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Select John Wiley & Sons titles to change distribution 

Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Agency change details Publisher: John Wiley & Sons’ culinary collection, the Webster’s New World Dictionary and the Cliffs Notes Programmes Old Distributor:  John Wiley New Distributor:  Peribo Changeover Date: 22 February 2013 Returns cut-off: 7...

Get Reading! Calling all book retail staff! 

Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Calling all book retail staff! Tell us your favourite books from last year and be in the draw to win an iPad Mini! Get Reading! is looking for the next...

Jones joins ABA as marketing/project officer 

Wednesday, 6 March 2013
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has appointed Steve Jones to the newly created position of marketing/project officer. Jones is a former manager of Books Kinokuniya in Sydney and a consultant...

Higgins joins Fuse Group 

Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Jeff Higgins has joined Fuse Group Australia as sales manager for the books division. Higgins, who started in the role on 4 March, has previously worked for Dennis Jones &...

Changes at NSW Writers’ Centre 

Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Pantera Press CEO Alison Green, literary agent and publicist Benython Oldfield, author Emily Maguire, and author and editor Jean Bedford have joined the board of the New South Wales Writers’...

Larsen appointed Writers Victoria director 

Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Kate Larsen has been appointed director of Writers Victoria and will start in the role on 13 May. Larsen, an arts administrator, writer and poet, replaces former Writers Victoria director...

Henderson to return to Random House 

Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Fiona Henderson will join Random House in the role of nonfiction publisher on 11 March. Henderson, who previously worked for Random House in the role of executive publisher, is leaving...

APA professional development 

Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Australian Publishers Association (APA) professional development sessions open for booking:  2013 Education Information Seminar, Sydney 14-15 March. Full program now available. For the first time, this event is presented in...

ABIA nominations to open soon. 

Wednesday, 6 March 2013
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) recognise the industry’s most talented authors, publishers and booksellers. Categories such as Book of the Year, Publisher of the Year and Bookseller of the Year are...

APA Book Design Awards 

Wednesday, 6 March 2013
The shortlist of winners for the prestigious annual Book Design Awards will soon be announced on the Australian Publishers Association (APA) website and facebook. A panel of judges has brought...

Farmer joins Murdoch Books 

Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Christine Farmer has joined Allen & Unwin in the role of publicity manager for Murdoch Books. Farmer, previously publicity and communications director at HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand, started at...

Dattner appointed Small Press Network president 

Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Former Small Press Network (SPN) general manager Zoe Dattner has been appointed president of the organisation. Dattner, who stepped down as general manager in January, replaces Emmett Stinson, who will remain...

John Wiley and Sons – Agency Transfer 

Monday, 4 March 2013
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing USA announces the purchase of assets from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.   Effective March 5, 2013 HMH will become the publisher of record for select...

S&S ends distribution of Black library 

Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Agency change details Publisher: Black Library ISBN Prefix: 978-1-84154; 978-1-84416 Old Distributor:  Simon & Schuster Australia (UBD) New Distributor:  Games Workshop Trade Dept Changeover Date:  1 June 2013 Returns cut-off:  26 July 2013 (See classified.)

Fulton joins Victorian Book Agencies 

Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Joel Fulton has joined Victorian Book Agencies as a partner in the recently established business. Fulton previously worked for Dennis Jones & Associates. (See news.)

APA Book Design Awards 

Wednesday, 27 February 2013
The shortlist of winners for the prestigious annual Book Design Awards will soon be announced on the Australian Publishers Association (APA) website and facebook. A panel of judges has brought...

APA professional development 

Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Australian Publishers Assocation (APA) professional development sessions are open for bookings. 2013 Education Information Seminar, Sydney 14-15 March For the first time, this event is presented in partnership  by Copyright...

Editors Victoria: Editing an Anthology 

Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Editors Victoria will present Editing an Anthology: Interview with Kent MacCarter & Ali Lemer. The recently published Joyful Strains (Affirm Press) is an anthology of twenty-seven memoirs from writers describing their...