A&U to publish series co-authored by NBA star Patty Mills and Jared Thomas
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Allen & Unwin has acquired a three-book junior fiction basketball series by Australian NBA player and Olympian Patty Mills and author Jared Thomas. The series is loosely based on Mills’...
APA announces Educational Publishing Awards Australia 2016 shortlists
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlists for the 2016 Educational Publishing Awards Australia. The shortlists in each category are: Primary Student Resource—Mathematics (Numeracy) ‘ORIGO Big Books for...
Scholastic reports gains in revenue
Tuesday, 26 July 2016
In the US, Scholastic has reported a 2.3% revenue growth to US$1.67bn (A$2.23bn), excluding the negative impact of foreign exchange, for the year ending 31 May 2016, reports Publishers Weekly....
Hachette Children’s Group to launch two new imprints
Monday, 25 July 2016
In the UK, Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has announced it will launch two new imprints from next year, reports the Bookseller. The first, Pat-a-Cake, will publish early learning titles for...
‘J K Rowling’s Wizarding World’ interactive series to Walker Books
Friday, 22 July 2016
Walker Books Australia has been awarded the sublicence for a program of interactive tie-in books for ‘J K Rowling’s Wizarding World’, ahead of the upcoming ‘Harry Potter’ spin-off film Fantastic...
SWF appoints Sawyer as head of children’s & YA programming
Friday, 22 July 2016
Sydney Writers’ Festival has appointed Clare Sawyer as its new head of children’s and YA programming. Sawyer programmed the 2016 Sydney Film Festival program and was previously general manager of...
Wagner’s Billy Goat Books launches book club for young ‘reluctant readers’
Thursday, 14 July 2016
Michael Wagner, children’s book author and founder of boutique publisher Billy Goat Books, has launched an online book club and website to accompany a new series of books aimed at...
Scribble signs fashion designers Kee and Jackson
Thursday, 14 July 2016
Scribe children’s book imprint Scribble has acquired rights to two board books by Australian fashion designers and artists Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, to be released in mid-2017. The books...
Frankfurt Book Fair launches new illustrators’ prize with $43,000 prize pool
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
The Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) has announced a new international prize for illustrators with a €10,000 (A$14,530) first prize, reports the Bookseller. The prize is divided into five categories: cover...
BBC’s must-read children’s book list too focussed on the classics, warns BookTrust
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
In the UK, literacy charity BookTrust has warned the BBC’s list of ‘must-read’ books for children places too much emphasis on ‘timeless classics’, reports the Daily Telegraph. BookTrust chief executive...
Jolly to retire as Scholastic chairman
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Scholastic International and Scholastic Australia chairman Ken Jolly has announced his retirement after 46 years with the publisher. Jolly joined the then H J Ashton Company in 1970 as a...
Santa baby: Children’s Christmas highlights
Monday, 11 July 2016
Anna Low from Potts Point Bookshop in Sydney and Deb Force and Kate O’Donnell from the Younger Sun in Melbourne share their Christmas highlights for kids, from new releases to...
From little things, big things grow: Behind the scenes of the Kids’ Reading Guide
Monday, 11 July 2016
Sixteen children’s book specialists are currently putting together the 16th annual ABA Kids’ Reading Guide, which is due out in November. Joanne Shiells goes behind the scenes. The Australian Booksellers...
Read it with feeling: Children’s and YA books tackle complex emotions
Monday, 11 July 2016
Carody Culver explores the market for children’s and YA books about complex emotions. Being a kid isn’t always easy. Depression, anxiety, grief, loss—none of these are exclusively adult experiences. Perhaps...
Fraillon longlisted for 2016 ‘Guardian’ children’s fiction prize
Monday, 11 July 2016
Australian author Zana Fraillon’s The Bone Sparrow (Lothian) has been longlisted for the 2016 Guardian children’s fiction prize. One of eight longlisted titles, Fraillon’s novel for middle-grade readers is a...
Henson joins SLV
Thursday, 7 July 2016
Rebecca Henson has been appointed reading and literacy development manager at the State Library of Victoria, responsible for the library’s children’s and family programs and the Centre for Youth Literature...
Film rights to Australian YA debut sold to US producers
Monday, 4 July 2016
US film production company Awesomeness Films has acquired film rights to Townsville author Krystal Sutherland’s forthcoming debut YA novel Our Chemical Hearts (Penguin). The book, which will be simultaneously published...
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2016 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
The titles shortlisted for this year’s Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Birth to three years As Big...
UK children’s laureates to promote the arts in schools
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
In the UK, children’s laureate Chris Riddell has joined forces with eight former children’s laureates to promote the importance of the arts and creativity in schools, reports the Guardian. Riddell,...
Byron Writers Festival announces new children’s writing bus
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
The Byron Writers Festival has announced a new children’s writing bus to support its regional creative writing program StoryBoard. The bus, which has been funded by a $50,000 grant from Arts...
‘Alice Miranda’ series to be adapted for TV
Monday, 27 June 2016
Jacqueline Harvey’s ‘Alice Miranda’ children’s book series (Random House) will be adapted into an animated TV show to screen on Channel Nine. The 26 half-hour episode series will be produced...
Binks joins Jacinta Dimase Management as ‘agent-at-large’
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Writer and reviewer Danielle Binks has joined Jacinta Dimase Management as an ‘agent-at-large’, and will work to source and sign new authors for the agency, with a particular focus on...
‘Run, Pip, Run’ wins 2016 Readings Children’s Book Prize
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
J C Jones’ Run, Pip, Run (A&U) has won the 2016 Readings Children’s Book Prize. The book was chosen from a shortlist of six. Also on the shortlist were: 88...
New Frontier signs deal with Chinese publisher ZJJ&C
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Chinese publisher Zhejiang Junior & Children Publishing (ZJJ&C) has purchased a share in local children’s publisher New Frontier, in a deal that will see New Frontier publish ZJJ&C titles in...
Crossan, Riddell win 2016 Carnegie, Greenaway medals
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
The UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has announced the winners of the 2016 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, with Sarah Crossan’s One (Bloomsbury) winning the Carnegie,...
BWF releases 2016 schools program
Friday, 17 June 2016
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) released its 2016 Word Play program, designed for students from prep to year 12, last month. The program, which runs from 7-9 September, features sessions...
Chicago libraries aim to giveaway one million books to children
Thursday, 16 June 2016
In the US, all 80 branches of the Chicago Public Library system will give 12 free books to each child who registers for the library’s summer program to combat ‘the...
NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2016 finalists announced
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
The finalists for this year’s New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Young adult fiction Battlesaurus: Rampage at Waterloo...
YA Book Prize 2016 winner annouced
Friday, 3 June 2016
The Bookseller’s 2016 YA Book Prize has been awarded to free-verse novel One by Sarah Crossan (Bloomsbury). Crossnan’s winning novel is about ‘conjoined twins Grace and Tippi, who, after years of...
ABA conference attracts 300 attendees; ‘Funder, Deng and Barnesy’ among the highlights
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Approximately 300 booksellers, exhibitors and guest speakers attended this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference, which was held in Canberra from 29-30 May. ABA chief executive Joel Becker said he...
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