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APA Professional Development 

Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Australian Publishers Association (APA) professional development sessions include: Thursday 20 June (Sydney); Tuesday 25 June (Melbourne) Industry Seminar: it’s not all about the words, but also the business environment in...

Staff changes at ‘Kill Your Darlings’ 

Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Literary journal Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced a number of recent staff changes. Editor Rebecca Starford and deputy editor Hannah Kent have moved into the newly created roles of...

Staff changes at OzCo 

Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Katie Harford, program officer for market development at the Australia Council for the Arts, is on maternity leave, and will return to her role in 2014. James Cox, previously project...

Scholastic Congratulates Nick Bland 

Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Scholastic Australia would like to congratulate Nick Bland for winning the Book of the Year for Younger Children 2013 at the Australian Industry Book Awards for his fabulous picture book,...

Finch Publishing Congratulates Marie Williams 

Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Finch Publishing congratulates Marie Williams on winning the 2013 Finch Memoir Prize for her heartbreaking yet inspiring story of family love, hope and tragedy, Green Vanilla Tea. The book is...

Hachette Australia Congratulates Bronwyn Parry 

Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Hachette Australia is thrilled to congratulate Bronwyn Parry on Dead Heat being a finalist in the Single-Title category of the Daphne du Maurier Award. The winners will be announced on July...

Cooney joins SPN 

Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Sam Cooney has joined the Small Press Network (SPN) in the part-time role of program manager. Cooney, who is also the editor of The Lifted Brow, is working on the...

Harrex retires from Otago University Press 

Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Wendy Harrex has retired as publisher at Otago University Press in Dunedin, New Zealand, after 20 years in the role. Rachel Scott, formerly the publisher of Canterbury University Press, will succeed Harrex as publisher...

Changes at HarperCollins 

Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Michael White has been appointed to the newly created position of head of international publishing at HarperCollins. White’s appointment follows the departure of former head of fiction Sue Brockhoff, who...

ALPA Books Publishers Moving to NewSouth Books 

Tuesday, 21 May 2013
As previously announced, from June 1 NewSouth Books will be representing ALPA Books. This will affect the following imprints: Auzou Barron's Educational CRW - Collector's Library East Street G2 Entertainment Images...