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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...

Meek to join CSIRO 

30 November 2022
Jordan Meek will be stepping down from her role as senior rights executive at Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) to join CSIRO Publishing as the rights, permissions and sales officer....

Smith joins Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 

30 November 2022
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival has appointed former Melbourne Writers Festival associate director Gene Smith as its inaugural head of programming, to work alongside festival founder and director Janet DeNeefe.

Derricourt steps down from Benchmark Survey role 

23 November 2022
Robin Derricourt has stepped down from his role compiling the Australian Publishing Association's Australian Publishing Industry Report, also known as the Benchmark Survey, after 11 years.

Cunningham joins Copyright Agency board 

23 November 2022
The Copyright Agency has announced the appointment of Sophie Cunningham to its board as one of two Australian Society of Authors (ASA) nominee directors, taking the place of outgoing author...

Nasurullah joins S&S

16 November 2022
Rizwan Nasurullah has joined Simon & Schuster Australia in the newly created role of head of finance and commercial.

Torney appointed Wheeler Centre chair

26 October 2022
Kate Torney has been appointed chair of the Wheeler Centre board. She takes on the board leadership from former chair Julie Ligeti.

Arnott joins ABR 

31 August 2022
Author and academic Georgina Arnott has joined Australian Book Review (ABR) as assistant editor, replacing James Jiang (see classified).

Neil joins MUP 

31 August 2022
Malcolm Neil has been appointed head of sales and marketing at Melbourne University Publishing.

Moves at ILF 

31 August 2022
Tony Dreise has stepped down from his role as Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) co-chair. Natalie Ahmat, a long-time ambassador for ILF, joins the board as co-chair.

Ricketson joins Copyright Agency board 

17 August 2022
The Copyright Agency has announced the appointment of Matthew Ricketson to its board, replacing Adele Ferguson, who served as an elected author member for six years. Ricketson has worked as...

Wan to join Pantera 

13 July 2022
LinLi Wan, previously literary assistant at Alex Adsett Literary, will join Pantera Press in the newly created position of trainee editor, starting 25 July.

APA staff changes 

13 July 2022
Australian Publishers Association (APA) technical business support analyst Mitchell Murphy has left the organisation. Ashleigh Cuthill has joined the APA as administration and exports officer, and Ingrid Josephine has joined...

Wanigasekara joins Booktopia 

16 June 2022
Pathum Wanigasekara has joined Booktopia as head of performance marketing, reporting to chief marketing officer Steffen Daleng.

Lindop joins Jenny Darling & Associates

8 June 2022
Anyez Lindop, most recently brand, marketing and partnerships manager for Australia Reads, has joined literary agency Jenny Darling & Associates as creative strategist. See classified.

Culver appointed Griffith Review editor

18 May 2022
Carody Culver, senior editor at Griffith Review since 2019, has been appointed editor of the literary journal, replacing Ashley Hay in the role. Culver begins her new role mid-June.

Changes at Nielsen 

21 April 2022
Olivia Johansson has joined Nielsen BookScan in the role of senior account executive, publishers, replacing Soren Huet, who has moved to the role of senior account executive, retailers, servicing BookScan’s...

Bell joins HarperCollins 

13 April 2022
Maraya Bell, previously Walker Books Australia publicity manager, has joined HarperCollins Australia as publicity campaign manager—children’s books, in a maternity leave cover.

Cameron replaces Wiebusch at Lonely Planet 

6 April 2022
Lonely Planet has announced the appointment of Michael Cameron as Australia and New Zealand sales manager, replacing Rick Wiebusch in the role. Maurice Peters of Book Knight agencies will be...

Booktopia board changes 

6 April 2022
Independent non-executive director Marina Go has resigned from the board of Booktopia. The board has confirmed the upcoming appointment of Judy Slatyer as an independent non-executive director.

Moves at the ABA 

17 March 2022
At the Australian Booksellers Association, Claire Beyer is leaving to take up a role at Thames & Hudson (see classified). Beyer's replacement is Ben Ripley.

Ligeti, Rizvi, Serong join Wheeler Centre board 

17 March 2022
Julie Ligeti has been appointed chair of the Wheeler Centre board, replacing Susan Oliver. Two new board directors, authors Jamila Rizvi and Jock Serong, have also joined the board, while...

Changes at Ingram 

9 March 2022
Brian MacDonald has joined Ingram Content Group Australia as senior manager of sales and client services. MacDonald was previously senior director of marketing and sales at Melbourne University Publishing and...

Cox joins Writing WA 

16 February 2022
Journalist and author Carrie Cox has been appointed the new communications manager of Writing WA. Cox replaces Heather Blakey who has departed the role to complete a full-time PhD.

Moves at Ventura Press 

16 February 2022
At Ventura Press, former Pan Macmillan publisher Amanda Hemmings has taken over the role of managing editor and James Schiller has been appointed sales and marketing coordinator.

Changes at Text 

19 January 2022
Stef Italia has left Text Publishing. Jamila Khodja is now sales manager and Madeleine Rebbechi has been promoted to publicity manager. (See classified.)