YA in translation
Sunday, 18 October 2015
Why is there so little translated YA fiction published in Australia? Danielle Binks spoke to Scribe publisher Henry Rosenbloom and publicist Cora Roberts about their experience in this area. Between...
Ban lifted on NZ YA novel ‘Into the River’
Thursday, 15 October 2015
The New Zealand Film and Literature Board has lifted a ban on the sale and supply of New Zealand author Ted Dawe’s YA novel Into the River. The Board’s decision...
1700 Dymocks members vote for favourite children’s book of all time
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
More than 1700 Dymocks Booklovers members have voted for their favourite children’s book of all time, with 13 Australian titles making the top 51. The ‘Treehouse’ series by Andy Griffiths and...
Banned NZ YA novel ‘Into the River’ sold to the US
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
US publisher Polis Books has bought the North American rights to New Zealand author Ted Dawe’s 2013 YA novel Into the River, which was placed under an interim ban in...
UK children’s book sales up 3.2% YTD
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
In the UK, children’s book sales are up 3.2% this year thanks to strong sales in picture books, fiction and colouring-in titles, reports the Bookseller. According to Nielsen BookScan data,...
Kinney, Griffiths headline SWF Children’s Festival of Moving Stories
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ author Jeff Kinney will join local author Andy Griffiths for a two-hour event at the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) Children’s Festival of Moving Stories on 8...
International book deals for Australian YA author’s debut novel; PRH to publish locally
Monday, 28 September 2015
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to Australian YA author Krystal Sutherland’s debut novel We Were Never Here. The rights were acquired in a two-book deal through agent...
#LoveOzYA campaign committee announced
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
A committee to support the #LoveOzYA campaign has been chosen following a members’ ballot.On the committee are book blogger Danielle Binks; writer, reviewer and Stella Schools Program Coordinator Bec Kavanagh;...
Children’s book growth analysed at Nielsen Summit
Monday, 21 September 2015
Insights into the growth in the children’s book market were presented at the Nielsen Children’s Book Summit in New York on 15 September, reports Publishers Weekly. From January 2014 to...
NZ Film and Literature Board puts interim ban on award-winning YA novel
Tuesday, 8 September 2015
New Zealand author Ted Dawe’s 2013 YA novel Into the River has been temporarily banned from sale or supply in his home country following complaints about its portrayal of teenagers...
Picture this: Market growth for illustrated children’s nonfiction
Wednesday, 26 August 2015
A renewed interest in books as beautiful objects has boosted the market for illustrated children’s nonfiction. Carody Culver explores the ‘genre’s’ rise in popularity in her article here.
‘New York Times’ alters children’s bestseller lists
Tuesday, 25 August 2015
In the US, The New York Times has altered its children’s bestseller lists so that hardcover, paperback and ebook titles are each listed separately in the categories of middle grade and...
NZ Children’s Book Awards 2015 winners announced
Friday, 14 August 2015
The winners of the 2015 New Zealand Children’s Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are:Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Singing Home the Whale (Mandy...
New magazine to focus on international children’s literature
Monday, 10 August 2015
A new magazine focussing on international children’s literature will launch in 2016, reports Publishers Weekly. The Read Quarterly is co-founded by UK-based children’s book specialists, Sarah Odedina, young readers’ publisher...
Redgum launches Young Writers’ Award for children
Friday, 7 August 2015
Redgum Book Club has launched a Young Writers’ Award for children aged nine to 13, with the winning books to be published and distributed to bookstores and libraries.The award includes two...
Wilderness Society announces 2015 children’s book award winners
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
The winners of the 2015 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature have been announced.The winning books in each category are:Fiction Rescue on Nim’s Island (Wendy Orr, illus by Geoff...
The Wheeler Centre launches children’s illustration prize
Friday, 24 July 2015
The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne has launched the inaugural Ullin Prize for children’s illustration. The prize, named after the founder of The Little Bookroom Albert Ullin, will be presented annually at the Children’s...
Scribe announces new children’s book imprint
Friday, 24 July 2015
Melbourne-based publisher Scribe has announced the launch of its new children’s book imprint, Scribble.The imprint, which will be led by Scribe art director Miriam Rosenbloom as commissioning editor, will publish around...
Free children’s book vending machines placed in US ‘book deserts’
Thursday, 23 July 2015
Airline JetBlue, Random House and author Mary Pope Osborne have placed vending machines stocked with free children’s books in Washington DC communities it calls ‘book deserts’, reports Publishing Perspectives. Under...
#LoveOzYA campaign gathers momentum
Monday, 20 July 2015
A grassroots campaign to promote Australian YA books in a market dominated by US titles has been gathering momentum.Book blogger Danielle Binks told Books+Publishing that the #LoveOzYA campaign is inspired...
Picture this: Market growth for illustrated children’s nonfiction
Thursday, 16 July 2015
A renewed interest in books as beautiful objects has boosted the market for illustrated children’s nonfiction, writes Carody Culver. While most people tend to think of picture books in terms of fiction,...
Doing it for the kids: Teacher-librarian Susan La Marca shares her career journey
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Susan La Marca is a teacher-librarian at a Catholic girls’ college in Melbourne, who has also worked as an academic, editor, reviewer and writer. She shares her career journey.I did...
Bray to head up Better Reading Kids
Friday, 10 July 2015
Book recommendation site Better Reading is launching a children’s offshoot, headed up by former Allen & Unwin (A&U) children’s book director Liz Bray.Better Reading Kids will offer children’s reading recommendations and...
CSIRO launches children’s publishing program
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
CSIRO Publishing has launched a children’s book publishing program and will release its first title in September.The press, which has been publishing science and technology books for more than 20 years, is...
LIANZA Children’s Book Awards 2015 winners announced
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
The winners of the 2015 Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) Children’s Book Awards have been announced.The winning titles are: Russell Clark Illustration Award Mrs Mo’s Monster (Paul Beavis,...
‘Rivertime’ wins 2015 Readings Children’s Book Prize
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Rivertime by Trace Balla (A&U) has won the 2015 Readings Children’s Book Prize.The book was chosen from a shortlist of six. Also on the shortlist were: The Mapmakers Chronicles: Race...
NGV to host children’s book illustrations exhibition
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) will host an exhibition of more than 80 large-scale works by Australian book illustrators at the Ian Potter Centre at Federation Square in Melbourne.The exhibition ‘Bunyips and...
New Zealand Children’s Book Awards 2015 finalists announced
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
The finalists for the 2015 New Zealand Children’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are:Picture books Construction (Sally Sutton & Brian Lovelock, Walker Books) I...
Wilderness Society announces 2015 children’s book award shortlists
Thursday, 28 May 2015
The shortlists for the 2015 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature have been announced, including a new category for nonfiction titles.The shortlisted books in each category are:Fiction Lulu Bell...
Australian Children’s Laureate program calls for industry support to ‘secure future’
Thursday, 28 May 2015
The Australian Children’s Laureate Alliance (ACLA) has launched a fundraising campaign to ‘secure the future of the program’.‘We need the industry to support the Laureate because the Laureate is all...
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