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Wendy Harrex has retired as publisher at Otago University Press in Dunedin, New Zealand, after 20 years in the role. Rachel Scott, formerly the publisher of Canterbury University Press, will succeed Harrex as publisher of Otago.
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Michael White has been appointed to the newly created position of head of international publishing at HarperCollins. White’s appointment follows the departure of former head of fiction Sue Brockhoff, who left HarperCollins at the end of 2012 and has since joined Harlequin in the role of publishing and communications manager. Associate...
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Sophie Masson has been re-elected as chair and David Day as treasurer of the Australian Society of Authors board. (See news.)
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Antonia Hayes has joined ebook provider Copia in the role of Australian merchandising and marketing manager. Hayes has previously worked as a publicist for Random House and as a marketing specialist and online editor for Shearer’s Bookshop in Sydney. (See news.)
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Sue Brockhoff has joined Harlequin Australia in the role of publishing and communications manager. Brockhoff, who was previously head of fiction at HarperCollins, replaces former publishing manager Haylee Nash and takes on an expanded role that includes responsibility for communications. (See news.)
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Tony Grybowski has been appointed as the new CEO of the Australia Council for the Arts. Grybowski, who previously worked for the Australia Council in the role of executive director of arts organisations, replaces Libby Christie who has been acting in the role of CEO since January following the departure of...
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The State Library of Victoria has appointed three new directors. Jo Watson has been appointed as director of community engagement, Peter McMahon has been appointed as director of digital strategy and Ben Clark has been appointed as foundation director. (See library news.)
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Owen Kavanagh, professional member of the Society of Editors NSW, has been appointed chair of the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd).
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Patricia Genat, managing director of ALS Library Services, will replace Jon Page, general manager of Pages & Pages Booksellers in Sydney, as president of the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) at its annual general meeting in June. Genat is currently the ABA treasurer. Page will continue as a member of the ABA management committee in the...
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Penguin Australia has announced that publisher Bob Sessions will retire from the company in September. Sessions has worked for Penguin for more than 27 years and was previously head of the publishing department for 22 years. (See news.)
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Andrew McDonald has resigned from his position as business development consultant for OverDrive Australia. McDonald, a YA author who previously worked in the role of online manager at Readings, told Books+Publishing that he will now concentrate full-time on his writing.
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Kevin Hanniffy has been appointed territory manager for Sydney and surrounds at Herron Books. (See classified.)
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Susan Coker, Alyson Dalby and Damian Lodge have been elected to the board of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Coker has been elected vice-president and will replace Julie Rae, who will take over the role of president from Vanessa Little. (See news.)
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Haylee Nash, former publishing manager at Harlequin Australia, has joined Booktopia to manage the online bookseller’s romance sales. (See news.)
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At Pan Macmillan, Tracey Cheetham, previously head of publicity, has been promoted to the newly created role of publicity and marketing director, and is now a member of the Macmillan board of directors. As a result of Cheetham’s promotion, former publicist Jace Armstrong has been appointed to the newly created position...
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Rochelle Fernandez, previously digital editor at HarperCollins, has been promoted to the role of commissioning editor for HarperVoyager. Fernandez, who replaces former commissioning editor Deonie Fiford, will also manage a new digital-first imprint called Impulse. (See news.)
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Tamara Seldon Truss has returned to the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) in the role of member services officer. Seldon Truss, who previously worked in the same role in 2006 and 2007, replaces Michelle Bansen, who left the ABA earlier this year to take up the position of local sales and marketing...
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Island magazine has moved into new premises in Hobart. The magazine’s new address is: PO Box 4703, Bathurst Street Post Office, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000. The magazine’s new phone number is: (03) 6234-9364.
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Catherine McInnis has been appointed deputy editor of Melbourne-based literary journal Meanjin. McInnis, who also works for Melbourne University Publishing in the role of digital marketing assistant, joined Meanjin in an assistant position in September 2012. She takes over the deputy editor position from Zora Sanders, who has replaced publisher Sally...
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The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has appointed Steve Jones to the newly created position of marketing/project officer. Jones is a former manager of Books Kinokuniya in Sydney and a consultant to the book industry. (See news.)
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