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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...

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...