Campion acquires Wooldridges’ assets, plans retail network expansion
Education supplier Campion Education has confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that it has purchased some assets, including stock, from Education Works’ Wooldridges retail business. Campion managing director James Cathro said, however, that...
Education Works to be liquidated; Campion acquires Wooldridges
School bookseller Education Works will be liquidated, following a second meeting of the company’s creditors at the end of August. However, three of the nine businesses in the Education Works...
Ebooks enter the classroom
School libraries are starting to explore models for delivering ebooks. Heath Graham considers some of the challenges. The publishing industry is undergoing a series of massive changes with the growth...
Education Works placed into administration
School bookseller Education Works has been placed into voluntary administration. Andrew Sallway, Said Jahani and Matthew Donnelly of Grant Thornton were appointed administrators of the company and its eight related...
Melbourne Writers Festival Schools’ Program launched
The 2012 Melbourne Writers Festival Schools’ Program has been launched and is available on the website. Tickets are also now available for purchase. Authors featured in this year’s schools’ program,...
Campion Ed acquires majority share in EdSoft Interactive
Campion Education has acquired a majority shareholding in educational technology supplier Edsoft Interactive. Campion managing director James Cathro told the Weekly Book Newsletter that Edsoft Interactive will continue to operate...
Children’s authors, illustrator launch Literature Live!
Five children's book creators have joined together to form Literature Live!, an organisation which provides virtual creative writing and illustration workshops to Australian schools through video conferencing and interactive whiteboards....
Concerns about future of ‘The School Magazine’ in NSW
Concerns have been raised about the future of The School Magazine ahead of the completion of a restructuring of the NSW Department of Education and Training this month. The Weekly...
Gillard launches school library inquiry
Education Minister Julia Gillard has asked the parliament's House Standing Committee on Education and Training to launch an inquiry into and to report on ‘the role, adequacy and resourcing of...
Educational publishers and authors critical of ASA report
Educational publishers have hit back at the recent Australian Society of Authors report on their sector, with one publisher describing it as ‘long on overblown rhetoric and bluster but very...
‘Society and environment’ scrapped in new curriculum framework
Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has launched a report on a national framework for school education, agreed to by all state and territory governments. ‘The Future of Schooling in Australia', released...