Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2016 winners announced
Tuesday, 5 April 2016
The 2016 Hans Christian Andersen awards, presented by the International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY), have been awarded to Chinese author Cao Wenxuan and German illustrator Rotraut Susanne...
‘Writing Clementine’ wins Ena Noël Award
Monday, 4 April 2016
Kate Gordon’s YA novel Writing Clementine (A&U) has won the 2016 Ena Noël Award, a biennial prize administered by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for Young...
CYL launches Inky Awards Ambassador Program
Monday, 4 April 2016
The Centre of Youth Literature (CYL) at the State Library of Victoria has launched its new Inky Awards Ambassador Program, with four schools from across Australia selected as ‘Ambassador Schools’...
Children’s category driving global print book sales
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Growth in the children’s category is driving growth in the global print book market, Nielsen’s global managing director Jonathan Stolper told the Nielsen Book Insights Conference in London last week....
Flying high: Jeannie Baker on ‘Circle’
Monday, 21 March 2016
In her new picture book Circle, Jeannie Baker uses her distinctive mixed-media illustrations to depict the migration of the bar-tailed godwits. Reviewer Margaret Hamilton describes it as a ‘masterpiece’. She...
Book bites: Get smart
Monday, 21 March 2016
The Weird and Wonderful World of Words (Wild Dog Books, April) is an excellent springboard for language classes. Its mix of facts, illustrations and creative design make this an appealing...
Book bites: International appeal
Monday, 21 March 2016
Berbay Publishing and Gecko Press specialise in finding and publishing some of the world’s best—and quirkiest—children’s books Down Under. King of the Castle (Aurora Ruá, illus by Guridi, Berbay, March),...
Book bites: Serial addiction
Monday, 21 March 2016
The apartment-dwelling, mystery-solving Squishy Taylor made her junior-fiction debut in February. This new series for readers aged six and up—which is quickly gaining fans—continues in March and April with Squishy...
Book bites: Teen talk
Monday, 21 March 2016
YA fantasy fans have a lot of choose from in the coming months. Julius and the Soulcatcher (Tim Hehir, Text, June), book two in the ‘Watchmaker’ novels, returns to a...
Drawing an audience: Australian Children’s Laureate Leigh Hobbs
Monday, 21 March 2016
Children’s author and illustrator Leigh Hobbs has been chosen as the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2016-17. He spoke to Jackie Tang about his plans for his laureateship and his approach...
Teens to the front: Targeting a teen audience for YA books
Monday, 21 March 2016
Finding a way to include teens in the conversations about YA books is a challenge for publishers, authors and event organisers, writes Danielle Binks. At last year’s Nielsen Children’s Book...
Book bites: In the picture
Monday, 21 March 2016
Clarrie is a farmer who gets his words mixed up: ‘The sun is up and I have a lot to shoe. No. I have a lot to poo.’ You can...
A series of fortunate events: Australia’s first children’s publishing consultancy Stories Inc.
Monday, 21 March 2016
Australia’s first children’s publishing consultancy is helping publishers expand their children’s lists. Carody Culver spoke to Stories Inc. founders Susannah McFarlane and Louise Park. With Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s...
Solomons wins 2016 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
Friday, 18 March 2016
In the UK, David Solomons’ My Brother is a Superhero (Nosy Crow) has won the 2016 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, reports the Bookseller. Waterstones children’s buyer Florentyna Martin described the...
Inky Awards 2016 longlists announced
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The longlists 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...
Storylines National Writers’ Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The Storylines Children’s Literature Trust of New Zealand has announced the shortlists for its three national writers’ awards. The shortlists are: Joy Cowley Award for picture book text ‘The Boy...
Irish children’s and YA book 2015 sales up 16%
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Sales for children’s books rose 16% in Ireland in 2015 on the back of strong local publishing as well as releases from bestselling authors David Walliams, Jeff Kinney and Julia...
Knopf US acquires Kristoff YA trilogy
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Melbourne-based author Jay Kristoff has sold North American rights to his YA novel LIFEL1K3 to Knopf in a three-book deal. The first book in a planned trilogy, LIFEL1K3 is about...
Carnegie, Greenaway medals 2016 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
In the UK, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has announced the shortlists for the 2016 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. The eight books on this year’s...
Readings Children’s Book Prize 2016 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
The shortlist for the Readings Children’s Book Prize for 2016 has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: 88 Lime Street (Denise Kirby, Omnibus) The Bad Guys (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic) The...
LoveOzYA launches website
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
The grassroots Australian youth literature advocacy movement LoveOzYA has launched its official website. The new site features news about Australian YA authors, book deals, awards, competitions and bookstores; an events...
Storylines NZ awards Else Margaret Mahy Medal, releases 2016 Notable Books List
Friday, 11 March 2016
The Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand has awarded Barbara Else the 2016 Margaret Mahy Medal, presented annually for ‘lifetime achievement and an outstanding contribution to New Zealand...
Shortlist for 2016 UK YA Book Prize announced
Friday, 11 March 2016
In the UK, the shortlist for the Bookseller’s second annual YA Book Prize has been announced. The 10 books on the shortlist are: Concentr8 (William Sutcliffe, Bloomsbury), One (Sarah Crossan,...
Stella Prize partners with Vic govt, Australian Writers’ Week in China
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
The Stella Prize has announced two partnerships, one with the Victorian government to run literature workshops for secondary schools and the other with the Australian Writers’ Week program in China....
On tour: Jon Klassen
Thursday, 3 March 2016
Canadian author Jon Klassen’s We Found a Hat, the third book in his picture-book trilogy (Candlewick Press) that includes I Want My Hat Back and This is Not My Hat,...
Catholic school tells Kostakis his book is ‘not appropriate’ for promotion
Thursday, 3 March 2016
A Sydney Catholic school has told YA author Will Kostakis ‘it might not be appropriate’ for him to promote his new book The Sidekicks (Penguin) at a forthcoming school visit,...
Kinokuniya to sell graphic novels with exclusive covers
Tuesday, 1 March 2016
In the US, bookstore chain Books Kinokuniya will collaborate with publishers to bring out variant covers for a selection of English-language graphic novels, reports Publishers Weekly. The titles include the...
Readings to open two new stores
Tuesday, 1 March 2016
Independent Melbourne bookseller Readings will open two new bookstores: a children’s and YA bookstore next door to its Lygon Street store in Carlton, and a store in the Westfield Doncaster...
Australian, NZ publishers nominated for Bologna Prize
Monday, 29 February 2016
Australian publishers Wilkins Farago and Berbay Publishing and New Zealand publisher Book Island have been nominated in the Oceania region for the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publishers of the...
‘Girl Online’ voted UK schoolchildren’s favourite book; Kinney favourite author
Friday, 26 February 2016
In the UK, YouTube personality Zoella’s Girl Online (Puffin) has been voted the most popular book by secondary school children, reports the Guardian. The finding was released as part of...
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