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MUP to release new and reprinted Gough Whitlam titles 

Tuesday, 28 October 2014
MUP is publishing several titles in commemoration of the life of Gough Whitlam. This will include updated editions of definitive biographies by Jenny Hocking, a special edition boxed set, and...

Text congratulates Graeme Simsion 

Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Text Publishing offers three resounding cheers for Graeme Simsion, whose debut novel The Rosie Project has now sold over 200,000 copies in print and ebook in ANZ.Booksellers will be invited...

Staff changes at CoInfo 

Tuesday, 28 October 2014
We wish to advise that Michael Cowley will be leaving CoInfo to become Academic Sales Director at Cambridge University Press Australia.We thank Michael for his contributions to CoInfo and DA....

Staff changes at Five Mile Press 

Wednesday, 22 October 2014
The Five Mile Press has announced a number of changes to its marketing and publicity team. Jennifer Kean has been promoted to national publicity manager, Susie Kennewell has been appointed...

Spiteri-James to leave Thames & Hudson 

Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Jodie Spiteri-James has resigned as managing director of Thames & Hudson Australia and will leave the company in April 2015. (See news.)

Sukkarieh joins Dymocks board 

Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Salah Sukkarieh, a professor and ‘robotics expert’ at the University of Sydney, has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Dymocks Group board.

Stanojlovic joins Footprint Books 

Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Nada Stanojlovic has joined Footprint Books in the newly created position of national sales manager. Stanojlovic was previously general manager of library services and business development at James Bennett. (See classifieds.)

Hachette Australia Congratulates Shaun Tan 

Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Hachette Australia is thrilled to congratulate Shaun Tan on Rules of Summer being shortlisted in the children’s fiction category of the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. To order copies of Rules...

Nada Stanojlovic to join Footprint Books 

Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Footprint is very pleased to announce that Nada Stanojlovic is joining us as our National Sales Manager.  Nada comes with an impressive background in sales and marketing in both the...

Crichton Award 2015: Entries now open 

Tuesday, 21 October 2014
The CBCA (Victorian branch) is accepting entries into the Crichton Award for New Illustrators until 30 November 2014. For more information, including eligibility and entry forms, visit the CBCA Victoria website...

Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards 

Tuesday, 21 October 2014
The closing date for entry in the 2015 Book of the Year Awards is 30 November 2014. In order to avoid eligibility issues, books must be received on or before this...

ABA Victoria and NSW Christmas parties 

Wednesday, 15 October 2014
The Australian Booksellers Association will hold Christmas parties for its Victorian and NSW branches. The Christmas Party for the Victorian branch of the ABA will be held at Green Park Dining,...

NewSouth Congratulates Louis Nowra 

Tuesday, 14 October 2014
NewSouth would like to congratulate Louis Nowra, one of this year’s Alex Buzo Award shortlisted winners for the Nib: Waverley Library Award for Literature. Nowra, in his book King’s Cross: A Biography, burrows...