The APA office team is predominantly based at our Ultimo office in Sydney, and are always happy to hear from members about their areas of work.

Patrizia Di Biase-Dyson – Chief Executive

Di Biase-Dyson is an experienced book industry professional with a successful track record in independent publishing, and prior to being appointed CEO was Chief of Staff at the APA and a great champion of access initiatives like the Open Book Internship program.

Contact Patrizia for: information about the APA, the board and sectoral Committees.

Dr Stuart Glover – Head of Policy

Stuart has a background as an arts administrator, cultural industries consultant, and academic specialising in editing and literary policy. He is responsible for building relationships with government and stakeholders, and developing advocacy and policy positions for the APA.

Contact Stuart for: policy issues such as copyright and lending rights and for industry development issues such as diversity, inclusive publishing, and sustainability.

 
Andrea Hanke – Industry Development

Andrea is former Editor-in-Chief of Books+Publishing, and has most recently been working as Editor of Books+Publishing’s Think Australian newsletter. Andrea supports industry development initiatives and projects for the Association and sectoral committees.

Contact Andrea for: enquiries relating to Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion, Export and Professional Development initiatives.

 
Melissa Crino – Programs and Partnerships

Melissa manages the APA’s industry awards and event activity, including the BookUp conference, the Australian Book Industry Awards and the Educational Publishing Awards Australia. She also coordinates APA attendance at overseas events such as international book fairs.

Contact Melissa for: enquiries relating to awards or events.

 
Cat Colwell – Head of Product & Supply Chain

Cat is product manager of the Australian publishing industry’s bibliographic supply chain web-service, TitlePage, and manages the development of the Australian Book Network. She also provides industry infrastructure support and is coordinator of Australian metadata groups.

Contact Cat for: TitlePage development requests and issue resolution; information about data standards and industry supply chain services; metadata and discoverability; ONIX and Thema developments.

 
Daniel Galwey-Sinclair – TitlePage Analyst

With a background in bookselling and book data, Daniel supports TitlePage customers and works closely with Cat to help enhance the APA’s digital services.

Contact Daniel for: TitlePage support for publisher data management or TitlePage data services.

 
Sarah Holmes – Member Services

Sarah has an extensive background in the publishing industry having worked on product and marketing teams for publishers and in a freelance capacity. Sarah maintains the APA database and is here to help with all of your membership needs.

Contact Sarah for: enquiries about membership, questions on member benefits, & Educational Sales Statistics.

 
Andrew Brown – Marketing & Communications

With a background across events, marketing and online communities – both in publishing and for membership organisations – Andrew manages the APA’s member communications and engagement.

Contact Andrew for: comms enquiries, news or opportunities to share with our membership.