Jacinta di Mase Management

Jacinta di Mase Management Literary Agency committed to quality books that engage, entertain, and inspire. Representing writers and illustrators across a diverse range of genres

With more than 20 years experience in the book industry, Jacinta di Mase started her own agency in 2004. The agency is committed to the creation of quality books that engage, entertain, and inspire. Agency staff have a good track record for spotting works with commercial potential and working with creators to maximise that potential. We represent writers and illustrators across a diverse range of

genre including picture books, young adult fiction, and fiction and non-fiction titles for the adult trade market. Jacinta di Mase has a background in book selling and publishing, and worked for ten years in two of Australia’s premier literary agencies: Australian Literary Management (ALM), and Jenny Darling & Associates. She graduated with distinction from the RMIT Graduate Diploma of Editing & Publishing (1996). Jacinta is the President of the Australian Literary Agents’ Association (ALAA), an Australia Council for the Arts Visiting International Publishers Program selection committee member, and the ALAA representative for the Book Council of Australia (BCA)

Now, more than ever a writer needs an agent. Publishing is in a constant state of flux with new technologies presenting radical changes to old publishing models. Editors leave publishing houses; Publishing houses are sold, or taken over, or sometimes abandoned. A writer needs a buffer to protect them during times of change. An agent knows the publishing industry and can offer this protection. An agent is in the industry at the ground level; an agent is there for the writer.

HUGE congratulations, Clare!
18/05/2026

HUGE congratulations, Clare!

p>Clare Wright has won The Douglas Stewart and Book of the Year prizes, for her book

Congratulations to Judith and Diana!
15/05/2026

Congratulations to Judith and Diana!

Judith Brett and Diana Thorp have been longlisted for the Magarey Medal for biography.

Do you want to see support for books, creators, and reading prioritised by the Federal Government? Then please join Jaci...
13/05/2026

Do you want to see support for books, creators, and reading prioritised by the Federal Government? Then please join Jacinta and Danielle in making a submission to the policy consultation by 24 May 2026.

p>Want to see support for books, creators, and reading prioritised by the Federal Government? Then please join Jacinta and …

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10/04/2026

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The writer and social commentator on privilege, anxiety and how we have let down public education

And this! So proud!
08/04/2026

And this! So proud!

p>We are beyond thrilled to find so many JdM creators on the The Children’s Book Council of …

Extremely chuffed!
08/04/2026

Extremely chuffed!

p>We are so delighted to find so many JdM creators and three books on the Australian Book Industry Awards …

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11/03/2026

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It's time for episode 238 of the Your Kid's Next Read podcast and, as requested, we are bringing you MORE YA!

Allison Tait and Megan Daley have invited author, agent and academic Danielle Binks to join them for a wide-ranging chat about trends in young adults novels and LOTS of recommendations.

Heads up: some mature themes in this one, so possibly best saved until after the school run...

Find it here: https://www.yourkidsnextread.com.au/podcast-episode/episode-238-lets-talk-ya-with-danielle-binks/ or where you get your pods!

And that’s a launch! 🚀 ‘Old Games’ By Fiona Hardy - launched at Readings (where it’s also their Crime Book of the Month ...
04/03/2026

And that’s a launch! 🚀 ‘Old Games’ By Fiona Hardy - launched at Readings (where it’s also their Crime Book of the Month for March!) launched by Katherine Collette 👏

Here’s the blurb;

~A pacey, off-beat Aussie crime story about two best female friends and investigators unravelling the private lives of Melbourne’s celebrity sportspeople.~

Morally flexible best mates and private investigators Alice and Teddy pride themselves on fixing every kind of mess imaginable, no questions asked. So, when they’re tasked with locating the recently-stolen ashes of long-dead celebrity tennis player Ashley “Perry” Perrineau, it should be a routine job.

But it quickly becomes clear that everyone who knew Perry is keeping secrets: his accountant despises Perry’s widower; the sculptor of his statue is hiding something in her studio; his ex-doubles partner is a compulsive liar; and his mother is obsessed with preserving his legacy and her image at all costs.

Alice and Teddy will need to travel up and down Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula – all while avoiding more than one person on their tail – to uncover the truth and keep the body count from rising. But will they and the people they love survive what they find?

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Congratulations, Fiona!
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Now everyone go out and grab a copy of ‘Unbury the Dead’ and ‘Old Games’!

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01/03/2026

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Megan Herbert

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