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APA Professional Development 

Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Moving the Dial for the Future of Publishing: Kristen McLean will lead an International Digital Chat on Friday 2 August 9.30 am in Sydney at Copyright Agency|Viscopy offices. Kristen is...

O’Shaughnessy to replace Webster at RMIT 

Friday, 12 July 2013
Michael Webster will retire from his position as program director of the graduate diploma in editing and publishing at RMIT University in Melbourne in August. Webster will take up a...

PacStream outage on Saturday 

Wednesday, 10 July 2013
PacStream advises that there will be an outage for essential system maintenance from 9:00–11:00am this coming Saturday, 13 July 2013. During this period you will not be able to connect...

Hyde to join SLV 

Wednesday, 10 July 2013
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has announced the appointment of Justine Hyde to the position of director of library services and experience. Hyde, who will start in the position...

Starford joins Text 

Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Rebecca Starford will join Text Publishing in the role of Editor, starting Monday 15 July. She will be contactable at: rebecca.starford@textpublishing.com.au and (03) 8610-4508 from that date. We are delighted to...

‘Think Australian’ ad bookings closing soon 

Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Advertising bookings for Books+Publishing’s Think Australian export catalogue are closing on Friday 23 August. Now in its 11th year, Think Australian is an annual overview of the Australian book market,...

Power to Affirm Press 

Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Elke Power has been appointed publishing coordinator at Affirm Press, beginning on 15 July. Power previously held the position of publicist at Black Inc.

Farry leaves Penguin 

Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Alysha Farry, publicity and marketing manager at Penguin, has left the company to take on a role at PR agency Liquid Ideas.

APA Professional Development 

Tuesday, 9 July 2013
APA Professional Development: New event with Kristen McLean from US; Click on Kids; and more. Authors, Publishers, Agents: New event in the International Digital Chat Series: Transforming the Landscape. Keep...

APA opportunity for Frankfurt Book Fair: 9-13 October 

Tuesday, 9 July 2013
The Frankfurt Book Fair is a meeting place for the industry’s experts and the most important marketplace for books, media, rights and licences worldwide. 7307 Exhibitors from 97 countries make...

‘ABR’ offers prizes and fellowships 

Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Australian Book Review is offering Australian writers a suite of prizes and fellowships. Entries are open for the Calibre Prize, the essay prize in its eighth year worth $5000, and the Peter Porter Poetry Prize...

David Harold Tribe Poetry Award entries open 

Tuesday, 9 July 2013
The David Harold Tribe Poetry Award, presented by the Department of English at the University of Sydney, is open for submissions. The award, with prize money of $12,000, is designed to encourage...

Editors Victoria workshop: Navigating the New Media 

Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Editors Victoria will hold a workshop on Navigating the New Media.  Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance Victorian secretary Louise Connor will discuss the rapidly changing landscape in the creative content industries: books,...

Ormsby leaves RMIT Publishing 

Monday, 8 July 2013
Kevin Ormsby has retired from the position of publishing manager at RMIT Publishing in Melbourne after eight years at the compny. Prior to joining RMIT Publishing in 2006, Ormsby held...

Abrahams, Booton to join the Wheeler Centre 

Friday, 5 July 2013
At the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne, Simon Abrahams has been appointed to the role of head of programming, replacing associate director Jenny Niven while she is...

‘Rudd v. Abbott’ by David Marr available Tuesday 9 July 

Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott have resumed battle for leadership of the nation. Rudd v. Abbott beings together their definitive portraits by Australia’s pre-eminent biographer and investigative journalist, David Marr....

Macdonald to join HarperCollins NZ 

Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Journalist and editor Finlay Macdonald will join HarperCollins New Zealand on 18 July in the newly created position of contract publisher. Macdonald, who will be based in Auckland and will...

Redmayne to replace Barnsley as HarperCollins UK CEO 

Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Victoria Barnsley, CEO of HarperCollins UK, has announced that she will leave HarperCollins this month after 13 years with the company. Barnsley, who was also previously CEO of HarperCollins International,...

Most Underrated Book Award entries open 

Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Entries are open for the Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA), which aims to ‘shine a light on some of the outstanding titles that are released by small and independent publishers...