Interactive Press is IP’s flagship literary imprint, specialising in high quality Australian literary titles.  It was launched in Brisbane on 27 September 1997 with the publication of our first title, Hemingway in Spain.

IP also publishes through three other imprints: Glass House Books, IP Digital and IP Kidz. Interactive Press titles may also be published by IP Digital, with the author's permission. Interactive Press is one of the leading poetry imprints in Australia, publishing four to six titles each year. The imprint also publishes an impressive list of novels and short fiction. Adult non-fiction titles and trade fiction are published under Glass House Books, while IP Kidz releases our children's titles.

On average, IP publishes 24 titles per year across its four imprints.

Literary merit is crucial in deciding who we publish as an Interactive Press author, but we must also feel that your work will have a commercial audience. Make a case in your initial submission to us, telling us why you think there's a market for your manuscript. Do your homework and show us that you understand the market and your manuscript's place in it.

Established authors are published in our Literature Series; less experienced authors may be published in our award-winning Emerging Authors Series. Each year, we nominate up to seven titles from our forward list to the Australia Council for support under their Presentations and Promotions Program. IP is one of the few independent publishers that enjoys consistent support from the Australia Council under this program.

Because IP is dedicated to excellence, manuscripts are reviewed and edited often to exacting standards that equal or exceed those provided by "mainstream" publishers. IP titles have won or been commended in national competitions such as the Queensland Premier’s Award, the Newcastle Poetry Award, the Anne Elder Award, the Somerset National Poetry Prize, Adelaide Festival Literary Awards, the Mary Gilmore Award and the Steele Rudd Award.

Most Interactive Press titles come to us as winners or highly commended entrants in our annual IP Picks competition for unpublished manuscripts. However, you can also pitch your manuscript to us throughout the year through our normal submission procedure.

We do not consider complete manuscripts in the first instance. Please check out our guidelines for complete details on what we expect in a submission.