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For Sale: Open Leaves Books 

Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Rodney and Helen Harris, co-owners of Open Leaves Books are retiring at the end of the year and putting their bookshop up for sale. Established in 1979, the bookshop is...

APA: 2017 Residential Editorial Program 

Wednesday, 7 September 2016
The Australian Publishers Association has announced that the ninth biennial Residential Editorial Program (REP) will be held at the Melbourne Business School Conference Centre, Mt Eliza from Monday 1 May...

Calling Emerging Creators of Books for Young Readers 

Wednesday, 7 September 2016
The May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust has launched the Ian Wilson Memorial Fellowship. This new Fellowship will give one emerging author or illustrator creative time in the Trust’s Adelaide studio...

Editors NSW: Editing for exhibitions workshop 

Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Editors NSW will host a one-day workshop, Editing for exhibitions: Reworking specialised knowledge for public audiences, on Tuesday, 20 September from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Presented by Jennifer Blunden, the workshop...

Rogers to leave Hardie Grant Egmont 

Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) publishing director Hilary Rogers is leaving the company, with HGE publisher Marisa Pintado ‘[stepping] up to run the children’s and YA list’. (See news.)

Lonely Planet Returns Reminder 

Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Please be aware that from the end of August any returns that are mailed to our old Footscray Distribution Centre will be returned to sender. All returns must be sent...

National TV audience for ‘Shine’ 

Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Shine: The Making of the Australian Netball Diamonds (1 October ISBN 9781925048742) will be promoted to a national television audience during the Aust v NZ major netball match on Sunday...

CBCA 2017 Children’s Book of the Year Awards 

Wednesday, 31 August 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...

Pearce leaves Black Inc. 

Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Black Inc. marketing and publicity coordinator Jessica Pearce is leaving the publisher. Her last day will be 2 September.

Caffoor joins Text 

Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Khadija Caffoor has been appointed rights and export coordinator at Text Publishing. Caffoor replaces Alice Cottrell, who has left the company.

Nada Stanojlovic appointed Wavesound General Manager 

Wednesday, 24 August 2016
Wavesound Pty Ltd., Australia’s leading publisher of unabridged audiobooks, and a subsidiary of Recorded Books Inc., has announced that Nada Stanojlovic has been appointed General Manager and Director of Wavesound...