Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Sophie Masson has been re-elected as chair and David Day as treasurer of the Australian Society of Authors board. (See news.)

Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Antonia Hayes has joined ebook provider Copia in the role of Australian merchandising and marketing manager. Hayes has previously worked as a publicist for Random House and as a marketing...

Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Sue Brockhoff has joined Harlequin Australia in the role of publishing and communications manager. Brockhoff, who was previously head of fiction at HarperCollins, replaces former publishing manager Haylee Nash and...

Friday, 17 May 2013
Tony Grybowski has been appointed as the new CEO of the Australia Council for the Arts. Grybowski, who previously worked for the Australia Council in the role of executive director...

Wednesday, 15 May 2013
The State Library of Victoria has appointed three new directors. Jo Watson has been appointed as director of community engagement, Peter McMahon has been appointed as director of digital strategy...

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Owen Kavanagh, professional member of the Society of Editors NSW, has been appointed chair of the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd).

Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Penguin Australia has announced that publisher Bob Sessions will retire from the company in September. Sessions has worked for Penguin for more than 27 years and was previously head of...

Friday, 19 April 2013
Andrew McDonald has resigned from his position as business development consultant for OverDrive Australia. McDonald, a YA author who previously worked in the role of online manager at Readings, told Books+Publishing that...

Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Kevin Hanniffy has been appointed territory manager for Sydney and surrounds at Herron Books. (See classified.)

Tuesday, 9 April 2013
At Pan Macmillan, Tracey Cheetham, previously head of publicity, has been promoted to the newly created role of publicity and marketing director, and is now a member of the Macmillan...

Thursday, 4 April 2013
Rochelle Fernandez, previously digital editor at HarperCollins, has been promoted to the role of commissioning editor for HarperVoyager. Fernandez, who replaces former commissioning editor Deonie Fiford, will also manage a...

Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Island magazine has moved into new premises in Hobart. The magazine’s new address is: PO Box 4703, Bathurst Street Post Office, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000. The magazine’s new phone number is:...

Tuesday, 19 March 2013
Catherine McInnis has been appointed deputy editor of Melbourne-based literary journal Meanjin. McInnis, who also works for Melbourne University Publishing in the role of digital marketing assistant, joined Meanjin in...

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 &...

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’...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.)

Monday, 25 February 2013
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has welcomed a number of new staff members. Steve Wimmer, currently general manager at the Australian Society of Authors, has joined the foundation in the...

Friday, 15 February 2013
Benython Oldfield from Zeitgeist Media Group has been appointed as festival publicist for the 2013 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF). Oldfield will be joined by Emma Noble, who will start in the...

Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Former Pages & Pages bookseller Amelia Lush has joined Sydney bookshop Better Read Than Dead as the children’s book buyer. Lush replaces Amelia Vahtrick, who is moving to the UK.

Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Former Books+Publishing publisher Tim Coronel has been appointed editor of Metro and Screen Education magazines at the Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM). (See classifieds.)

Monday, 11 February 2013
At Parragon Publishing Australasia, sales and marketing manager for Australia and New Zealand Darren Busuttil has replaced Ian Ashmore as managing director. Heath McAveney has joined the publisher in the...