Wilderness Society announces 2016 children’s book award shortlists
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
The shortlists for the 2016 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature have been announced. The shortlisted books in each category are: Fiction Thirst (Lizzie Wilcock, Scholastic) The River and...
‘Myriad possibilities’ explored at 2016 CBCA conference
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
The 2016 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) National Conference was held in Sydney from 20-21 May under the theme ‘Myriad possibilities’, with stimulating sessions on picture-book partnerships, the role...
Scholastic opens library at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Scholastic Australia has opened a new children’s library at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. This is Scholastic’s third ‘Book Bunker’ library, with two others located at the Children’s Hospital...
MWF 2016 schools program released
Monday, 23 May 2016
The Melbourne Writers Festival has released its schools program for 2016. This year’s program, which runs from 29 August to 1 September, features Magda Szubanski, John Marsden, Anna Funder, Alice...
CBCA Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Friday, 20 May 2016
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are: Book of...
Lessac, Carnavas win SCBWI Crystal Kite Award
Friday, 20 May 2016
Frané Lessac’s A is for Australia (Walker Books) and Peter Carnavas’ Blue Whale Blues (New Frontier) have jointly-won the Australian and New Zealand division of this year’s Crystal Kite Member...
BBC education app promotion concerns UK publishers
Thursday, 19 May 2016
In the UK, educational publishers have expressed concerns over the BBC’s study revision platform Bitesize, arguing that the reach of the app through promotion on the broadcaster’s various platforms is anticompetitive...
NZ publisher Book Island moves headquarters to UK
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Children’s book publisher Book Island has announced it is moving its headquarters from Raumati South, New Zealand to Bristol, England in order to expand the publisher’s UK business. Book Island,...
‘I Got This Hat’ to be read for 2016 National Simultaneous Storytime
Friday, 13 May 2016
I Got This Hat (Jol and Kate Temple, illus by Jon Foye, ABC Books) will be read at this year’s National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS), to be held at 11am on...
Roy Morgan survey: fewer adults reading books than five years ago; kids more likely to enjoy reading
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
A lower proportion of Australian adults are reading books than they were five years ago, but kids aged six to 13 are now slightly more likely to enjoy reading, according...
Christian wins 2016 Text Prize
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Playwright and former teacher Claire Christian has won the 2016 Text Prize for YA and Children’s Writing for her manuscript Beautiful Mess. The winning manuscript, which was shortlisted under the...
Little Rebels Children’s Book Award 2016 winner announced
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
In the UK, I am Henry Finch by Viviane Schwarz and Alexis Deacon (Walker Books) has won this year’s Little Rebels award for radical children’s fiction, reports the Bookseller. The...
Grant designs: Bookstores on their James Patterson grant projects
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Carody Culver looks at how five recipients of the Australian Booksellers Association James Patterson grants are faring with their proposals, and what they’ve learnt from the process. What do you...
Unstuck in the middle: Middle-grade fiction in Australia
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Middle-grade children’s fiction is underrepresented—and often misunderstood—in Australian publishing, writes Danielle Binks. When people talk about younger readers, the language often invokes building and architecture—gateway literature, foundation years—and for good...
New Zealand YA review site launches
Friday, 6 May 2016
A group of New Zealand writers and editors associated with the journal New Zealand Books Pukapuka Aotearoa have launched a website for reviewing and discussing New Zealand YA books. Hooked...
Scholastic publishes first Kids & Family Reading Report on children’s reading habits
Friday, 6 May 2016
Scholastic has released the findings from its first Kids & Family Reading Report Australia, a survey of 1748 children aged six to 17 and parents exploring family attitudes and behaviours...
Text Prize 2016 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 3 May 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing has been announced. The shortlisted authors and their manuscripts are: Sarah Bainbridge for ‘Eternal’, ‘an atmospheric and...
ALA reveals ‘most frequently challenged books’ in 2015
Thursday, 28 April 2016
The American Library Association (ALA) has released a list of most frequently challenged books in 2015. Topping the list was Looking for Alaska (John Green, HarperCollins), followed by Fifty Shades...
Rowling’s ‘Fantastic Beasts’ screenplay to be published in November
Thursday, 28 April 2016
The screenplay of the forthcoming film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, set in the world of ‘Harry Potter’ and written by J K Rowling, will be published on...
‘Happy children’s publishers’ at LBF 2016
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
ALS Library Services director Patricia Genat reports from the London Book Fair: Sunshine, showers, dinosaurs, Shakespeare and happy children’s publishers—this could be a summary of the 2016 London Book Fair...
Middle-grade fiction popular at busy Bologna
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
Australian publishers have reported another busy Bologna Children’s Book Fair, with ongoing demand for middle-grade fiction and a slight pick-up in YA. While there were no standout trends at the...
CBCA Notable Books for 2016 announced
Monday, 18 April 2016
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has released its list of Notable Books for 2016. Book of the Year: Older Readers A Small Madness (Dianne Touchell, A&U) Cloudwish (Fiona...
Indigenous children’s comic wins 2016 Gold Ledger award
Monday, 18 April 2016
The winners of the 2016 Ledger Awards for excellence in Australian comics and graphic novels have been announced. The winner of the 2016 Gold Ledger is Neomad: The Complete Collection...
REAL Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Thursday, 14 April 2016
The shortlists for the 2016 Reading & Enjoying Australian Literature (REAL) Awards, which act as shortlists for children’s choice book awards in the New South Wales (KOALAs), Northern Territory (KROC...
Stella Schools to hold ‘Girls Write Up’ festival
Thursday, 14 April 2016
The Stella Schools Program will hold a one-day ‘wordfest’ for teenagers in Melbourne and Sydney in June that ‘teaches empowerment through writing and sharing stories’. Events include workshops on radical...
Book Island wins Bologna Prize for children’s publishing
Thursday, 7 April 2016
New Zealand publisher Book Island has won the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category. Book Island was chosen from a shortlist of three,...
Perth library cancels kids’ Harry Potter event after ‘overwhelming’ response from adults
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
The City of Perth Library has cancelled a Harry Potter-themed event for children after ‘thousands’ of adult fans registered their interest in attending, reports WAtoday. The event, which included a...
Storylines National Writers’ Awards 2016 winners announced
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
The Storylines Children’s Literature Trust of New Zealand has announced the 2016 winners of its three national writers’ awards . The winning entries in each category are: Joy Cowley Award...
Rosoff wins 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
US-born author Meg Rosoff has won the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s richest prize for children’s and young adult literature. Rosoff, who is based in the UK, is...
Australian titles featured on USBBY outstanding international books list
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Two Australian titles have been selected for the 2016 United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults. Irena Kobald’s...
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