About Us

Central Book Suppliers is a partnership of Jack and Kay Schlachter who started the business together over fifteen years ago. For many years the business was housed in their garage at Saratoga. In 2003 the business moved to its present premises, a 500 square meter warehouse in Gosford. Over the years the staff numbers have gradually grown.

Philip Westbury has been with Central Book Suppliers for fifteen years, and is well known to librarians at schools on the Central Coast, in Newcastle, the Hunter Valley, in North Sydney and the eastern suburbs. Schools in these areas are contacted by Kelly Blaney-Murphy. Schools in West Sydney, to the south down towards Campbelltown, in the Southern Highlands and in Wollongong are contacted by Karen Smith, and called on by Derek Bailey. Jack calls on schools in Canberra, Bathurst and Port Macquarie, and Trisha Gravas takes care of all of our business in Melbourne. Our Book Fair Co-ordinator is Jane Page.

The dedicated team at Central Book Suppliers

Jack Schlachter	Kay Schlachter	Philip Westbury	Patricia Gravas
Jane Page	Karen Smith	Kelly Blaney-Murphy	Derek Bailey