was formed in 2006 by some of Australia’s most committed independent publishing houses. To find out more about SPUNC, click here.
Contact Sleepers
If you have any questions, would like to be more involved, or go on our mailing list, then please, contact us here and let us know how you heard of us and which state you are in:
PO Box 1204 Collingwood Victoria 3066 Australia
Or email sleepers@sleeperspublishing.com
Bios
Louise Swinn
After graduating from Monash with a BA in Critical Theory, Lou’s publishing career kicked off at CAD User being inducted into the world of magazine layout and subediting. While completing a Diploma of Professional Writing & Editing at RMIT she was president of Visible Ink, and worked as an Editorial Assistant at Meanjin.
After graduating from RMIT, Lou worked at Pan Macmillan and then MEA and was General Manager of a web publishing software company before founding Sleepers with Zoe. Lou has been involved in judging the Age Book of the Year, the Age Short Story Competition and the Victorian Premier’s awards. She was a founding boardmember of the Small Press Underground Networking Community (SPUNC) and currently sits on the steering committee for the Stella Prize. Her fiction has been published places including Meanjin, Best Australian Stories, Overland and New Australian Stories and her reviews appear in the Age, Australian, Australian Book Review and the Sydney Morning Herald. Lou is the Editorial Director of Sleepers.
Zoe Dattner
While studying for RMIT’s Diploma of Professional Writing & Editing with Lou in 1998/99, Zoe became the Treasurer and designer for Visible Ink. Zoe then worked as Marketing Coordinator for Macmillan Education Australia for two-and-a-half years, where she was able to complete a publishing apprenticeship of sorts, before quitting her job to start Sleepers in 2003. She has worked on many freelance design, public relations and marketing projects in the Arts and in Business Management, and consults regularly on publishing and ebook issues.
Zoe sits on the Industry Advisory Board for RMIT’s Department of Creative Media, and is also the General Manager of SPUNC, the Small Press Network, an organisation that advocates for and works to improve the viability of the independent publishing sector in Australia. Zoe is the Creative Director of Sleepers.
Sleepers Internships
People looking for internships or work experience note: we cannot take Under-18s, sorry. We currently receive expressions of interest for internships at a rate of about 30 per month so unfortunately we cannot take everyone. The best thing to do to be considered for an internship is read our books, come to our events, and be on our email list. If that is you, send us an email to let us know you’re keen and we will let you know when a place becomes available.
Sleepers Employment
We are not in a position to employ people, sorry.