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WA researchers warn of ‘alarming’ loss of teacher librarians in public schools

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Researchers in Western Australia have warned student literacy will continue to suffer unless an ‘alarming loss’ in the number of teacher librarians is reversed, reports ABC News. Edith Cowan University...

My Dark Vanessa

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
‘A package of dynamite’—Stephen King ‘The book everyone will be talking about in 2020’—Louise O’Neill ‘Riveting, compulsive, urgent’—Elizabeth Day An era-defining novel about the relationship between a 15-year-old girl and...

Drawn to writing: Rove McManus on ‘Disgusting McGrossface’

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Aussie television personality Rove McManus makes his foray into children’s books with picture book Disgusting McGrossface (Scholastic, September) and younger readers novel Rocky Lobstar (Scholastic, October). Kelsey Oldham spoke to...

Book designer spotlight: Hannah Janzen

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Hannah Janzen began designing books at Sydney design studio Xou Creative, before turning to freelance, specialising in children’s books. She was recently elected president of the Australian Book Designers Association...

Walker Books Australia announces new Jon Klassen picture book for 2021

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Bestselling and award-winning picture book creator Jon Klassen will publish a new book to be released worldwide in March 2021. The Rock from the Sky is a hilarious meditation on...

Change for Reel Art Press

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Publisher: Reel Art Press ISBN prefix: 9780956648; 9780957261; 9781909526 Old distributor: Peribo New distributor: To be announced Changeover date: 1 January 2020 Returns cut-off: 31 October 2019

Australian Scholarly Publishing email update

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Australian Scholarly Publishing and Australian Book Marketing would like to advise of a change in email contact details to enquiry@scholarly.info. Please update your records accordingly.

‘Dark Emu’ chosen as inaugural Parliamentary Book Club title

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu (Magabala) has been chosen as the first book to be read by politicians for the inaugural Parliamentary Book Club, to be held in early 2020. Dark...

‘You Must be Layla’ sells to Puffin UK

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) to Yassmin Abdel-Magied's You Must Be Layla to Puffin UK, reports the Bookseller. Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese-Australian writer,...

Dalcher wins Goldsboro Glass Bell for ‘Vox’

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
In the UK, debut novelist Christina Dalcher has won the £2000 (A$3650) Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award for Vox (HQ). Set in an America where women are restricted to speaking no...

Flann wins 2019 Banjo Prize for ‘unbearably tense’ survival thriller

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
HarperCollins has announced Elizabeth Flann as the winner of the 2019 Banjo Prize for an unpublished manuscript for her ‘unbearably tense’ Australian thriller ‘Beware of Dogs’. Flann’s work was chosen...

Zadie Smith, Curtis Sittenfeld to appear at inaugural Broadside feminist festival

Tuesday, 17 September 2019
The Wheeler Centre has announced a two-day feminist ideas festival, Broadside, to be held at the Melbourne Town Hall from 9–10 November. UK author Zadie Smith, US novelist Curtis Sittenfeld,...

FT and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2019 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 17 September 2019
In the UK, the shortlist for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award has been announced. This year’s six shortlisted books are: Invisible Women: Exposing data bias...

Black Inc. sells Glover’s ‘The Last Man in Europe’ to UK

Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Black Inc. has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) to Dennis Glover’s novel The Last Man in Europe to Edinburgh-based independent publisher Polygon. Glover’s novel, about the writing of...

Parrett’s ‘There Was Still Love’ sold to UK

Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Martin Shaw of Alex Adsett Publishing Services has sold UK and Commonwealth rights to Favel Parrett’s third novel, There Was Still Love (Hachette), to Francine Toon at Sceptre, Hodder &...

Ngaio Marsh Award 2019 winners announced

Monday, 16 September 2019
New Zealand writer Fiona Kidman has won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel for This Mortal Boy (RHNZ Vintage). The story recreates the life of young Belfast immigrant...

A&U, Wavesound to partner on audiobooks

Monday, 16 September 2019
The majority of new Allen & Unwin titles will be produced as audiobooks under a new partnership between the publisher and Wavesound. The co-publishing program will initially see A&U and...

Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction 2019 longlist announced

Monday, 16 September 2019
In the UK, the longlist for this year’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize, has been announced. The 10 longlisted titles are: I Will Never See...

Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2019 winners announced

Monday, 16 September 2019
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners of the 2019 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. The winners are: Picture fiction The All New Must Have Orange 430 (Michael Speechley, Viking)...

Porter’s ‘Firefly’ wins 2019 Wilbur Smith Adventure Prize

Monday, 16 September 2019
In the UK, English writer Henry Porter has won the £15,000 (A$27,250) Wilbur Smith Adventure Prize for his novel Firefly (Quercus). Firefly follows a highly intelligent 13-year-old Syrian refugee who is...

Imago

Monday, 16 September 2019
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