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Publishing industry leader Ben James, the new Õ¬Äе¼º½P Director.
Publishing industry leader Ben James, the new Õ¬Äе¼º½P Director.
26 February 2019

Õ¬Äе¼º½ Press (Õ¬Äе¼º½P) has appointed publishing industry leader Ben James as Director.

Mr James replaces Jill Eddington, who retired in 2017. Publishing Director Madonna Duffy has been acting in the role.

Mr James said he was thrilled to have the opportunity to lead Õ¬Äе¼º½P.

“Õ¬Äе¼º½P is one of Australia’s leading independent publishing houses, with a diverse list and a long history, so naturally I’m delighted and honoured to lead this organisation,” he said.

He said he would work  with Õ¬Äе¼º½P management and staff to expand the publisher’s  reputation for quality fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and scholarly and children’s titles.

Õ¬Äе¼º½P Board chair and University of Queensland Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Tim Dunne said Mr James’s expertise would be extremely valuable.

“His appointment ensures Õ¬Äе¼º½P will remain an agile and sustainable business into the future,” he said.

Õ¬Äе¼º½P was established in 1948. Mr James, who will start at Õ¬Äе¼º½P on 25 March, has a background in publishing, strategic business management and digital product development.

He has held leadership positions at Cengage Learning Australia and Macmillan Publishers.

Contact: Kylie Rathborne, kylier@uqp.uq.edu.au, +61 7 3346 7932.