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Editors Victoria: ‘Redact 2015’ registrations open 

Wednesday, 12 August 2015
Registrations are open for Redact 2015, a weekend intensive workshop for freelance and in-house editors with some experience run by Editors Victoria. Redact 2015 is a professional development workshop held...

Richards leaves Dymocks 

Monday, 10 August 2015
Dymocks marketing and loyalty program manager Elain Richards has left the company. Buying and digital manager Sophie Higgins, with support from assistant loyalty manager Paige Butchers, will take over the role while a...

Scribe Congratulates Chigozie Obioma 

Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Scribe is delighted to congratulate Chigozie Obioma, whose brilliant debut, The Fishermen (ISBN: 9781925106442; RRP: $29.99), has been longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize. Chigozie will be visiting Australia for the Byron...

Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Awards 2015 

Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Writers, poets, graphic novelists: the Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Awards are open for submissions in five categories. This is your chance to win up to $6,000 and gain recognition for...

Marketing Changes at UQP 

Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Rachel Crawford has been appointed Marketing Coordinator at UQP, and commenced the role on July 28. Rachel has recently returned to Brisbane from New York, where she gained a broad...

‘Good Muslim Boy’ to Be Made Into Film 

Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Hardie Grant Publishing is pleased to announce that Osamah Sami’s book Good Muslim Boy is to be turned into a major motion picture Ali’s Wedding, directed by Tony Ayres, to...

All Your Adult Colouring Needs at Hardie Grant Publishing 

Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Hardie Grant Publishing is Australia’s largest publisher of adult colouring books with the best-selling Decorative Designs (9781782433439) and Fabulous Flowers (9781782433422) overall numbers 4 and 5 in Bookscan charts;  over...

SPN appoints new staff 

Wednesday, 29 July 2015
The Small Press Network has appointed  Lefa Singleton Norton as its conference manager for the 2015 Independent Publishing Conference, and Hannah Cartmel as its membership manager. (See news.)

Torney appointed SLV CEO 

Wednesday, 29 July 2015
The State Library of Victoria has appointed ABC news director Kate Torney as its new CEO. (See news.)

Crawford joins UQP 

Tuesday, 28 July 2015
Rachel Crawford has been appointed marketing coordinator at UQP, beginning on 28 July. (See classified.)

Rosenberg joins Black Inc. 

Monday, 27 July 2015
Jo Rosenberg has been appointed senior editor at Black Inc., beginning on 24 August. Rosenberg was previously senior editor at Penguin Random House.

Peribo to distribute The History Press 

Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Publisher: The History PressISBN Prefix: 97807509, 978184165, 978184588Old Distributor: WoodslaneNew Distributor: PeriboChangeover Date:  22/07/2015

Changes to Random House Distribution 

Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Effective Monday 3 August, all product distributed by Random House Distribution will be supplied under the banner of United Book Distributors (UBD). This means all customers of Random House Distribution...