Radio host Andy Lee’s children’s book sells 40,000 copies in first two days
Tuesday, 13 September 2016
Radio host Andy Lee’s debut picture book Do Not Open This Book, illustrated by Heath McKenzie, has sold 40,000 copies in its first two days, reports the Age. The book,...
HarperCollins partners with CBCA NSW on mentorship program
Thursday, 8 September 2016
HarperCollins Australia is partnering with the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) NSW branch for the CBCA’s annual Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program for unpublished children’s authors. Awarded as part of...
Readings launches Young Adult Book Prize
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Independent Melbourne bookseller Readings has announced the formation of the Readings Young Adult Book Prize, open to first and second works of young adult fiction and memoir by Australian authors....
Danish ebook lending app tracks children’s reading progress
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
A new ebook lending platform has launched in Denmark with the ability to track reading progress, reports Publishing Perspectives. Launched with the aim of supporting children’s reading, Book Bites allows...
Wilderness Society announces 2016 children’s book award winners
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
The winners of the 2016 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature have been announced. The winning books in each category are: Fiction The River and the Book (Alison Croggon, Walker...
UK charity BookTrust launches translated children’s fiction promotion
Friday, 2 September 2016
In the UK, children’s literacy charity BookTrust is launching an initiative to encourage the publication of more translated works for children, reports the Bookseller. The ‘In the Other Words’ initiative...
City of Literature announces Known Bookshops grant recipients
Thursday, 1 September 2016
The Melbourne City of Literature office has announced the first recipients of its Known Bookshops grants. The stores and their projects are: Blarney Books in Port Fairy will host spoken-word...
CBCA 2017 Children’s Book of the Year Awards
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
The Children’s Book Council of Australia would like to remind publishers to send their entries for the 2017 CBCA Children’s Book of the Year Awards. Entries are now open for books...
‘Multi-literacy’ discussed at 35th IBBY International Congress
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Centre of Youth Literature program manager Adele Walsh describes attending her first IBBY International Congress, held in Auckland from 18-21 August, as ‘incredibly familiar and yet entirely new’. She reports...
Australian Family Therapists’ Award for Children’s Literature 2016 winners announced
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
The winners of the 2016 Australian Family Therapists’ Awards for Children’s Literature have been announced. Risk by Fleur Ferries (Random House) has won the $1500 Older Readers Award. The book was cited...
Keil and Bos appointed commissioning editors at Five Mile
Friday, 26 August 2016
Bonnier Publishing Australia has appointed Melissa Keil and Samone Bos as commissioning editors at Five Mile Press. Keil has been promoted from senior children’s editor at Five Mile. She is...
Rogers to leave Hardie Grant Egmont
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) publishing director Hilary Rogers is leaving the company to start her own ‘series creation business’. HGE said in a statement that Rogers will continue to collaborate...
Italian govt to give teens €500 on 18th birthday to spend on books and culture
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Italian citizens will receive a €500 (A$740) ‘culture bonus’ on their 18th birthday as part of a new government initiative designed to promote the importance of cultural enrichment for young...
Summer Reading Club announces ‘Heroes and villains’ theme
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
The Summer Reading Club (SRC) has announced a ‘Heroes and villains’ theme for its 2016-17 library program, which will run from 1 December 2016 to 31 January 2017. The theme...
Missouri library launches ‘1000 Books before Kindergarten’ initiative
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
In the US, St Louis County Library in Missouri has launched a new program called ‘1000 Books Before Kindergarten’ to encourage parents to start reading to children early and often,...
CBCA Awards 2016 winners announced
Friday, 19 August 2016
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...
Adsett partners with US agency Wolf Literary
Thursday, 18 August 2016
Alex Adsett Publishing Services (AAPS) has announced a partnership with former UQP marketing coordinator Rachel Crawford at Wolf Literary Services in New York. The deal will see Crawford represent AAPS...
Rowling to release new Harry Potter ebooks in September
Thursday, 18 August 2016
J K Rowling will release new digital short-form content set in the Harry Potter world in September, reports the Bookseller. A Pottermore spokesperson told the Bookseller that the ‘Pottermore Presents’...
ALIA makes My Big Idea shortlist
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) submission to the Concern for Future Generation’s My Big Idea national competition has made the shortlist. ALIA’s suggestion is for every child to...
Inky Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 16 August 2016
The shortlists for the 2016 Inky Awards have been announced. The awards are presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria for local and international...
Bloomsbury announces plans for ‘Fantastic Beasts’ titles
Friday, 12 August 2016
Bloomsbury Children’s Books has acquired the rights to several movie tie-in books for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and ‘J K Rowling’s Wizarding World’, ahead of the film’s...
‘The 78-Storey Treehouse’ sets new records for Australian title
Thursday, 11 August 2016
Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s The 78-Storey Treehouse (Pan) has sold more copies on its first day than any other Australian book, according to Dymocks and Booktopia. At Dymocks, sales...
‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ sells 212k copies in Oz in its first week
Thursday, 11 August 2016
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child playscript (J K Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne, Hachette) has sold 211,898 copies valued at $5.49m in its first week of release in Australia,...
Bookstores prepare for National Bookshop Day
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Preparations are underway for the sixth annual National Bookshop Day this Saturday 13 August, with stores around the country hosting events and promotions. The theme of this year’s National Bookshop...
NZ YA novel ‘Spark’ optioned for film
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
New Zealand production company Miss Conception Films has optioned the film rights to NZ author Rachael Craw’s YA novel Spark (Walker Books). Producer Ainsley Gardiner said the company was excited to...
‘ANZAC Heroes’ wins 2016 Margaret Mahy Book of the Year
Tuesday, 9 August 2016
Maria Gill’s ANZAC Heroes (illus by Marco Invancic, Scholastic) has won the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award at the 2016 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young...
Children’s publishing and bookselling seminar ‘hailed as a success’
Friday, 5 August 2016
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) say they hope to run more joint events centring on the children’s sector, after the success of the ‘Between the...
Student assessment: Meet the 2016 Inky Awards judges
Thursday, 4 August 2016
Each year, a panel of teen judges from around the country select the shortlist for the Inky Awards for youth literature. Books+Publishing’s 16-year-old work experience student Alexandra Pixton spoke to...
‘Harry Potter’ bestselling book in the UK in a decade; two million copies sold in the US
Thursday, 4 August 2016
In the UK, publisher Little, Brown has said the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child playscript has sold 680,000 print copies in the first three days of sale to make...
‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ sales ‘exceed expectations’ of publisher, retailers
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Sales of the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play script have exceeded expectations, according to the book’s local publisher Hachette. Hachette Australia joint managing director Justin Ractliffe told Books+Publishing...
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