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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...

Pascal Press stocktake 

Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Pascal Press will be carrying out their annual Stocktake week commencing Monday 7th July to Friday 11th JulyLast despatch of orders will be Friday 4th JulyThere will be no orders...

Moves at HarperCollins 

Wednesday, 4 June 2014
HarperCollins has announced Gemene Heffernan-Smith will lead its new digital marketing team as head of digital business and development. It has also announced the appointment of Cristina Cappelluto to the newly created...

Australian Book Design Awards: call for entries

Wednesday, 4 June 2014
The newly formed Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) is calling for entries to the 62nd Australian Book Design Awards 2014.The winners will be announced at an awards party in Melbourne...

HarperCollins announces new digital team 

Tuesday, 3 June 2014
HarperCollins has announced a new Digital Business team within the Marketing Communications area. The team’s task will be to grow digital revenue through the development of existing partnerships, new channels...