Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Chris Currie has left his role as buyer at Avid Reader in Brisbane. His position will be filled by Sarah Deasy, who previously managed the store’s special orders service. (See...

Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Former sales director at Simon & Schuster Australia Kate Cubitt has been appointed to the position of managing director at Bloomsbury Australia. She will start in the role on 4...

Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Hachette Australia has announced a number of staff changes. Former managing director at Bloomsbury Australia Louise Sherwin-Stark has been appointed sales and product director and Justin Ractliffe, currently Hodder/Headline sales and...

Monday, 30 September 2013
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has relocated its office to the Pitney Bowes Building, B3, 72 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, Auckland 0632 New Zealand. The PO Box remains the same. New contact numbers...

Thursday, 26 September 2013
Stephanie Ogden has been appointed as managing director of Kobo Asia-Pacific and South Africa, which includes responsibility for the Australian and New Zealand markets. Ogden, who has previously worked for...

Thursday, 26 September 2013
Scott White has recently taken over as head of books at Big W, replacing Meredith Drake, who is on maternity leave. White was previously sales director at Murdoch Books. (See...

Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Former director of the Sydney Writers’ Festival Wendy Were has been appointed to the position of executive director of arts development for the Australia Council of the Arts and will...

Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Brad Jefferies has joined Books+Publishing as publishing assistant. Jefferies is employed part-time (Mondays and Tuesdays) and is responsible for the Weekly Book Newsletter’s classified and job advertisements, as well as...

Tuesday, 24 September 2013
In the UK, Susan Jurevics has been appointed as the new CEO of J K Rowling’s digital venture Pottormore, reports Publishers Weekly. Jurevics, who was previously a senior vice-president at...

Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Penny Hutchinson has stepped down as director of Arts Victoria after 13 years in the role. Hutchinson, who is leaving Arts Victoria to lead a review of the state’s public...

Monday, 16 September 2013
New Zealand novelist Rachael King has been appointed as the new literary director for the Press Christchurch Writers’ Festival. King takes over the role of literary director from previous program...

Wednesday, 11 September 2013
David Bratchford has been appointed as the new librarian at the Supreme Court of Queensland Library. Bratchford was previously library manager at Legal Aid Queensland, a role that will be...

Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Heather Gordon has been elected as president of the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) for 2014 and 2015. Gordon, who is director of library and information services and acting...

Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Nerida Fearnley is no longer working for Lightning Source Australia. A spokesperson for Ingram told Books+Publishing that Fearnley, who joined the company in the role of senior content acquisition account...

Wednesday, 28 August 2013
The Small Press Network (SPN) has appointed Tim Coronel to coordinate its 2013 independent publishing conference. Coronel will work two days per week from SPN’s Wheeler Centre office and can...

Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Kirsty Ward, head of consumer and market insights at Simon & Schuster Australia, will leave the company in September to join Sydney organic and natural food supply business Honest to...

Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Hardie Grant Egmont has announced two new appointments to its team. Jess Wallis has been hired in the new role of marketing and communications executive, and will work on the...

Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Renee Senogles has finished in her role as programming coordinator at the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF). Senogles, who joined the festival in 2012 after seven years of working in publicity at...

Wednesday, 21 August 2013
Allen & Unwin marketing coordinator Valerie Wong has joined Books Kinokuniya in Sydney as marketing and events coordinator. Wong will be replaced at Allen & Unwin by Jessica McHenry.

Wednesday, 21 August 2013
Anne Treasure has resigned as digital marketing executive at Momentum. Treasure will be tutoring in communication technologies and change at the University of Canberra.

Friday, 16 August 2013
Aviva Tuffield will join Affirm Press in the role of publisher this month. Tuffield, who has left Scribe Publications, where she was associate publisher, will be responsible for helping build...

Wednesday, 14 August 2013
There have been a number of changes to the council of the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ), following the association’s 2013 AGM. Auckland University Press director Sam Elworthy has...

Monday, 12 August 2013
Magabala Books has appointed Gaylene Whenmouth as a part-time marketing manager. Whenmouth replaces former marketing manager Nic Murray who commenced maternity leave at the start of August.

Monday, 12 August 2013
Karen Andrews finished in her role as program manager at the Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) in July. Andrews held the position since early 2012 when it was created. The EWF...

Monday, 12 August 2013
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) commissioning and managing editor Marisa Pintado has taken a year’s sabbatical to join the fiction team at Egmont UK in London. Pintado, who will finish at...

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Emily Laidlaw has been appointed marketing coordinator at the Melbourne Writers Festival and online editor at Kill Your Darlings, replacing Imogen Kandel, who previously held both roles. Laidlaw has worked...

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
At Black Inc., publicity and marketing manager Elisabeth Young has been promoted to the role of marketing director. Imogen Kandel, formerly marketing coordinator at the Melbourne Writers Festival and online editor...

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Jasmine Standfield has been appointed to the newly created position of publishing manager at Jane Curry Publishing. Standfield joined JCP as an intern in April, before starting casual work for...

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Michelle Keating has joined the Collins Booksellers head office in the role of national franchise manager. Keating, who has worked for a number of Collins stores in Melbourne over the...