Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Hamish Townsend has been appointed editorial manager of the Griffith REVIEW. The publication also announced that production manager Paul Thwaites is leaving after 11 years. (See news.)

Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Walker Books has announced that Sarah Foster, managing director and publisher for Walker Books Australia and New Zealand, has left the company. (See news.) 

Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Scribe has relocated its UK office to 2 John Street in Clerkenwell. It has also promoted Sarah Braybrooke to publicity and operations manager of Scribe UK, replacing Rina Gill, who will manage PR campaigns as...

Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Hilary Simmons has joined the team at Books+Publishing as assistant editor. (See news.)

Wednesday, 9 July 2014
John O’Brien has been appointed sales director of Hardie Grant Publishing and will be working across the company’s three consumer businesses. O’Brien was previously employed as sales director of Hardie...

Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Melbourne-based publisher Ford St is moving from its current location in Clifton Hill to an office and warehouse at 162 Hoddle St, Abbotsford. The move will take place in the...

Monday, 7 July 2014
Kirstie Innes-Will has been appointed senior editor at Black Inc., replacing Nikola Lusk, who is leaving to work as a freelancer. Innes-Will is a former senior editor at Macmillan Education,...

Monday, 7 July 2014
Jess Owen, previously editor at Walker Books, has joined Penguin’s children’s department as editor.

Monday, 7 July 2014
Emmett Stinson, previously lecturer in publishing and communications at the University of Melbourne, has been appointed lecturer in English literature at the University of Newcastle. Stinson begins in the new...

Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Mark Harding has resigned as digital marketing executive at Momentum Books to join the marketing team at IKEA. His last day is 25 July. Momentum is seeking a replacement. (See jobs.)

Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Matt Howard will leave his position as publicist at NewSouth Books and will join HarperCollins in the newly created role of ABC Books campaign manager, beginning on 15 July. (See classifieds.)

Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Jenny Hellen has been appointed to the newly created position of publisher at Allen & Unwin New Zealand. Hallen joins the company from Random House New Zealand, where she has worked...

Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Rachael McDiarmid has joined Bloomsbury as ANZ account manager of Bloomsbury Collections. (See classifieds.) 

Monday, 30 June 2014
Scribe Publications has appointed Sarina Gale as sales coordinator on a part-time basis, and Stephanie Siriwardene as production and publishing assistant. (See news.) 

Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Rob Smith will step down as CEO of Paper Plus NZ to become CEO of Flooring Brands NZ. (See news.)

Wednesday, 25 June 2014
The Co-op has announced changes to its senior executive team. Adam Jones has been appointed general manager and Greg Smith has been appointed chief commercial officer. Both are newly created roles. (See news.)

Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Fremantle Press sales, rights and distribution manager Clive Newman has announced his retirement. (See news.)

Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Bec Kavanagh, freelance writer and reviewer and founder of A Thousand Words Festival in Melbourne, has been appointed education resource development officer for the Stella Prize. (See news.)

Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Writers Bloc has announced the appointment of Patricia Tobin as social media manager.

Wednesday, 4 June 2014
HarperCollins has announced Gemene Heffernan-Smith will lead its new digital marketing team as head of digital business and development. It has also announced the appointment of Cristina Cappelluto to the newly created...

Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Sarah Holland-Batt has been appointed poetry editor at Island. Holland-Batt is a lecturer in creative writing and literary studies at Queensland University of Technology and the author of the poetry...

Wednesday, 21 May 2014
The Sydney Writers’ Festival has appointed Peter Collins to the festival’s board of directors. In a statement announcing Collins’ appointment, the festival said Peter Shergold and Margie Seale ‘will be...

Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Lesley Halm has been appointed editor at Scribe Publications, replacing Ian See, who has taken up a position as editor at the University of Queensland Press. Halm, who begins in...

Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Margaret Whiskin has been appointed regional engagement officer at WritingWA, beginning in early June. Whiskin is currently publisher at Magabala Books. (See news.)

Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Brigid Mullane has been appointed communications manager at Writers Victoria. Mullane began in the role on 5 May, and will work at Writers Victoria three days per week while retaining...

Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Andrew Abbott has been appointed as the new director of Arts Victoria. Abbott has been interim director since August 2013, when Penny Hutchinson stepped down from the role.  

Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Ingram Content Group has appointed Deborah Lee as manager of content acquisition for Lightning Source Australia. Lee takes over from Susan Dunne, who replaced Nerida Fearnley-Gill in the role in...

Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Jane Curry Publishing (JCP) has appointed Jennifer Barclay as international rights agent. Barclay, who is based on the Greek island of Tiros, will present the publisher’s books to European, US...

Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Matt Hoy has been appointed to the newly created role of sales and marketing director of Murdoch Books, a division of Allen & Unwin. Hoy joins the company from Hachette...