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CBCA 2017 Children’s Book of the Year Awards 

Wednesday, 5 October 2016
The Children’s Book Council of Australia would like to remind publishers to send their entries for the 2017 CBCA Children’s Book of the Year Awards. Entries are now open for books...

Simon & Schuster Congratulates Dr Michael Mosley 

Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Congratulations to Dr Michael Mosley. Over 100,000 copies of his book, The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet, have now been sold across ANZ. The new companion cookbook, The 8-Week Blood Sugar...

Hardie Grant Publishing to distribute Bradt Travel Guides 

Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides ISBN prefix: 978-0-946983, 978-0-9505797, 978-1-78477, 978-1-84162, 978-1-898323 Old distributor: Woodslane New distributor: Hardie Grant Publishing Changeover date: 1 January 2017 Returns cut-off: 31 December 2016

Julie Buckroyd joins Wavesound 

Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Wavesound has appointed Julie Buckroyd to the position of customer support and product specialist, commencing on 20 September.

Editors NSW: Viva Novella talk 

Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Editors NSW will host a talk, ‘Viva Novella—judge and editor’, on Tuesday, 4 October from 6.30pm. The talk will be presented by Alice Grundy, associate publisher at Brio and editor...

Symonds leaves Nielsen 

Wednesday, 21 September 2016
Shaun Symonds, general manager of Nielsen Book in Australia and New Zealand, has left the company. Julie Winters has been appointed as his replacement. (See news.)

Cengage to distribute Jones & Bartlett Learning 

Wednesday, 21 September 2016
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning ISBN prefix: 978-0-7637, 978-0-86720, 978-1-284, 978-1-4496 Old distributor: Elsevier New distributor: Cengage Learning Australia Changeover date: 1 January 2017 Returns cut-off: 30 June 2017 Contact...

About Kids Books Publishes ‘All of Us Together’ 

Wednesday, 21 September 2016
This small Australian imprint has now released its first title, All of Us Together by CBCA multi-award-winning author, Bill Condon. For eight- to 12-year-olds, this is a gentle family story...

Ryckmans leaves Nero 

Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Jeanne Ryckmans has stepped down from her position as publisher of Nero Books after three and a half years at the imprint. (See classified.)

Sheila Vijeyarasa to Join Simon & Schuster Australia 

Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Simon & Schuster Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Sheila Vijeyarasa to the position of finance & commercial director. Sheila has extensive experience in the publishing industry, recently...

ILF relocates office 

Wednesday, 14 September 2016
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation is relocating its offices, and will close on Thursday, 15 September and Friday, 16 September during the move. The new contact details are: Suite 65, Level 4,...