What do you do if you wake up in the dead of night to see a spirit standing by your bed … and he’s really,... Read more |
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature from Victoria University of Wellington, reports Booksellers NZ. Catton, whose second novel The... Read more |
The television adaptation of Peter Temple’s novel The Broken Shore (Text) will screen on ABC Television at 8.30pm on Sunday 2 February. The telemovie stars Don... Read more |
Rachael McDiarmid has joined library and schools supplier Wheelers Books in the newly created position of publisher and partner relations manager. McDiarmid joined the company on... Read more |
Damian Lodge will take over the presidency of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) in May. Lodge, an academic in the School of Information... Read more |
Wade appointed as chair of CILIP council In the UK, Martyn Wade has been appointed as chair of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information... Read more |
New $9.5 million library opens in Bendigo A new public library opened in the regional Victorian city of Bendigo on 28 January. According to the ABC,... Read more |
A number of librarians are among the recipients of the 2014 Australia Day honours, which were presented by the Governor-General on 26 January as ‘national and... Read more |
Last year ended with a flurry of new ebookstore announcements, including the launch of an Australian Kindle store, an Australian Nook ebookstore and an Optus... Read more |
Rachael McDiarmid has joined library and schools supplier Wheelers Books in the newly created position of publisher and partner manager. McDiarmid previously worked for library... Read more |
Damian Lodge will take over the presidency of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) in May. Lodge, who joined the ALIA board in May... Read more |
Malcolm O’Brien has been appointed NSW, QLD and NT territory manager for Wavesound. O’Brien joins Wavesound from James Bennett, where he was a sales representative. (See... Read more |
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Good Reading has appointed Robert Kennedy as advertising sales manager for Good Reading, SpineOut and PK. Angus Dalton has also been appointed as editorial assistant.
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Steve Jones has been appointed to the new role of conference and marketing manager for the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA). Jones, who joined the ABA... Read more |
Helen Withycombe has joined the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne in the role of programming coordinator. Withycombe, who started in the... Read more |
Networking with the Australian Publishers Association (APA) Join Margaret Whiskin, publisher at Magabala Books along with industry colleagues to share some predictions for the year ahead on... Read more |
Elsevier Science & Technology Books advises that effective immediately distribution of Industrial Press has moved to CoInfo Pty Ltd.
Elsevier will accept returns received by 30 April, 2014, thereafter, all returns should be to CoInfo.
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Mal O’Brien will be joining Wavesound as territory manager for NSW, QLD and NT. Mal has more than 30 years’ experience in Australian Publishing and has worked with Public libraries for the last 8 years. Mal starts on Tuesday February 11th and can be contacted on his mobile 0403 487 788, by email Malcolm. OBrien@wavesound.com.au, at Wavesound on (02) 9417 5088 or info@wavesound.com.au
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