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...
Charts this week
Monday, 21 March 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Lady Midnight Cassandra Clare Simon & Schuster 2 The Road to Ruin Niki Savva Scribe 3 15th Affair James Patterson Century 4...
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...
Dominic Smith’s ‘The Last Painting of Sara de Vos’
Thursday, 17 March 2016
‘It will appeal to a wide range of readers, accessible yet complex in the manner of Geraldine Brooks or Anthony Doerr. I predict it will be one of the big...
‘Four horsemen’ the focus of Digital Book World 2016
Thursday, 17 March 2016
‘Digital Book World organiser and The Idea Logical Company CEO Mike Shatzkin set the tone for the conference in an opening speech. Shatzkin said: “As shelf space shrinks, publishers rely...
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...
Rights round-up
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Sales Fiction—Black Inc. has sold UK rights to Skylarking (Kate Mildenhall) to Legend Press; and Polish rights to Rose’s Vintage (Kayte Nunn) to Burda Publishing. HarperCollins has sold world German...
RiP Anita Brookner
Thursday, 17 March 2016
British author and art historian Anita Brookner has died, aged 87. Brookner was the author of 24 novels, including the 1984 Booker Prize-winning Hotel du Lac. Her last novella At...
ABA 2016 conference program announced
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the program for this year’s conference, to be held at the QT hotel in Canberra from 29-30 May. Author Stan Grant will give...
Quote of the week
Thursday, 17 March 2016
‘The advantage is almost always on the side of the cunning social arts satellite than the demented scribbler’—Sydney writer Luke Carman delivers an attack on arts administrators in Melbourne’s literary...
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...
Marlon James, Hanya Yanagihara to appear at 2016 Auckland Writers Festival
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Booker Prize-winning Jamaican-US novelist Marlon James, US novelist Hanya Yanagihara and US writer and activist Gloria Steinem are among the international authors appearing the 2016 Auckland Writers Festival, to be...
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...
Charts this week
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet Michael Mosley Simon & Schuster 2 15th Affair James Patterson Century 3 Cometh the Hour Jeffrey Archer...
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,...
Nonfiction dominates at Taipei International Book Exhibition
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
‘The Taiwanese publishing market continues to face a downturn with noted declines in book sales over the past few years, particularly in fiction. Book space in the renowned Eslite Bookstore...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
‘This hasn’t happened by accident—this is a very special book, of extraordinary power, skill, and frankness, published to the accompaniment of an immaculate and highly disciplined release strategy and publicity...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold Greek rights to White Gardenia (Belinda Alexandra) to Dioptra Publishing S A; and world Polish rights to The Innocent Mage and A Blight of Mages (both...
Emily Maguire’s ‘An Isolated Incident’
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
‘There has been a proliferation of pretty-dead-girl thrillers in the past few years and it shows no sign of letting up. But don’t let the trend fool you into thinking...
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