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APA Professional Development 

Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Australian Publishers Association Professional Development sessions are open for bookings. Projects, Priorities & Time Management with Amanda Phillips – Last Chance to Book. Sydney only Tuesday 3 September. Do you...

Tuffield to join Affirm Press 

Friday, 16 August 2013
Aviva Tuffield will join Affirm Press in the role of publisher this month. Tuffield, who has left Scribe Publications, where she was associate publisher, will be responsible for helping build...

Reader’s Digest distribution moves to BMS Wholesale 

Wednesday, 14 August 2013
Publisher: Reader’s Digest ISBN prefix: 978-0-909486; 978-0-949819; 978-0-86438; 978-0-86449; 978-0-86450; 978-1-876689; 978-0-9577023; 978-1-921077; 978-1-921344; 978-1-921569; 978-1-876691; 978-1-921743; 978-1-921744; 978-1-922083 Old distributor: S&S New distributor: BMS Wholesale Changeover date: 2 September 2013...

Changes to PANZ Council 

Wednesday, 14 August 2013
There have been a number of changes to the council of the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ), following the association’s 2013 AGM. Auckland University Press director Sam Elworthy has...

Reader’s Digest and BMS Wholesale 

Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Reader's Digest sales, marketing and distribution of books to the Australian and New Zealand book trade will be managed by BMS Wholesale, Sydney. From Monday, 2nd September 2013, all Reader's...

Jabba the Puppett is here! 

Tuesday, 13 August 2013
The new book in the New York Times bestselling Origami Yoda series is now on sale. To help celebrate, Thames & Hudson is awarding two prizes to a bookseller who...

Attention Publishers & Distributors 

Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Struggling to keep your overheads down and your sales up? Then utilize the freelance sales & marketing services of industry veteran Maurice Peters. Visit www.bookknight.com.au for a comprehensive list of...

APA Professional Development 

Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Australian Publishers Association Professional Development sessions are open for bookings. Projects, Priorities & Time Management. Last Chance to Book. Sydney only Tuesday 3 September Learn practical tools and strategies to...

Farewell lunch for Myra Lee 

Monday, 12 August 2013
Myra Lee, who many people have known and worked with, will be moving to New Zealand on 7 September. Join her many friends and former colleagues at an Italian lunch...

Whenmouth replaces Murray at Magabala Books 

Monday, 12 August 2013
Magabala Books has appointed Gaylene Whenmouth as a part-time marketing manager. Whenmouth replaces former marketing manager Nic Murray who commenced maternity leave at the start of August.

Andrews leaves EWF 

Monday, 12 August 2013
Karen Andrews finished in her role as program manager at the Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) in July. Andrews held the position since early 2012 when it was created. The EWF...

Changes at Hardie Grant Egmont 

Monday, 12 August 2013
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) commissioning and managing editor Marisa Pintado has taken a year’s sabbatical to join the fiction team at Egmont UK in London. Pintado, who will finish at...

Pinerolo Children’s Book Cottage: upcoming events 

Monday, 12 August 2013
Bookings are open for events at Pinerolo, the Children’s Book Cottage. An Afternoon With Wild Animals (Saturday, 31 August). An afternoon listening to Jan Latta about her adventures up close-and-personal with wild...

Independent Publishing Conference call for papers 

Monday, 12 August 2013
The Independent Publishing Conference, running from 14-15 November at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne, is calling for papers for this year's Academic Program.  The conference is seeking papers that explore the relationship between...

Laidlaw joins MWF, promoted at KYD 

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Emily Laidlaw has been appointed marketing coordinator at the Melbourne Writers Festival and online editor at Kill Your Darlings, replacing Imogen Kandel, who previously held both roles. Laidlaw has worked...

Staff changes at Black Inc. 

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
At Black Inc., publicity and marketing manager Elisabeth Young has been promoted to the role of marketing director. Imogen Kandel, formerly marketing coordinator at the Melbourne Writers Festival and online editor...

Keating joins Collins Booksellers head office 

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Michelle Keating has joined the Collins Booksellers head office in the role of national franchise manager. Keating, who has worked for a number of Collins stores in Melbourne over the...

Finch congratulates Marion van Dyk 

Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Finch Publishing congratulates Marion van Dyk on being short-listed for the 2013 Ned Kelly Awards. She is nominated in the Sandra Harvey Short Story Award category for her story ‘The...

Parslow leaves Seekbooks and plans new venture 

Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Richard Parslow's contract with Collins Seekbooks finished at the end of June and he is no longer with this company. He is currently planning a new venture in the book...