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Society of Editors: Editing Food Publications 

Tuesday, 24 June 2014
A recipe for success: Editing Food PublicationsTuesday 1 July6.30 pm for 7.00 pm startSydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSWDrinks and light refreshments providedA conversation about editing...

Bec Kavanagh joins Stella Prize 

Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Bec Kavanagh, freelance writer and reviewer and founder of A Thousand Words Festival in Melbourne, has been appointed education resource development officer for the Stella Prize. (See news.)

Writers Victoria Book Club: Bookings open 

Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Bookings are now open for Writers Victoria members to join the Writers’ Book Club. Running on the first Tuesdays of every month from July, this is a unique professional development...

Inbooks to cease distribution of Information Age Publishing 

Monday, 16 June 2014
Agency: Information Age Publishing ISBN Prefix: 978184802, 978185074, 978185946, 9781905624Old Distributor: InbooksNew Distributor: Lightning Source AustraliaChangeover date: 1/8/2014Returns cutoff: 31/7/2014                  

Inbooks to cease distribution of English Heritage 

Monday, 16 June 2014
Agency: English Heritage ISBN Prefix: 978184802, 978185074, 978185946, 9781905624Old Distributor: InbooksNew Distributor: N/AChangeover date: 1/8/2014Returns cutoff: 31/7/2014                   

Inbooks to cease distribution of Architext 

Monday, 16 June 2014
Agency: Architext (Inspire volumes)ISBN Prefix: 9780980612Old Distributor: InbooksNew Distributor: N/AChangeover date: 1/8/2014Returns cutoff: 31/7/2014                  

Walkley Book Award 2014: Entries close 27 June 

Monday, 16 June 2014
Entries are open for the 2014 Walkley Book Award, which acknowledges the work produced by an Australian journalist or writer, published from 1 September 2013 to 31 August 2014.Entries can be a...

Final call for entries for ABDA Design Awards 2014 

Monday, 16 June 2014
The cut-off date for entering the ABDA design awards is Monday 23 June. Since taking over from the APA in running the annual design awards, the Australian Book Designers Association...

The Stella Prize needs a new home 

Wednesday, 11 June 2014
The Stella Prize is looking for a pro-bono or an affordable office space, preferably in the city or the inner north, to house its expanding operations. We need a private...

Online Bookshop URLs for sale 

Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Gross Sales $550,000 per annumAsking price $30,000Suite of URLs:      betweenReads.com.au lawbooks.com.au medicalbookstore.com.au universitybookshop.com.au  These would best suit an existing online business who wants to top us their online business.Contact Rolf...

Five Mile Press to distribute Rockpool Publishing 

Wednesday, 11 June 2014
The Five Mile Press is delighted to announce that they will commence Australian trade sales and distribution for Rockpool Publishing from 1st July, 2014.Alexandra Maramenides, Managing Director of the Five...

Independent Publishing Conference: Call for papers 

Wednesday, 11 June 2014
The 2014 Independent Publishing Conference will be held in Sydney on 13-14 November at the Federation Conference Centre, 23-33 Mary Street, Surry Hills. Academic panels will be held on Thursday...

Editors Victoria: ‘Dance Steps for the Self-Employed’ 

Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Editors Victoria will present ‘Dance Steps for the Self-Employed, with Jackey Coyle’ on 21 June. In this full-day course, which is aimed at self-employed editors, Jackey Coyle covers topics such as: setting up business, finance and...

Deadly Style: Editing Indigenous Authored Manuscripts 

Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Deadly Style: Editing Indigenous Authored Manuscripts is a two-hour seminar led by Queensland Writers Centre and black&write! writing and editing project. This seminar will provide an insight into editing Indigenous...