Books+Publishing shuffles senior staff
By Jonas Lopez in Media News on Wednesday, 17th April 2019 at 11:49amANZ book industry portal Books+Publishing has made some editorial changes.
The company announced that current editor-in-chief Andrew Wrathall is moving up to production manager; the job now puts him in charge of the company CRM systems, print production, and running the official website. He has been with the company for a decade, spending most of it as publishing and digital media coordinator.
Kelsey Oldham is moving up from assistant editor to editor. She is relatively new to the company having joined last August. Sarah Farquharson is promoted from news editor to managing editor. The two of them join digital editor Brad Jefferies in the company’s editorial circle.
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