Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Robert Watkins, outgoing marketing manager for Hachette imprints Hodder & Headline, will join independent Sydney bookstore Better Read Than Dead as store manager and buyer on 5 November. Watkins will...

Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Susan Hayes will retire from her position as director of the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts in December. (See news.)

Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Imogen Kandel has been appointed online editor of Kill Your Darlings (KYD) literary journal. She was previously the marketing assistant at Melbourne Writers Festival and prior to that the managing editor of a...

Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Exisle Publishing owner Benny St John Thomas has stepped down as sales and marketing director, taking on the role of rights director in August this year. Mark Robinson, previously special...

Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Mary Sangster of the Children’s Bookshop Christchurch has been elected chair of the board of Booksellers NZ, replacing Hamish Wright of Wright’s Bookshop, who will remain on the board as...

Monday, 22 October 2012
Simon Milne will finish in his roles of Leading Edge Books general manager and Leading Edge Group marketing and communications manager on 9 November. Milne is leaving the roles to join HarperCollins...

Friday, 19 October 2012
Alisa Coy has been appointed to the role of national franchise manager at Collins Booksellers. Coy, who currently manages the Collins head office, will begin in the role on 29 October. (See...

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Sam Twyford-Moore has been appointed as the new director of the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF). Twyford-Moore, who currently works at the NSW Writers’ Centre, will take over the role from...

Tuesday, 16 October 2012
PMP has announced that Peter George, currently chief operating officer, will replace Richard Allely as managing director this month. Allely will finish in the role on 19 October and George...