Lewin leaves Booktopia
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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.
Thomas appointed IPEd membership director
Wednesday, 26 October 2022
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has appointed Vanaja Thomas as membership director, effective from 4 October 2022.
Westmoreland appointed Willy Lit Fest director
Wednesday, 28 September 2022
Emily Westmoreland has been appointed program director of Melbourne's Williamstown Literary Festival, taking over from Jane Finemore.
Arnott joins ABR
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Malcolm Neil has been appointed head of sales and marketing at Melbourne University Publishing.
Moves at ILF
Wednesday, 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.
Cheng, Jackson appointed Writers Victoria patrons
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Writers Victoria has announced Melanie Cheng and Andy Jackson as patrons for 2022–2025. They join Christos Tsiolkas who was appointed as the organisation's inaugural patron in 2017.
Ricketson joins Copyright Agency board
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Thursday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Thursday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, 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
Thursday, 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.
