The Book Grocer celebrates 20th anniversary
The Book Grocer is celebrating 20 years since establishing its first store. In a letter to staff and customers, founder Karl Slotte described opening the first of the chain’s stores...
Brandl & Schlesinger celebrates 20 years
Sydney publisher Brandl & Schlesinger is celebrating its 20th birthday this year.The anniversary is being celebrated with ‘a very strong and varied list’, which began in February with the release...
Sleepers celebrates 10 years
Melbourne publisher Sleepers is celebrating its 10th birthday this year. The anniversary coincides with a big year for the small press, which was founded in 2003 by Louise Swinn and...
Lonely Planet celebrates 40th anniversary; competitions and limited-edition covers planned
Lonely Planet is celebrating 40 years of publishing travel books this year. The company has a number of events planned across the globe to celebrate the occasion, including, in Australia...
Finch Publishing celebrates 20 years
Finch Publishing is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. The Sydney-based publisher, which employs ‘three-and-a-half very hardworking people’, held a party in August to mark the occasion. ‘But more importantly,’...
Auckland University Press turns 50
Auckland University Press is celebrating 50 years in publishing this year. The scholarly publisher has no plans for a big party. Instead, it has launched a new website and logo...
Collins celebrates 90 years with 90 favourite books
Several weeks after Collins Booksellers’ flagship store, Hill of Content Bookshop in Melbourne, celebrated its 90th birthday, the Collins family and friends gathered at Melbourne’s Abbottsford convent this month to celebrate...
S&S Australia celebrates 25 years
Simon & Schuster Australia is celebrating its 25th anniversary next Tuesday with an ‘intimate party’ in Sydney as well as a visit from S&S UK chief executive and managing director...
Spinifex Press celebrates 20 years
Independent feminist publisher Spinifex Press is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The publisher, which is Australia's only dedicated feminist publisher, was founded by Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein in March...
The Little Bookroom celebrates 50 years
The Little Bookroom in Melbourne will celebrate its 50th anniversary on the 13 October. The children's bookstore first opened its doors in the Melbourne CBD on the 13 October, 1960....