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Murray to depart Stella 

28 February 2024
Stella chair Keren Murray will step down from the role after the announcement of the 2024 Stella Prize winner in May, said the organisation, which has started the recruitment process...

Rowland joins Booksellers Aotearoa NZ 

21 February 2024
Booksellers Aotearoa NZ has appointed Renée Rowland to the role of association manager. Rowland is the former owner-operator of The Twizel Bookshop and Timaru Booksellers. She remains a partner at...

Neil joins Monash University Publishing 

31 January 2024
Malcolm Neil has been appointed interim director of Monash University Publishing, while director and publisher Julia Carlomagno is on maternity leave. Neil was previously at Melbourne University Publishing.

Paz to leave Curtis Brown 

24 January 2024
Benjamin Paz, who writes as Benjamin Stevenson, is leaving Curtis Brown to concentrate full-time on his writing career.

Menzies joins MWF 

13 December 2023
The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has appointed Fiona Menzies as interim CEO. Menzies, who was previously CEO of Creative Partnerships Australia, and earlier, development manager at the Wheeler Centre, replaces...

Holt appointed IPEd chair 

29 November 2023
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has appointed Stephanie Holt chair of the IPEd board. Holt replaces Ruth Davies, who was appointed in May 2020 and will remain on the...

Ryan joins Affirm 

29 November 2023
Affirm Press has appointed Ariane Ryan to the role of publicist. Ryan was most recently publicist at Text Publishing, following working as sales coordinator at UQP. She began in the...

Minns joins SWF 

15 November 2023
Sydney Writers’ Festival has appointed Anna Minns to the newly established role of ambassador for children and families.

Douglas joins the Wheeler Centre 

26 July 2023
Caraline Douglas, former head of marketing and partnerships at Schwartz, has been appointed head of marketing and engagement at the Wheeler Centre.

Mutton appointed Marion CEO 

19 July 2023
Katy Mutton has been appointed to the role of CEO of Marion, formerly the ACT Writers Centre. Employed by the organisation since 2019, Mutton has been serving as interim CEO...

Booton leaves Stella Prize 

5 July 2023
Jaclyn Booton has left the role of creative director and co-CEO at the Stella Prize. Booton had joined the organisation in 2019 in the role of executive director.

Tomlinson joins Rockpool 

28 June 2023
Hayley Tomlinson has joined Rockpool as rights manager, after leaving the position of rights and contracts manager at University of Queensland Press.

Sambrooke to leave Varuna 

24 May 2023
Varuna creative director Amy Sambrooke is leaving the role in July after six years at the organisation.

Liffers, Fehnle join Fremantle Press 

15 March 2023
Fremantle Press has appointed Siana Liffers as office and customer service coordinator and Lisa Fehnle as sales and marketing assistant.

Armstrong joins PRH 

28 February 2023
Hannah Armstrong, former communication specialist at Booktopia, has joined Penguin Random House ANZ as a key account manager.

O’Brien joins Little Book Press 

15 February 2023
Alyson O'Brien has been appointed publishing director at Little Book Press, the publishing arm at Raising Literacy Australia. O'Brien was previously associate publisher at Hardie Grant Children's Publishing, where she...

Birrell joins Powerhouse 

15 February 2023
Jemma Birrell has joined Powerhouse as head of writing. Birrell was previously the creative director of Tablo Publishing.

Lewin leaves Booktopia 

15 February 2023
Joanna Lewin, senior retail leader at Booktopia, is leaving the business as part of Booktopia's recently announced round of redundancies.

Moves at the APA 

8 February 2023
Melissa Whitwell has joined the Australian Publishers Association (APA) as events manager, Patrizia Di Biase-Dyson has returned from maternity leave to her role as chief of staff and Gillian Haines...

Britza, Checkland join Writing WA 

1 February 2023
Shannon Britza, formerly CEO of the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre, has been appointed as Writing WA’s operations manager and Jessica Checkland has been appointed marketing and communications officer.

Moves at ILF 

1 February 2023
Becc Finney has joined the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) as marketing manager, replacing Lisa Flower who resigned from the full time position last year, but has been retained to manage...

Shand replaces Scott as chair of SWF board 

18 January 2023
Kathy Shand has been appointed chair of Sydney Writers’ Festival. Shand has served nine years on the festival board, the last two as deputy chair. Shand takes over the position...

Flindell resigns from Writing WA 

11 January 2023
Writing WA has announced Sharon Flindell has resigned as CEO of Writing WA, effective 23 December 2022. The board of Writing WA will commence a recruitment process to replace Flindell...

Petrulis to retire from Cengage 

7 December 2022
Paul Petrulis will retire from Cengage ANZ and his role as vice president of higher education at the end of December 2022. Marius du Plessis will be taking on the...