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Public Appearances
Based on consultation with festivals, libraries and authors, as well as recent survey results, the recommended rates of pay for non-school public appearances such as festivals, libraries, clubs, community groups are:
These cover all types of appearances including virtual/online presentations.
In conversation appearances (1hr or less)
$325 as interviewee/subject $488 as curator/interviewer
Recommended fee for a 1:1 appearance includes live streaming of the appearance and recordings made public for an agreed period of time.
Panel appearances for 1hr or less
$249 for panellists$488 (chairperson)
Recommended fee includes live streaming of the appearance and recordings made public for an agreed period of time.
Workshops/One-off presentations
$389 1 hour$650 Half day$975 Full day
Workshops take considerable preparation time and include authors’ intellectual property. If a recording of the workshop is continually made available online, the ability of an author to book future income producing workshops may be undermined. Therefore, we recommend authors negotiate an additional fee for recordings based on the length of time the recording is made available. For example:- an additional 10% on top of the appearance rate for each week the recording is available.
Podcasts or permanently available audio/visual recordings
Increasingly, live appearances are subsequently made available as podcasts. In this instance, we recommend the presenter be paid an additional 20% on top of the appearance fee for the podcast or recording to be publicly available indefinitely.
Keynote (1 hour)
$1625 +
The flat rate will depend on the presenter’s speaking experience. An additional rate is recommended for recordings made public and podcasts. See Podcasts.
The ASA recommends rates of pay for public appearances, strongly believing authors must be fairly compensated. Organisers of festivals and events wanting to employ authors should have viable business plans that allow for proper fees. This includes fees for keynote speakers, featured authors or authors and moderators on panels, who spend many hours in preparation time. When smaller and/or volunteer run organisations struggle to afford the rates, authors can assess the fairness of rates offered, taking into account the size of the event, other inclusions offered and the personal benefits of appearing.
Public Appearance rates were reviewed and updated in July 2021. We are commencing our review, which should be complete by October 2024.
As we will every year, a WPI increase has been applied (July 2024.) We appreciate it may take organisations a budget cycle to update their own rates.
