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Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) Stocktake 

Monday, 17 February 2014
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) wishes to advise our customers that we will be undertaking our annual stock take on Thursday, February 27th and Friday, February 28th. Despatch of Australian...

2014 Jolley Prize now open 

Monday, 17 February 2014
Entries are open for the 2014 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize (worth $8000). Entries must be a single-authored short story of between 2000 and 5000 words, written in English. Stories...

Recall: ‘A First Place’ by David Malouf 

Monday, 17 February 2014
Random House Australia is recalling all copies of A First Place by David Malouf ISBN 9780857984050 due to be received in the March new release. Please return all copies received...

National Conference of the Children’s Book Council of Australia 

Monday, 17 February 2014
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) asks those keen to promote books at the National Conference to book trade display tables as soon as possible. Promotional inserts can be placed in conference satchels at a cost of...

Kean joins The Five Mile Press 

Friday, 14 February 2014
Jennifer Kean has joined The Five Mile Press as publicist for the publisher’s young adult imprint, Hot Key Books. Kean, who was previously publicity manager at Hardie Grant Egmont, replaces Sandra Edmunds...

Hardie Grant Egmont to distribute Curious Fox 

Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Publisher: Curious FoxISBN prefix: 978178202Old distributor: N/ANew distributor: Hardie Grant EgmontChangeover date: 1/02/2014Returns cut-off: N/A (See classifieds.)

‘From Wireless to Wallabies’ Library Tour 

Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Author Janet Werkmeister is touring libraries in Victoria to promote her latest book From Wireless to Wallabies, a biography of her grandfather Norman McCance. Initial dates are Wheelers Hill Library...

‘Anzac’s Long Shadow’ by James Brown 

Tuesday, 11 February 2014
The fourth book in Black Inc.’s Redback series, Anzac’s Long Shadow: The Cost of Our National Obsession by former military officer James Brown, will be launched by Chris Masters in...

Call for Nominations: 2014 CHASS Australia Prizes 

Tuesday, 11 February 2014
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) invites applications for the newly endowed CHASS Australia Prize for a Book in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences ($3500)....

Murdoch joins PANZ Council 

Monday, 10 February 2014
Te Papa Press publisher Claire Murdoch has joined the council of the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ). Murdoch, who will take on the newly created Communications and Networking portfolio,...

St Leger appointed chief executive of Copyright Agency 

Friday, 7 February 2014
Murray St Leger has been appointed chief executive of the Copyright Agency. St Leger is a former managing director of McGraw-Hill Australia and former president of the Australian Publishers Association....