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Maramenides leaves The Five Mile Press

Wednesday, 22 July 2015
The Five Mile Press managing director Alexandra Maramenides has left the company, effective from 14 July. Publisher Kay Scarlett has been appointed acting managing director. (See news.)

S&S marketing and publicity team changes 

Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Simon & Schuster key account manager Grainne Reidy has been promoted to deputy sales director, effective from 28 September. Senior marketing and publicity manager Carol Warwick will also take on additional...

Editors Victoria: Introduction to Copyediting 

Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Editors Victoria is running the course ‘Introduction to Copyediting’ with Susan Keogh on 15 August at CAE, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Finding and correcting spelling and grammatical errors is only part...

Editors Victoria: Introduction to Structural Editing 

Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Editors Victoria is running the course ‘Introduction to Structural Editing’ with Susan Keogh on 29 August at CAE, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Structural editing tends to be one of those hazy...

Raintree Australia to Distribute Hungry Tomato Range 

Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Raintree Australia have been elected as the sole distributor for the new UK Publisher Hungry Tomato in Australia.The Hungry Tomato range brings non-fiction to children through high interest, engaging, colourful...

Legat joins Massey University Press 

Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Former Random House New Zealand publisher Nicola Legat has been appointed as the first publisher of Massey University Press. (See news.)

Bray joins Better Reading 

Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Former Allen & Unwin children’s book director Liz Bray has been appointed Better Reading’s children’s specialist, and will head up its new children’s offshoot Better Reading Kids. (See news.)

Staff changes at EWF 

Wednesday, 15 July 2015
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has appointed Michaela McGuire as its new festival director and co-CEO, replacing outgoing festival director Sam Twyford-Moore. General manager Kate Callingham has also been promoted to co-CEO....

Society of Editors (NSW): Copy editing workshop 

Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Places are still available for the one-day copy editing workshop with Meryl Potter, presented by the Society of Editors (NSW). The workshop, which will run from 9:30 am to 4:30...

Martin Shaw sub-agenting services

Tuesday, 14 July 2015
Martin Shaw is representing various Australian publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year. Please get in touch with martin@thebooksdesk.com for further information.