Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Former sales director at Simon & Schuster Australia Kate Cubitt has been appointed to the position of managing director at Bloomsbury Australia. She will start in the role on 4...

Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Hachette Australia has announced a number of staff changes. Former managing director at Bloomsbury Australia Louise Sherwin-Stark has been appointed sales and product director and Justin Ractliffe, currently Hodder/Headline sales and...

Monday, 30 September 2013
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has relocated its office to the Pitney Bowes Building, B3, 72 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, Auckland 0632 New Zealand. The PO Box remains the same. New contact numbers...

Thursday, 26 September 2013
Stephanie Ogden has been appointed as managing director of Kobo Asia-Pacific and South Africa, which includes responsibility for the Australian and New Zealand markets. Ogden, who has previously worked for...

Thursday, 26 September 2013
Scott White has recently taken over as head of books at Big W, replacing Meredith Drake, who is on maternity leave. White was previously sales director at Murdoch Books. (See...

Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Former director of the Sydney Writers’ Festival Wendy Were has been appointed to the position of executive director of arts development for the Australia Council of the Arts and will...

Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Brad Jefferies has joined Books+Publishing as publishing assistant. Jefferies is employed part-time (Mondays and Tuesdays) and is responsible for the Weekly Book Newsletter’s classified and job advertisements, as well as...

Tuesday, 24 September 2013
In the UK, Susan Jurevics has been appointed as the new CEO of J K Rowling’s digital venture Pottormore, reports Publishers Weekly. Jurevics, who was previously a senior vice-president at...