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2016 Express Media Fundraising Gala 

Wednesday, 16 November 2016
Express Media will host its 2016 Fundraising Gala from 6pm on Saturday 26 November at the Moat Bar and Restaurant in Melbourne. The Gala will feature speeches and readings by...

Promote your Christmas marketing campaigns here 

Wednesday, 16 November 2016
Publishers, would you like to let the book trade know about your Christmas marketing campaigns, media mentions and reprints? Place a classified ad in the Weekly Book Newsletter for $1.43...

Crichton Award 2017: entries closing soon 

Wednesday, 16 November 2016
Applications for the 2017 Crichton Award for New Illustrators will close on Wednesday 30 November 2016. Administered by the Victorian branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA), the Crichton Award...

Australian Book Design Awards 2017: entries open 

Wednesday, 16 November 2016
Entries for the 65th Australian Book Design Awards are now open. The competition is open to books designed and published for the first time in Australia between 1 January 2016...

Herron Books Post Christmas Sale 

Wednesday, 9 November 2016
Herron are the specialists for all mall sale, temp sites and promotional areas for high stockturning quality titles. We have countless great remainders and promotional titles this year! Since we are...

James Bennett Management Changes 

Wednesday, 9 November 2016
Managing Director Chris von Hinckeldey has announced he will retire at the end of December 2016. He will be succeeded by Kim Jardine. Sarah Phillpot has been promoted to the...

Anne de Lautour to leave PANZ 

Wednesday, 9 November 2016
Anne de Lautour, director of the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ), will step down from her position in March 2017. PANZ is currently looking for a replacement.

TitlePage Returns to Local Platform 

Wednesday, 9 November 2016
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) today announced that TitlePage would be brought back under the direct management of the Association. TitlePage is the book industry’s price and availability look-up service...

Staff changes at James Bennett 

Thursday, 3 November 2016
James Bennett managing director Chris von Hinckeldey has announced he will retire at the end of December 2016. He will be succeeded by Kim Jardine. James Bennett has promoted Sarah...

Hardie Grant Publishing Recalls ‘Sharks Never Sleep’ 

Thursday, 3 November 2016
Due to an unintentional misrepresentation in the book, Hardie Grant Publishing is recalling copies of Sharks Never Sleep (ISBN 9781743792445, due in-store on 09/11/2016). Please withdraw this edition from sale...