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APA Professional Development 

Monday, 2 April 2012
APA Professional Development: An Introduction to Australian Book Publishing and more This workshop is a vital induction for those in their first years in the industry and a refresher for...

Capricorn Link Appoints New Tasmanian Agent 

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
From 1 May Christiana Szczerba of Top Shelf Agencies will commence representing Capricorn Link to Tasmanian booksellers. Capricorn Link wishes to thank its former agent Belinda Shreeve for her past...

‘Fish-Hair Woman’ now available 

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Merlinda Bobis's Fish-Hair Woman (ISBN: 9781876756970) is now available in Australia and New Zealand, but not available in USA and UK until the 2012 Northern Fall/Autumn season.

Suzanne O’Sullivan to join Hachette Australia 

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Suzanne O’Sullivan will join Hachette on 2 April as Commissioning Editor on the Lothian Children’s Books list. Suzanne, who replaces Jon Appleton, was most recently Senior Editor at Walker Books...

Cengage Learning’s Secondary Price Increase 

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Nelson Cengage Learning's Secondary division will be implementing a price increase as of 1 April 2012. All new orders and backorders released will reflect the new prices as of this...

Spinifex Press Announcement 

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Lara Fergus, author of My Sister Chaos, published by Spinifex Press has been nominated for the Lambda Literary Award in the Lesbian Debut Fiction section.   This is the second...

‘Owl Know How’ competition 

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Thames & Hudson announce that Owl Know How stock has just arrived and will be flying into stores this week!   As seen in Frankie magazine, this crafty and quirky...

Changes at Perth Writers’ Festival 

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Danielle Benda, festival program manager for 2011 and 2012, is no longer with the Perth Writers’ Festival. Katherine Dorrington will resume in the role to manage the 2013 festival, after...

O’Sullivan joins Hachette 

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Suzanne O’Sullivan will join Hachette Australia on 2 April, as commissioning editor on the Lothian Children’s Books list. O’Sullivan was previously senior editor at Walker Books. (See News).

Cox appointed Dymocks MD 

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Dymocks Booksellers has announced that Steve Cox, previously general manager of buying, marketing and operations for the retailer, has been appointed to the new role of managing director. Cox replaces former...

Capricorn link appoints new Tasmanian agent 

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Capricorn Link has announced that Christiana Szczerba of Top Shelf Agencies will represent Capricorn Link in Tasmania from 1 May, replacing former agent Belinda Shreeve. (See Classified).

APA Professional Development 

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
We have a busy schedule ahead, which means there is a raft of skills building, efficiency facilitating, über fun workshops on offer, no less than three of which are completely...

Woodslane to distribute Thieme 

Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Publisher: Thieme ISBN Prefix: 978-3-13; 978-3-89373; Old Distributor: Elsevier New Distributor: Woodslane Changeover Date: 1/04/2012

Footprint Books to distribute Learning Matters 

Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Publisher: Learning Matters   ISBN Prefix: 978-0-85725;   978-1-84445; 978-18464 Old Distributor: Palgrave Macmillan New Distributor: Footprint Books Changeover Date: 1/04/2012

Hachette Australia congratulates William McInnes 

Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Our heartiest congratulations to William McInnes on winning the ‘Best Non-Fiction Award' in the 2012 Indie Awards for Worse Things Happen at Sea, which William co-wrote with his late wife,...

Murdoch Books congratulates Constable & Robinson 

Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Murdoch Books would like to congratulate Constable & Robinson on an outstanding achievement at the Independent Publishers Guild Awards earlier this week. Constable & Robinson took out Independent Publisher of...