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HarperCollins Publishers Congratulates Rosie Batty and Jackie French

Thursday, 29 January 2015
HarperCollins congratulates Rosie Batty on being named Australian of the Year 2015 at the Australian of the Year Awards, held in Canberra on Sunday, 25 January. Previously honoured with being...

CBCA National Board Congratulates Jackie French

Thursday, 29 January 2015
The National Board of the Children’s Book Council of Australia congratulates Jackie French on being Senior Australian of the Year, recognising her passionate and tireless work promoting children’s reading. Jackie...

Cengage Learning Australia Secondary Division: Nelson Thornes Titles Transferring to OUP

Thursday, 29 January 2015
Please note the distribution of Nelson Thornes titles will be transferred to Oxford University Press as at 1 February 2015.All enquiries in relation to existing backorders orders should be directed to...

Griffith Review Turns the Spotlight on WA

Thursday, 29 January 2015
Following the success of GR39: Tasmania – The Tipping Point?, Griffith Review turns the spotlight on WA in GR47: Looking West. Contributors include Carmen Lawrence, Shaun Tan, Brooke Davis, Nick...

Staff Changes at Hachette

Thursday, 29 January 2015
Kate Flood will be returning to Hachette Australia from maternity leave in early March to take up the position of Children’s National Account Manager, a part time role. We are delighted...

Oxford University Press to Distribute Nelson Thornes in Australia and New Zealand

Thursday, 29 January 2015
Oxford University Press is delighted to announce we will commence distribution of Nelson Thornes titles from 1 February 2015. This exciting list covers resources for the Australian and New Zealand...

Publicity Manager – Fiction and Non Fiction, HarperCollins, Sydney CBD

Thursday, 29 January 2015
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School Sales Representative – Children’s Books, Educational Concepts, NSW

Thursday, 29 January 2015
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Senior Editor—Primary Division (Maternity Leave Contract), OUP, Melbourne

Thursday, 29 January 2015
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Publicist (Part-Time), MUP, Melbourne

Thursday, 29 January 2015
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Fagan appointed head of marketing and publicity at Nero

Thursday, 29 January 2015
Black Inc. has appointed Kelly Fagan to the newly created role of head of marketing and publicity for the Nero imprint. Fagan was previously at HarperCollins. (See classified.)

Horin appointed publisher of HGE imprint Chirpy Bird

Thursday, 29 January 2015
Hardie Grant Egmont has appointed Niki Horin to the newly created role of publisher of Chirpy Bird, the company’s imprint for licensed and trend-driven publishing. Horin was previously a managing...

Mills appointed children’s and YA publishing director at A&U

Thursday, 29 January 2015
Allen & Unwin has appointed Eva Mills as publishing director of children’s and YA books. (See news.)

Call for nominations: Inaugural John Simkin Medal 2015

Thursday, 29 January 2015
The Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI) invites nominations for the inaugural John Simkin Medal—an award recognising an outstanding index to a book compiled in Australia or New...

ANZSI (VIC branch): Indexing course for editors

Thursday, 29 January 2015
The Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI), Victorian Branch is running ‘Is the Index Any Good’, a half-day professional development course on Saturday 28 February. The course will...

Case appointed program manager at MWF

Wednesday, 21 January 2015
The Melbourne Writers Festival has appointed writer, editor and bookseller Jo Case as its new program manager. Case will replace program manager and schools’ program director Mike Shuttleworth. (See news.)

Random House Australia to distribute Kensington Books

Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Agency: Kensington BooksISBN Prefixes: 978155972, 97808065, 97808216 , 978160183 , 978158571, 978188547, 978087067 , 978087687 , 97807582 , 978157566 , 978161773 , 97814967 , 97808184 , 97809817144 , 97809818905 , 978098241...

Vote 4 Failure – Timmy Failure Book 4 Cover and Title Vote Live

Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Walker Books’ bestselling children’s author Stephan Pastis is inviting kids to choose the cover and title of the fourth book in his Timmy Failure series, published in October 2015. Vote 4...

Random House Australia to Distribute Kensington Books

Tuesday, 20 January 2015
As a result of Kensington Books moving its Sales and Distribution to Random House in the US, Random House Australia will take over distribution in Australia from 1 February 2015....