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APA Professional Development 

Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Australian Publishers Association (APA) professional development sessions include: Please note if you registered for The Publishing Contract it is now a half day workshop followed by another half day workshop...

Editors Victoria workshops 

Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Editors Victoria is running several workshops over the next few weeks: Punctuation Refresher for Writers and Editors (Saturday 29 June).  Introduction to Structural Editing (Saturday 27 July).  Introduction to Copyediting...

Changes at Nielsen Book 

Thursday, 6 June 2013
General manager of Nielsen Book in Australia Shaun Symonds as been appointed as general manager of Nielsen Book Australia and New Zealand and will start in the new role in September....

Place to edit ‘Readings Monthly’ 

Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Belle Place has been appointed as the new editor of the Readings Monthly. Place, who is currently publishing coordinator at Affirm Press, will start in her new role on 14...

Toohey to leave Express Media 

Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Joe Toohey is stepping down as CEO of Express Media, after more than two years in the role, to join Regional Arts Victoria in the role of business manager. Toohey will start in his role...

InBooks ends distribution of Linworth 

Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Agency: Linworth ISBN Prefix: 978158683 Old Distributor: Inbooks New Distributor: N/A Changeover date: 1/06/13 Returns cutoff: 30/06/13                  

InBooks ends distribution of Libraries Unlimited 

Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Agency: Libraries Unlimited ISBN Prefix: 978159158, 97816106 Old Distributor: Inbooks New Distributor: N/A Changeover date: 01/06/13 Returns cutoff: 30/06/13                  

Macmillan Distribution Services 

Tuesday, 4 June 2013
MDS will commence using XL Express for all authorised returns as of the 6th of June. Please commence booking returns pick-ups through XL Express, rather than Toll Ipec from this date...

Lots of Congratulations from NewSouth Books 

Tuesday, 4 June 2013
NewSouth Books are thrilled to congratulate several of our authors on recent achievements: Tim Soutphommasane on his title Don't Go Back to Where You Came From winning the Community Relations...

Second printing of ‘Green Vanilla Tea’ 

Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Due to high demand, Finch Publishing is doing a second printing of Green Vanilla Tea by Marie Williams, this year's winner of the Finch Memoir Prize. No interruption to supply...

Society of Editors (NSW) workshop: Editing annual reports 

Tuesday, 4 June 2013
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will present a professional development workshop on editing annual reports: a special approach on Wednesday 19 June with Arthur E Delbridge AM, fellow of the Public Relations...

APA Professional Development 

Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Australian Publishers Association (APA) professional development sessions include: Thursday 20 June (Sydney); Tuesday 25 June (Melbourne) Industry Seminar: it’s not all about the words, but also the business environment in...

Staff changes at ‘Kill Your Darlings’ 

Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Literary journal Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced a number of recent staff changes. Editor Rebecca Starford and deputy editor Hannah Kent have moved into the newly created roles of...

Staff changes at OzCo 

Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Katie Harford, program officer for market development at the Australia Council for the Arts, is on maternity leave, and will return to her role in 2014. James Cox, previously project...

Scholastic Congratulates Nick Bland 

Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Scholastic Australia would like to congratulate Nick Bland for winning the Book of the Year for Younger Children 2013 at the Australian Industry Book Awards for his fabulous picture book,...

Finch Publishing Congratulates Marie Williams 

Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Finch Publishing congratulates Marie Williams on winning the 2013 Finch Memoir Prize for her heartbreaking yet inspiring story of family love, hope and tragedy, Green Vanilla Tea. The book is...