ABIA 2022 longlists announced
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
The longlists for the 2022 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles longlisted in each category are: General fiction book of the year After Story (Larissa Behrendt,...
Lindström wins 2022 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Swedish artist Eva Lindström has won the five million krona (A$708,785) Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), the world’s richest prize for children’s literature. Lindström, whose work has won multiple awards,...
Beatnik named Bologna publisher of the year, Oceania
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Aotearoa New Zealand publisher Beatnik Publishing is the winner of the Oceania category of the 2022 Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year. The Bologna Children’s Book...
Hayley Scrivenor on ‘Dirt Town’
Tuesday, 22 March 2022
Set in the rural New South Wales town of Durton, Hayley Scrivenor's debut novel Dirt Town (Macmillan, May) centres on the disappearance of a young girl named Esther. Reviewer Kate...
Murail, Lee win 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Award
Tuesday, 22 March 2022
French children's writer Marie-Aude Murail and Korean artist Suzy Lee have been named the winners of the 2022 IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Hans Christian Andersen author...
‘Love Stories’ wins 2022 Indie Book of the Year
Tuesday, 22 March 2022
Trent Dalton’s Love Stories (Fourth Estate) has been named Book of the Year at the 2022 Indie Book Awards. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction Once There Were...
National Book Critics Circle Awards winners announced
Monday, 21 March 2022
In the US, the winners of the 2021 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Awards have been announced. The winners, chosen from finalists announced in January, are: Fiction The Love Songs...
Williams to leave SWF after 2022 festival
Friday, 18 March 2022
Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) artistic director Michael Williams has announced that the upcoming festival, to be held 16–22 May, will be his last. Williams was appointed to the role of...
ABA conference 2022 program announced
Friday, 18 March 2022
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the first guests for its two-day conference, to be held in person 12–13 June at the the Sheraton Grand Hyde Park in Sydney....
ASA Award Mentorship Program for Writers and Illustrators winners announced
Friday, 18 March 2022
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the winners of its 2022 Award Mentorship Program for Writers and Illustrators. With support from the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, each winner receives a...
Vale Blaise van Hecke
Thursday, 17 March 2022
Blaise van Hecke, co-founder and publisher of Melbourne-based Busybird Publishing, died suddenly on Sunday, 13 March. She was 53 years old. Small Press Network (SPN) general manager Tim Coronel writes:...
Perth Festival Literature & Ideas program: ‘a joy’ despite Covid restrictions, border closures
Thursday, 17 March 2022
Perth Festival's 2022 Writers Weekend, running across 26–27 February in the gardens of Fremantle Arts Centre (FAC), attracted over 6500 attendees to sessions featuring guests both in person or by...
The Signal Line
Thursday, 17 March 2022
Brothers Geo and Wes are testing their relationship now that their parents have passed away. Geo and Wes rarely agree on anything, especially not the sale of the Hobart family...
Tuning into BookTube: How publishers can work with influencers
Thursday, 17 March 2022
In 2021 Kirsty Horton completed her master’s thesis at Curtin University on how publishers and BookTubers could get the most out of their commercial relationship. A BookTuber herself since 2017,...
Personnel developments at Thames & Hudson Australia
Thursday, 17 March 2022
Thames & Hudson Australia (T&H) have announced a number of new appointments that will support underpin the company’s next stage of growth. Rick Wiebusch fills a newly created position as...
Alex and the Alpacas Ride Again
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
After saving the world from Kiala, the ancient spirit of destruction, Alex longs for more adventure—and the chance to feel special again. Compared to riding through the Tasmanian wilderness on...
Zombie Diaries #1: Apocalypse Cow!
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
The first book in a fast-paced comedy-adventure series set in a town called Buttburgher where all the adults start turning into zombie cows! Jimmy, Daisy and Hooey will have to...
Bologna Prize shortlist: EK Books
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Publisher Anouska Jones introduces health and wellbeing press Exisle Publishing's children's imprint EK Books. How and why did Exisle's children's imprint EK begin its life? Exisle Publishing began 30 years...
Bologna Prize shortlist: Magabala Books
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Publisher Rachel Bin Salleh introduces Australia's leading First Nations press Magabala Books. How and why did Magabala's children's division begin its life? Magabala has been publishing children’s pictures books since...
Bologna Prize shortlist: Affirm Press
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Children's publisher Tash Besliev intoduces Melbourne independent Affirm Press. How and why did the Affirm Press children's division begin its life? After successfully publishing across many other categories, Affirm Press...
Two Walker titles jointly win Prime Minister’s children’s literature prize
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Two titles published by Walker Books Australia jointly won the children’s book category of the prestigious and valuable Prime Minister’s Literary Awards in 2021: middle-grade graphic novel Fly on the...
So much to share
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Ahead of this year's Bologna Children's Book Fair, running 21–24 March, we are thrilled to share the latest children's and YA titles from Australian publishers in this issue of Think...
Australian children’s and YA bestsellers for 2022 YTD
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
After a bumper year of sales in 2020, in which the children's category was up 9.6% on 2019, the Australian children's book market fell ever so slightly in 2021 (-0.2%),...
Aus YA shows its range
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
From horror to fantasy with some wit and mystery along the way, Australian YA shows its range in several recent deals. Two recent acquisitions by Australian publishers present a similar...
Introducing Gabrielle Wang, Australia’s new Children’s Laureate
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Australian children's author Gabrielle Wang is the new Australian Children’s Laureate for 2022–23. Wang is the award-winning author and illustrator of over 20 books, including The Lion Drummer (illus by...
Aus middle-grade golden age continues
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Australia’s ‘golden age’ of middle-grade fiction doesn’t look it's ending any time soon, with several high-profile fiction acquisitions in the age bracket. Fans of Amelia Mellor around the world will...
Picture this
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
From a nonfiction book about how trees talk to a slam poetry adaptation, Australian publishers are pitching some picture books with a difference at Bologna this year. Jordan Collins’ debut...
In Bologna? Pop by the Australian stand
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
If you’re on the ground in Bologna for this year’s fair, pop by the Australian stand, Hall 25, Stand B78. The Australian Publishers Association stand will be managed by Rome-based...
Serious about series
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Australian publishers will be pitching several new series at Bologna—from some well established names, as well as emerging authors. In middle-grade, Penguin Random House Australia has a ‘charming’ new series...
Australian Book Design Awards 2022 longlists announced
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
The longlists for the 2022 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. The longlisted titles in some of the categories are: Best...
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