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NewSouth Books Congratulates Alan Atkinson 

Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Congratulations to Alan Atkinson, who has won the eminent Victorian Prize for Literature for the third volume of The Europeans in Australia. Alan was also awarded the prize for non-fiction...

ABC Books Congratulates Indie Shortlistees 

Wednesday, 4 February 2015
ABC Books and HarperCollins Publishers are delighted to congratulate Emma Ayres and Judith Rossell, whose wonderful books have been shortlisted for the 2015 Indie Book Awards. Ayres is shortlisted in...

OUP to distribute Nelson Thornes 

Thursday, 29 January 2015
Agency: Nelson ThornesISBN Prefixes: VariousOld Distributor: Cengage Learning AustraliaNew distributor: Oxford University PressChangeover date: 01/02/2015

Fagan Appointed Head of Marketing and Publicity, Nero 

Thursday, 29 January 2015
Black Inc. has appointed Kelly Fagan to the newly created role of Head of Marketing and Publicity for Nero books. Fagan will leave her role at HarperCollins Publishers to take up this new...

CBCA National Board Congratulates Jackie French 

Thursday, 29 January 2015
The National Board of the Children’s Book Council of Australia congratulates Jackie French on being Senior Australian of the Year, recognising her passionate and tireless work promoting children’s reading. Jackie...

Griffith Review Turns the Spotlight on WA 

Thursday, 29 January 2015
Following the success of GR39: Tasmania – The Tipping Point?, Griffith Review turns the spotlight on WA in GR47: Looking West. Contributors include Carmen Lawrence, Shaun Tan, Brooke Davis, Nick...

Staff Changes at Hachette 

Thursday, 29 January 2015
Kate Flood will be returning to Hachette Australia from maternity leave in early March to take up the position of Children’s National Account Manager, a part time role. We are delighted...

Horin appointed publisher of HGE imprint Chirpy Bird 

Thursday, 29 January 2015
Hardie Grant Egmont has appointed Niki Horin to the newly created role of publisher of Chirpy Bird, the company’s imprint for licensed and trend-driven publishing. Horin was previously a managing...

Call for nominations: Inaugural John Simkin Medal 2015 

Thursday, 29 January 2015
The Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI) invites nominations for the inaugural John Simkin Medal—an award recognising an outstanding index to a book compiled in Australia or New...

ANZSI (VIC branch): Indexing course for editors 

Thursday, 29 January 2015
The Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI), Victorian Branch is running ‘Is the Index Any Good’, a half-day professional development course on Saturday 28 February. The course will...