Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Penguin Random House Australia & New Zealand (PRH) has appointed Talia Moodley to the newly created position of Children’s Rights Manager. She started in the role on 24 February 2025....

Wednesday, 12 March 2025
David Hammon has stepped down as chair of the Eleanor Dark Foundation, but will remain a director on the organisation's board. Hammon became chair in 2022. Bianca Nogrady, a director...

Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Magabala Books has announced the appointment of Skye Cusack to the role of marketing coordinator. Cusack, who stepped into the role in January, previously held the role of marketing manager...

Wednesday, 12 February 2025
First Nations festival and organisation Blak & Bright, has announced the appointment of Cheryl Leavy as general manager and Phoebe Grainer as program coordinator.

Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Jon Page has been appointed book buyer at WHSmith. Page was previously general manager of Dymocks Sydney.

Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Brooke Perkins has been appointed to the role of senior vice-president for specialty markets in North America at Bonnier Books UK. She was previously vice-president for North America at Lake...

Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Giramondo Publishing has announced the appointment of Anna Thwaites as the new editor of Heat magazine.

Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Emma Rusher, former marketing and communications director at Hachette and most recently senior global campaigns manager at Amazon Web Services, has been appointed associate director of programming, APAC at Audible.

Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Rachel Chopping has left BookPeople to join Thames & Hudson as sales coordinator.

Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Big W has opened its newest store in the Port Adelaide Plaza, Port Adelaide.

Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Malcolm Neil has been appointed director of Informit. Neil was previously interim director of Monash University Publishing.

Wednesday, 2 October 2024
Nukunu author Jared Thomas has been appointed to Creative Australia's inaugural First Nations Board for the Arts. Thomas is the author of Calypso Summer, Songs That Sound Like Blood, and...

Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Audible has promoted Lee Jarit to the position of global head of publisher and partner relations at the company head office in the US.

Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Suzanne O’Sullivan has joined the Penguin Random House Australia and New Zealand children’s publishing team in the role of senior editor.

Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Freelance editor and writer Casey Mulder has joined Fremantle Press as an editor for the next six months, with support from Creative Australia. Mulder is a Ballardong Noongar yorga with Dutch...

Wednesday, 7 August 2024
At the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ), Graeme Cosslett has been appointed president, taking over from outgoing president Claire Murdoch. Also joining the PANZ council are...

Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Author Pip Smith has joined Allen & Unwin as manager of the Faber Writing Academy. Smith, who also teaches creative writing at Macquarie University, started at Allen & Unwin on...

Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Hachette Aotearoa NZ has announced that Nicola Faisandier will join the company as an account manager. Faisandier has held sales positions at both Penguin Random House and Random House. She...

Wednesday, 5 June 2024
Claire Cao has been appointed Meanjin's new fiction editor. Her first edition will be the Spring 2024 issue (Meanjin 83.3).

Wednesday, 1 May 2024
Belinda Bolliger has joined Key People Literary Management as an associate agent. Bolliger has previously held several editorial and publishing positions in the children's publishing industry, including at Australian Standing...

Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Melbourne Writers Festival chair Alice Hill has left the role.

Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Kabita Dhara has joined Alex Adsett Literary as foreign rights manager.

Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Anjanette Fennell has joined Key People Literary Management as associate agent.

Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Stella chair Keren Murray will step down from the role after the announcement of the 2024 Stella Prize winner in May, said the organisation, which has started the recruitment process...

Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Booksellers Aotearoa NZ has appointed Renée Rowland to the role of association manager. Rowland is the former owner-operator of The Twizel Bookshop and Timaru Booksellers. She remains a partner at...

Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Malcolm Neil has been appointed interim director of Monash University Publishing, while director and publisher Julia Carlomagno is on maternity leave. Neil was previously at Melbourne University Publishing.

Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Benjamin Paz, who writes as Benjamin Stevenson, is leaving Curtis Brown to concentrate full-time on his writing career.

Wednesday, 29 November 2023
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has appointed Stephanie Holt chair of the IPEd board. Holt replaces Ruth Davies, who was appointed in May 2020 and will remain on the...