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Featherstone to leave ‘Verity La’

Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Nigel Featherstone, managing editor of online creative arts journal Verity La, has resigned. Michele Seminara, current editor and co-reader of poetry, will take over the position in 2015.

More great titles now available from Novella Distribution 

Tuesday, 30 September 2014
Novella Distribution specialises in independent Australian publishing houses including: Wombat Books, Rhiza Press, Signs Publishing and Bushytail Books.We offer rapid order processing and personalised customer service. Head to: www.novelladistribution.com.au or...

British Library Publishing distribution change 

Wednesday, 24 September 2014
Publishers: British Library PublishingISBN Prefix: VariousOld Distributor: InbooksNew Distributor: Not knownChangeover date: 20/10/2014Returns cut-off: 20/10/2014

Bodleian Library Publishing distribution change 

Wednesday, 24 September 2014
Publishers: Bodleian Library PublishingISBN Prefix: VariousOld Distributor: InbooksNew Distributor: Not knownChangeover date: 20/10/2014Returns cut-off: 20/10/2014

Congratulations to UQP Winning Authors 

Tuesday, 23 September 2014
UQP would like to congratulate Kristina Olsson (Boy, Lost) and Yvette Walker (Letters to the End of Love) for their respective wins in the Non-fiction and Emerging Writer categories in...

International Day of Bibliodiversity 

Monday, 22 September 2014
21 Sep was International Day of Bibliodiversity. To coincide with this Spinifex Press has published 'Bibliodiversity: A Manifesto for Independent Publishing' by Susan Hawthorne. Susan has travelled to Cape Town for...

Fran Moore to Leave Curtis Brown 

Monday, 22 September 2014
Fran Moore will be leaving Curtis Brown in mid October, 2014.  During her 15 years as an agent with Curtis Brown, Fran has represented a number of best-selling and prize...

TitlePage to introduce display advertising 

Wednesday, 17 September 2014
TitlePage users will shortly notice the addition of a banner ad and three box ads on most pages of the website. These ads create a unique opportunity for publishers to...

Changes to Hachette publishing team

Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Hachette has announces several changes to its publishing team. Robert Watkins, commissioning editor for Hachette’s lifestyle list, has been promoted to nonfiction publisher; Sophie Hamley, literary agent at the Cameron Creswell...

Johnson to leave S&S 

Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Lou Johnson, managing director of Simon & Schuster Australia, has resigned and will leave the company after a ‘smooth transition to new leadership’. (See news.)

Bernadette Foley 

Tuesday, 16 September 2014
After ten years at Hachette and over 25 in this industry I am taking a break from publishing, leaving Hachette this week. It’s a wonderful, dynamic company, however, the time...

Pascal Press Congratulates Rebecca Johnson 

Tuesday, 16 September 2014
Pascal Press would like to congratulate author Rebecca Johnson for winning the 2014 Whitley Commendation for Best Children’s series for her Insects Story Books, published under the Steve Parish Kids...