Hoy joins Murdoch Books
Murdoch Books has announced the appointment of Matt Hoy to the newly created role of sales and marketing director. Hoy joins the company from Hachette Australia, where he was sales...
New publishers join Murdoch Books
Diana Hill, Jane Morrow and Corinne Roberts have joined Allen & Unwin as publishers for Murdoch Books. (See news.)
New publishers join Murdoch Books
Allen & Unwin has continued to expand the Murdoch Books publishing team, with Diana Hill, Jane Morrow and Corinne Roberts joining Murdoch Books as publishers. A&U publishing director Sue Hines...
Handbury, Ashbridge launch online food community
Former Murdoch Books owner Matt Handbury and digital director Mark Ashbridge have partnered to launch a new website dedicated to food and cooking. Eatlove, which launched in October 2012, features...
Farmer joins Murdoch Books
Christine Farmer has joined Allen & Unwin in the role of publicity manager for Murdoch Books. Farmer, previously publicity and communications director at HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand, started at...
Farmer joins Murdoch Books
Christine Farmer has joined Allen & Unwin in the role of publicity manager for Murdoch Books. Farmer, who previously worked for HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand in the role of...
Murdoch Books distribution to move to UBD
Murdoch Books has announced that distribution of its titles will move from Harper Entertainment Distribution Services (HEDS) to United Book Distributors (UBD) in January. The move follows the acquisition of...
Granger, Murdoch Books settle legal battle
The legal case between Australian chef Bill Granger and Murdoch Books was settled in August, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Granger initiated a lawsuit against the publisher, which is now...
A&U advertises for new Murdoch Books staff
Allen & Unwin is advertising for four new staff members, including two publishers, to work within the Murdoch Books business, which it acquired this month. A&U is advertising for a...
A&U acquires Murdoch Books
Allen & Unwin has acquired Murdoch Books. A&U and Murdoch Books announced the finalisation of the sale in a joint statement on 3 October. As previously reported by Bookseller+Publisher, the...
Senogles to leave A&U for SWF; Wallington, Hipworth join SWF team
Renee Senogles, currently publicity manager at Allen & Unwin, will join the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) in October in the newly created position of programming coordinator. Senogles, who has been...
Murdoch Books in sale negotiations with A&U
Murdoch Books owner and chief executive Matt Handbury has confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that the publisher is in negotiations to sell the business to Allen & Unwin. Handbury said Murdoch Books...
Pfaff to join HarperCollins
Karin Pfaff, currently digital account manager at Murdoch Books, will join HarperCollins in the role of digital business executive on 27 August.
Rogers to launch new business by Christmas
Former Murdoch Books CEO Juliet Rogers will launch a new business before the end of the year called the Wild Colonial Company. Rogers, who is currently chair of the Indigenous...
Granger, Murdoch Books in legal battle
Australian chef Bill Granger is suing Murdoch Books ‘for misleading and deceptive conduct, infringement of copyright and infringement of moral rights’ in the Federal Court of Australia over the publication...
Nguyen shortlisted for UK food and travel awards
Indochine by Vietnamese-Australian chef Luke Nguyen (Murdoch) has been shortlisted in the Food and Travel Reader Awards, run by the UK’s Food and Travel magazine. The cookbook is in the...
More than 20 staff to be made redundant at Murdoch Books
Murdoch Books has announced it is ‘taking radical steps to secure its future in the face of dramatic changes in the book industry’. The publisher said in a statement that...
Murdoch Books announces staff changes, redundancies
Murdoch Books has announced a number of key staff changes and four redundancies, in a restructure designed to 'position Murdoch Books for the new year and to face the challenges...
PM’s Prize for Australian History winners announced
The 2010-11 Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History has been jointly awarded to A Three-Cornered Life: The Historian W K Hancock by Jim Davidson (UNSW Press) and Bad Characters: S-x,...
Lines joins Murdoch Books
Murdoch Books has announced that Tracy Lines will join the company in the role of lifestyle publisher in October. Lines replaces former lifestyle publisher Lynn Lewis, who recently left Murdoch...