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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...

Watkins Promoted, Hamley to Hachette 

Monday, 15 September 2014
Hachette Australia is pleased to announce two exciting changes to its commissioning team.Effective immediately, Robert Watkins has been promoted to Non-Fiction Publisher. Currently Commissioning Editor for our lifestyle list, Robert...

New Sydney Offices for Penguin Random House 

Monday, 15 September 2014
We are pleased to announce that Penguin Random House staff in Sydney now reside in newly renovated offices.Our Sydney office address is: Level 3, 100 Pacific Highway, North Sydney; phone:...

Webster appointed SPN chair

Wednesday, 10 September 2014
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the appointment of Michael Webster as chair of the SPN board. (See news.)

Wakefield Press moves premises

Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Wakefield Press has moved from its Kent Town premises to 16 Rose Street, Mile End in Adelaide. The new office opened on 8 September.

Horgan joins Boffins

Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Barbara Horgan has joined Boffins Bookshop in Perth in the role of business development manager, fiction and children’s books. (See news.)

Barbara Horgan Joins Boffins 

Tuesday, 9 September 2014
Boffins Bookshop in Perth is pleased to announce that Barbara Horgan has joined  the team in the role of Business Development Manager, Fiction and Children’s Books.Barbara, with husband Tony, previously...