‘New York Times’ pulls YA book from its bestsellers chart after ‘inconsistencies’ in sales reports
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
In the US, the New York Times has pulled a novel from the top of its young adult hardcover bestsellers list after discovering ‘inconsistencies’ in its sales reporting. The New...
YA authors to run book club on a train
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Contributors to the #LoveOzYA anthology Begin, End, Begin (HarperCollins) will be running a book club discussion on a Melbourne train on 14 September as part of Australian Reading Hour. Authors...
MidnightSun sells Swedish rights for ‘A Cardboard Palace’
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
MidnightSun Publishing has sold Swedish rights for Allayne L Webster’s middle-grade novel A Cardboard Palace to B. Wahlströms Bokförlag. This is the publisher’s first middle-grade book to sell overseas. Publishing...
‘Where’s Mr Lion’ named Sainsbury’s children’s book of the year
Friday, 25 August 2017
The baby and toddler book Where’s Mr Lion by Ingela Arrhenius (Nosy Crow) has been named book of the year at the 2017 Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards, reports the Bookseller....
Hachette acquires Inga Simpson picture book ‘The Peach King’
Thursday, 24 August 2017
Hachette has acquired world rights to Inga Simpson’s first picture book, The Peach King. The book, which was acquired by commissioning editor Robert Watkins, is based on the fairytale that...
Mem Fox receives CBCA Nan Chauncy Award
Monday, 21 August 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has presented Mem Fox with the 2017 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award for her contribution to Australian children’s literature. The award was presented on...
CBCA Awards 2017 winners announced
Friday, 18 August 2017
The winners of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each of the categories are: Older readers...
Inky Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
The Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Inky Awards for young adult literature. The shortlisted books in each category...
Dymocks launches Books for Kids charity campaign
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Dymocks bookstores are running a two-week Books for Kids charity campaign, with 50 cents from every children’s book sold to be donated to literacy support programs through Dymocks Children’s Charities....
‘Snark’ takes out top prize at 2017 NZ Book Awards for Children and YA
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
David Elliot’s illustrated book for ‘grown-up children of all ages’, Snark: Being a True History of the Expedition that Discovered the Snark and the Jabberwock … and its Tragic Aftermath...
Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2017 winners announced
Monday, 14 August 2017
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners for the 2017 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. The winners are: Picture fiction Chooks in Dinner Suits (Diane Jackson Hill & Craig Smith,...
‘The 91-Storey Treehouse’ launched at sold-out Melbourne event; sales record broken at Dymocks
Friday, 11 August 2017
The latest instalment in Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s ‘Treehouse’ series, The 91-Storey Treehouse (Pan), was launched by Readings at a sold-out event at the Melbourne Town Hall on 8 August....
Wilkinson’s ‘Boundless Sublime’ sells to US
Thursday, 10 August 2017
US publisher Capstone’s teen imprint Switch Press has picked up North American rights to The Boundless Sublime (A&U), Lili Wilkinson’s 2016 YA novel about a teenage girl seduced by a...
New children’s picture book publisher Little Pink Dog Books releases first title
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
New children’s picture book publisher Little Pink Dog Books has released its first title, The World’s Worst Pirate by Michelle Worthington and illustrated by Katrin Dreiling. Run by Kathy and...
LoveOzYA conducts survey into YA reading habits
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
Young-adult literature advocacy group LoveOzYA is conducting a survey into the reading habits of YA readers, with the results to be released later this year. The survey, which runs from...
State Library of Queensland to run inaugural Young Writers Conference
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) is running its inaugural Young Writers Conference—a day of industry seminars and writing workshops for young writers aged 15 to 25—at the library on...
New publisher Dirt Lane Press launches first book
Friday, 4 August 2017
New children’s publisher Dirt Lane Press has launched its first book The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear, written by Margrete Lamond and illustrated by Heather Vallance. A not-for-profit organisation based...
J K Rowling leads ‘Forbes’ list of top-earning authors
Friday, 4 August 2017
J K Rowling has taken out the top spot in Forbes’ annual list of the world’s top-earning authors, reports the Guardian. Rowling is estimated to have earnt US$95m (A$119m) over...
Multilingual children’s bookstore opens in Fairfield
Friday, 4 August 2017
A multilingual children’s bookstore, Lost in Books, has opened in Fairfield, South Western Sydney. Open from Monday to Friday, the bookstore also serves as a café, creative learning and language...
Fine shortlisted for Royal Society Science Book Prize
Thursday, 3 August 2017
Australia-based British author Cordelia Fine has been shortlisted for the 2017 Science Book Prize for her book Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of our Gendered Minds (Icon Books). Fine’s book is one...
‘The Chaser’s’ Andrew Hansen and wife Jessica Roberts sign two-book deal with Walker Books
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Comedian Andrew Hansen, best known for his work on ‘The Chaser’, and his wife, designer Jessica Roberts, have signed a two-book deal with Walker Books. The books will be the...
US judge finds classics-inspired picture books infringe copyright
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
A US judge has ruled that Moppet Books’ series of classics-inspired children’s picture books have infringed the copyright of the originals, reports the Bookseller. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, in...
Pullman calls for UK to reintroduce minimum price for books
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
In the UK, author and Society of Authors president Philip Pullman has called for the reintroduction of a minimum price for books, drawing support for consideration of the idea from...
New ABC TV ‘Story Time’ series to screen during Children’s Book Week
Monday, 31 July 2017
A new ABC TV series called Story Time will screen during Children’s Book Week in August. The Play School spin-off series will feature Australian celebrities—including journalist Leigh Sales, comedian Rove...
Affirm to publish junior fiction series by ‘Bondi Rescue’ lifeguard
Friday, 28 July 2017
Affirm Press will publish a children’s fiction series by Bondi Rescue lifeguard Trent ‘Maxi’ Maxwell in 2018. The series will be co-written by David Lawrence, author of the ‘Fox Swift’...
‘The Bone Sparrow’ wins inaugural Readings YA Prize
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
Zana Fraillon has won the inaugural Readings YA Prize for her novel The Bone Sparrow (Hachette). Fraillon’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six for the $3000 prize, which...
easyJet stocks UK fleet with 7000 copies of classic children’s books
Monday, 24 July 2017
In the UK, budget airline easyJet has stocked its UK fleet with 7000 copies of classic children’s books selected by author Jacqueline Wilson, reports the Bookseller. Books including Peter Pan,...
Junot Díaz pens new picture book
Thursday, 20 July 2017
In the US, Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz has written a picture book for young readers, reports the New York Times. The book, Islandborn, will be illustrated by Leo Espinosa and...
News Corp survey finds majority of children six-to-12 are library members
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
News Corp Australia’s Great Australian Reading Survey, conducted in June, found that about three-quarters of children aged six to 12 and almost half of under five-year-olds are card-carrying members of...
Yule rush in: Children’s Christmas highlights
Monday, 17 July 2017
Andrea Hanke seeks out the highlights from publishers’ Christmas lists. Picture books Australian comedian and composer Tim Minchin’s bittersweet song ‘When I Grow Up’ from the musical Matilda has been...
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