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Page joins WHSmith 

Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Jon Page has been appointed book buyer at WHSmith. Page was previously general manager of Dymocks Sydney.

Change for Magabala Books

Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Publisher: Magabala Books Old distributor: NewSouth Books New distributor: Hachette Australia Changeover date: 1 February 2025 Returns cut-off: 1 May 2025

Submit your 2025 ABIA nominations now!

Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Nominations are currently open for the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards. Book Award nominations are open until Wednesday 29 January Audiobook and Publisher Business Award nominations are open until Wednesday 12...

Pantera Press distribution move

Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Pantera Press moves from PRH Distribution to TDLC for distribution in Australia and New Zealand Pantera Press would like to inform our customers that, with the change of distribution to...

Editorial manager, Sydney

Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Murdoch Books Murdoch Books, Australia’s market-leading lifestyle publisher and a division of Allen & Unwin, is seeking an editorial manager based in Crows Nest, Sydney. Reporting to the head of...

Deputy editor, Sydney

Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Sydney Review of Books The Sydney Review of Books is seeking a dedicated deputy editor to join the team and work closely with the editor to coordinate the journal’s publishing,...

Sales assistant, Sydney

Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Walker Books Australia About the role We have an exciting opportunity for a sales assistant to join our dynamic team at Walker Books Australia in Newtown, NSW. In this full-time...

National accounts & field sales coordinator, Sydney

Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Hachette Australia Hachette Australia has an exciting opportunity to join our sales team in the role of national accounts & field sales coordinator. This is an excellent opportunity for someone...

Change for Pink Shorts Press

Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Publisher: Pink Shorts Press New distributor: Simon & Schuster Australia Changeover date: 1 January 2025

Change for Masen Ink Pty Ltd

Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Publisher: Masen Ink Pty Ltd New distributor: Simon & Schuster Australia Changeover date: 1 January 2025

Change for BenBella Books

Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Publisher: BenBella Books New distributor: Simon & Schuster Australia Changeover date: 1 January 2025 Returns cut-off: 28 February 2025

Change for ECW Press

Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Publisher: ECW Press New distributor: Simon & Schuster Australia Changeover date: 1 March 2025

Change for Andrews McMeel Publishing

Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Old distributor: Hardie Grant New distributor: Simon & Schuster Australia Changeover date: 1 January 2025 Returns cut-off: 28 February 2025

ABIA nominations are now open

Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Nominations are now open! Gather those lists and enter your 2024 titles for consideration in next year's ABIAs, as we prepare to celebrate all that has been achieved and those...

Wilson & Dutra join Rockpool

Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Raquel Dutra has been appointed to the newly established role of publishing manager, reporting to managing director Lisa Hanrahan. She was previously at leading Portuguese publisher Grupo Editorial Presença, is...

The “Impostors”

Wednesday, 11 December 2024
This story tells how even the youngest of children can become a hero simply by trying to do their best for themselves, their world, and everyone in it. The "Impostors"...

Editor and CEO, Melbourne

Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Australian Book Review Australian Book Review seeks a new editor and CEO Australian Book Review seeks a new editor and chief executive officer to lead the country’s premier literary and...

ABIA nominations open 11 December 2024

Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Publishers, get ready for the 25th year of the Australian Book Industry Awards, presented for the very first time by your industry publication, Books+Publishing. The Australian Book Industry Awards are...

Beyond Bipolar: Ancient Realms, New Directions

Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Psychiatrist Dr James Le Bas PhD is proud to announce the release of his new work. In it he expounds theories on the causation of the condition, which he centres...

The Drummond Agency to close

Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Literary agency The Drummond Agency will close at the end of 2024. Founder Sheila Drummond established the agency in 1997, representing numerous Australian authors, including Randa Abdel-Fattah, Vikki Wakefield, Margareta...

Perkins joins Bonnier Books UK 

Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Brooke Perkins has been appointed to the role of senior vice-president for specialty markets in North America at Bonnier Books UK. She was previously vice-president for North America at Lake...

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Wednesday, 27 November 2024
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Rusher joins Audible 

Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Emma Rusher, former marketing and communications director at Hachette and most recently senior global campaigns manager at Amazon Web Services, has been appointed associate director of programming, APAC at Audible.

Chopping moves to T&H 

Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Rachel Chopping has left BookPeople to join Thames & Hudson as sales coordinator.