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Finlay Lloyd is an independent non-profit publisher dedicated to championing good writing, subtly innovative design, and paper books.

Braidwood, New South Wales
Joined April 2015
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20/40 Publishing Prize Winner for 2026 Become Mrs Smith by Robyn Ferrell Get the book now from our online store #winningbook #prizewinner #fiction
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20/40 Publishing Prize Winner for 2026 Killing Tully Herbert by Philip Canon Get the book now from our online store #winningbook #prizewinner #fiction
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Launch of the 20/40 Winning Books for 2026! Thank you to the authors for sharing their reflections, to Dr Meg Mundell for guiding the conversation, and to Readings at the State Library of Victoria for hosting, and everyone who attended! #booklaunch #literaryprize #winningbooks
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Congratulations to the winning authors of the 20/40 Prize for 2026, Philip Canon and Robyn Ferrell. We're delighted to be publishing these wonderful two short novels. Find out more at our website. finlaylloyd.com/20-40-winner… #prizewinners #literaryprize
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We’re delighted to congratulate the writers of these four engaging entries that make up the 20/40 Publishing Prize Shortlist for 2026. Which of these works will be this year’s Winners? You’ll find out on Oct 24! You can read more about each of them here: finlaylloyd.com/20-40-shortl…
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We're very excited about these great responses to our non-fiction 20/40 Prize winner for this year, Kim Kelly's Touched. Thank you to the reviewers!
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Wonderful comments about Angus Gaunt's Anna, our fiction 20/40 Prize winner for this year — thank you to the reviewers!
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Submissions are now open for the 20/40 Publishing Prize of 2026. Fiction, non-fiction, or hybrid works between 20,000 and 40,000 are welcome — we're looking forward to seeing the next set of entries and to bringing two new books into the world again next year!
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Congratulations to the winning authors of the 20/40 Prize for 2025, Angus Gaunt and Kim Kelly. We are delighted to bring these two new books to our readers. You can get them now from our online store! #prizewinners #literaryprize #australianwriters
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We’re delighted to congratulate the writers of these four engaging entries that make up the 20/40 Publishing Prize Shortlist for 2025. Which of these works will be this year’s Winners? You’ll find out on Oct 11! #shortlist #literaryprize
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‘a highly engaging, short-form memoir…’ Compulsive Reader reviews Sonya Voumard’s ‘Tremor’. compulsivereader.com/2024/12… Get this ‘thought-provoking’ memoir now from our online store!
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Submissions for the 20/40 Prize of 2025 are now open, closing January 31st. Winning entries go through an engaged editing process and are brought into the world as beautifully designed books. Learn more here: finlaylloyd.com/20-40/
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‘This may be the best book I’ve read this year’ - Jack Marx on The Thirty-One Legs of Vladimir Putin. Get this ‘terrific story’ right here: finlaylloyd.com/product/the-…
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Thank you to @sally_pryor for launching our 20/40 Winning Books on Saturday at Harry Hartog in Canberra and to everyone who came to celebrate! Our second launch in Sydney is coming up this Thursday - see you there!
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Tremor Sonya Voumard 20/40 Publishing Prize Nonfiction Winner for 2024 Get the book here! finlaylloyd.com/product/trem…
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The Thirty-One Legs of Vladimir Putin PS Cottier & NG Hartland 20/40 Publishing Prize Fiction Winner for 2024 Get the book here! finlaylloyd.com/produ…
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Congratulations to the winning authors of the 20/40 Prize for 2024. @HartlandNick @SonyaVoumard We are delighted to bring these two very different but intriguingly complementary winning books to our readers. Now available from our online store.
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We’re delighted to announce the 20/40 Publishing Prize Shortlist for 2024. Congratulations to the writers of these diverse works. Which of these works will be this year’s Winners? You’ll find out on Oct 26. @SonyaVoumard @HartlandNick @suesaliba
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Announcing the 20/40 Publishing Prize Shortlist for 2023. Congratulations to the authors! The two Winning Books will be announced October 28. #literaryprize #shortlisted #novella
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5 days until submissions close for the 20/40 Publishing Prize - submit your entries by Feb 10! finlaylloyd.com/20-40/
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