I jumped at the chance to review this, the second of Judith Lucy’s memoirs. I found her first go at the genre (The Lucy Family... Read more |
Kobo parent company Rakuten has announced plans to open new online stores in Australia and India, reports Inside Retail Asia. The Japanese online retailer said... Read more |
The Arts Issue of The Monthly (ed by Paul Grabowsky) has selected Patrick White as the best in literature for the magazine’s feature ‘The best of Australian... Read more |
Seaway Logistics has announced it will purchase the business and assets of freight forwarder Intramar, which was recently placed under the control of receivers PPB... Read more |
A new QBD bookstore opened in Highpoint shopping centre in Melbourne’s west on 18 October. The new QBD outlet joins discount bookseller Last Page and... Read more |
The Bridport Prize, the UK writing competition open to all nationalities, has announced its shortlists. Categories include short story, poetry and flash fiction. As reported by... Read more |
The Queensland Writers Centre (QWC)’s GenreCon, a conference for Australian genre writers running from 2-4 November at Rydges Paramatta in NSW, has announced its program. GenreCon... Read more |
The Macquarie Dictionary has adjusted its definition of ‘misogyny’ to cover its current use as a synonym of ‘sexism’. While the original meaning of misogyny is ‘hatred of women’,... Read more |
A new centre for literacy called the 100 Story Building will be launched at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne on 30 October. The centre aims... Read more |
The shortlist for this year’s Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), the children’s choice book awards for New South Wales, has been announced. The list of... Read more |
Black Inc. has announced the contributors for The Best Australian Essays 2012, edited by Ramona Koval, The Best Australian Stories 2012, edited by Sonya Hartnett, and... Read more |
Booksellers from Embiggen Books, Readings, The Sun Bookshop, Avid Reader and Avenue Bookstore have shared their most-anticipated Christmas titles on the Wheeler Centre’s website. Nominated... Read more |
Readings managing director Mark Rubbo is running for a position as councillor in the Melbourne City Council (MCC) election on Saturday 27 October. Rubbo spoke about his... Read more |
Australian freight forwarding company Intramar is now in the control of receivers PPB Advisory. Receivers Nicholas Martin and Craig Crosbie said in a letter to... Read more |
NewSouth Publishing has launched a new series of ‘short, sharp essays you can read on any electric device’, says publicist Matt Howard. The series, called... Read more |
Libraries own ebooks, says Random House The issue of library ebook ownership is receiving renewed attention after Random House in the US reiterated its position... Read more |
New Williamstown Library open A new library in Williamstown in Melbourne’s west was officially opened in September. The $8.1 million facility was funded by the... Read more |
The Australian School Library Association (ASLA) has awarded the 2012 Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year Award to Alinda Sheerman from Broughton Anglican College in... Read more |
Audiobook titles previously published by Vision Australia are now available to Australian public libraries through audiobook publisher and distributor Wavesound. A spokesperson for Vision Australia... Read more |
The National Library of Australia’s (NLA) Trove digital repository has won the Innovation category in the 2012 Australia and New Zealand Internet Awards (ANZIAs). The... Read more |
Judge dismisses Authors Guild lawsuit against HathiTrust In the US, federal judge Harold Baer has dismissed the Authors Guild lawsuit against digital repository HathiTrust, ruling... Read more |
IFLA Awards presented in Helsinki The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) presented a number of awards to individuals at the recent IFLA... Read more |
Library services provider Softlink and bookselling chain QBD have announced that their Oliver Marketplace purchasing system is now available to all libraries across Australia. The... Read more |
‘Here at Books for Cooks, we are looking long and hard at the forthcoming publishers’ catalogues and book lists for Christmas. It’s with a mixture... Read more |
Mary Sangster of the Children’s Bookshop Christchurch has been elected chair of the board of Booksellers NZ, replacing Hamish Wright of Wright’s Bookshop, who will... Read more |
Exisle Publishing owner Benny St John Thomas has stepped down as sales and marketing director, taking on the role of rights director in August this... Read more |
Melanie Barton has joined Bookworld—the division of Pearson Australia which operates the Angus & Robertson (A&R) and the recently rebranded Borders online businesses—as senior category... Read more |
Imogen Kandel has been appointed online editor of Kill Your Darlings (KYD) literary journal. She was previously the marketing assistant at Melbourne Writers Festival and prior to... Read more |
Simon Milne will finish in his roles of Leading Edge Books general manager and Leading Edge Group marketing and communications manager on 9 November. Milne... Read more |
Alisa Coy has been appointed to the role of national franchise manager at Collins Booksellers. Coy, who currently manages the Collins head office, will begin in the... Read more |
Sam Twyford-Moore has been appointed as the new director of the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF). Twyford-Moore, who currently works at the NSW Writers’ Centre, will... Read more |
The Trustees of the Nita B Kibble Literary Awards for Women Writers, on behalf of Mr Bryan Small and Perpetual, invite nominations of eligible works... Read more |
‘Bookshops: Here Today, Here Tomorrow’ Guest speaker: Joel Becker, Australian Booksellers Association When: 6.30 (for 7) pm on Thursday15 November 2012 Where: CQ Functions, 113... Read more |
Fixed Up Proper Way? Editing Indigenous content, working with Indigenous authors. Sydney: Wednesday 14 November; Melbourne:Thursday 22 November 9.30 – 5pm. Not just for those... Read more |
Issued by: James Kellow, CEO HarperCollinsPublishers
I’m delighted to announce that Simon Milne will be joining HarperCollins Australia in the new position of Marketing Communications Director on Monday, 19 November.
Simon brings a wealth of experience in consumer engagement and strategic management from previous roles in music, video, online retail and digital marketing and most recently from his position as Marketing Communications Manager and General Manager, Books for the Leading Edge Group. Simon started his career in London as a film editor and director on music videos. After moving to Australia, he helped set up a global research and development project for Nokia, developed the web strategy for Inside Sport, and was Executive Producer for the original online retail shop at David Jones, before moving on to become CEO of the University Co-op bookstores.
I’m delighted to have someone of Simon’s calibre, creativity and breadth of experience to lead our combined marketing and publicity team through what I believe will be an incredibly exciting period as we find new and different ways of communicating with readers.
‘I am very excited to be joining the management team at HarperCollins Australia,’ says Simon Milne. ‘There have never been so many communication channels between authors, publishers, booksellers, the media and readers, and the integration of marketing and publicity will deliver great benefits for everyone. I look forward to continuing the great work done at HarperCollins, and finding new and innovative ways to communicate with our customers.’
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 UQP is thrilled to announce that the third printing of Get Well Soon! is underway. Thank you booksellers for your support of this fabulous book, which Benjamin Law describes as ‘distressingly funny’! Stock will be available from UBD today (24 October). Contact them on 1800-338-836 (ISBN: 9780702239205).
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