His name is Kyle, but everyone calls him Calypso. In high school he grew dreadlocks, started listening to reggae and took to the ganja with... Read more |
Frank is a contracts lawyer who lives his life according to an explicit set of rules. But after a serious car crash, Frank has forgotten... Read more |
Sandra Arnold is the recipient of the 2014 Seresin Landfall Residency, reports Booksellers NZ. Arnold is the author of three books: A Distraction of Opposites... Read more |
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (Text) has been shortlisted for this year’s Waverton Good Read Award in the UK. Also shortlisted were: Just What... Read more |
Currency Press has won the ‘learning and education’ award in the ‘best of tablet’ category at this year’s Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) awards. Currency,... Read more |
Harlequin Australia’s digital-first imprint Escape Publishing has launched a competition to name one of its romance sub-genres. ‘In the next few months, the Escape Publishing... Read more |
The State Library of NSW has announced a number of new awards that recognise the work of library professionals. The awards, which ‘aim to recognise... Read more |
New president elected for American Library Association Sari Feldman has been elected president of the American Library Association (ALA) for the 2015-16 term, said the... Read more |
Arts Victoria report finds awareness of SLV ‘very high’ Awareness of the State Library of Victoria (SLV) is ‘very high’, according to a report by... Read more |
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Yarra Plenty Regional Library (YPRL) in Victoria is seeking dogs for its Doggy Tales program, which helps children struggling with literacy by giving them the... Read more |
The British Library opens £33 million newspaper reading room The British Library in London, England, has opened a newspaper reading room worth £33 million (A$59.9... Read more |
Forthcoming film adaptations of The Fault in Our Stars (John Green, Penguin) and Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn, Orion), along with the recent release of Divergent... Read more |
In the latest issue of Books+Publishing magazine, Angela Meyer examines some of the ways publishers and booksellers are promoting ‘untested’ debut authors. Meyer, a debut... Read more |
Penguin Random House has appointed Margaret Thompson to the newly created position of managing director of Penguin Random House New Zealand. Thompson was previously managing... Read more |
Matt Hoy has been appointed to the newly created role of sales and marketing director of Murdoch Books, a division of Allen & Unwin. Hoy... Read more |
Jane Curry Publishing (JCP) has appointed Jennifer Barclay as international rights agent. Barclay, who is based on the Greek island of Tiros, will present the... Read more |
Ingram Content Group has appointed Deborah Lee as manager of content acquisition for Lightning Source Australia. Lee takes over from Susan Dunne, who replaced Nerida... Read more |
Andrew Abbott has been appointed as the new director of Arts Victoria. Abbott has been interim director since August 2013, when Penny Hutchinson stepped down... Read more |
Brigid Mullane has been appointed communications manager at Writers Victoria. Mullane began in the role on 5 May, and will work at Writers Victoria three... Read more |
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Auckland University Press sales and marketing manager Christine O’Brien has left the company to ‘pursue new opportunities’.
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Tickets are now on sale for The Australian Book Industry Awards on Friday 23 May. Satirist Casey Bennetto, creator of Keating! The Musical will host... Read more |
Simon and Schuster Australia Pty Ltd will cease distribution for Noel Whittaker titles from 30th June 2014. Woodslane will take over supply of Noel’s titles from 1st July 2014
Any valid returns need to be receipted into UBD by Friday 29th August 2014. Returns received after that date will not be processed for credit and the stock will be returned at the customer’s expense.
Any backorders for titles (aside from OP titles) accrued to 30th June 2014 will be transferred to Woodslane to supply.
From July 1st 2014 Noel Whittaker titles will be available in Australia and New Zealand directly from Woodslane.
10 Apollo Street Warriewood NSW 2102 Australia
Phone: +612 8445 2300
Fax: +612 9997 5850
Email: info@woodslane.com.au
Web: www.woodslane.com.au
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Simon and Schuster Australia Pty Ltd will cease distribution for Authors First (Neil Jenman) titles from 30th June 2014. Dennis Jones will take over supply of all titles from 1st July 2014
Any valid returns need to be receipted into UBD by Friday 29th August 2014. Returns received after that date will not be processed for credit and the stock will be returned at the customer’s expense.
Any backorders for titles (aside from OP titles) accrued to 30th June 2014 will be transferred to Dennis Jones to supply.
From July 1st 2014 Authors First titles will be available in Australia and New Zealand directly from Dennis Jones.
Unit 1/ 10 Melrich Rd Bayswater Vic 3153
theoffice@dennisjones.com.au
Ph: 03 9762 9100
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Random House Australia are pleased to announce that they will be taking over the Australian distribution of comic book and manga publisher Dark Horse. New releases and the full backlist will be available from 1st June 2014. Random House Australia will not be accepting any returns on sales made by the previous distributor.
Please contact Random House Customer Service on 1800 222 444 for any other queries.
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Debbie Lee has joined the Ingram Content Group in the role of Manager, Content Acquisition for Lightning Source Australia. Most recently Debbie was publisher at ACER Press, prior to which she has worked with several companies including Elsevier and UNSW Press. She can be contacted on 0448 800 464 or deborah.lee@ingramcontent.com
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