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Australian Family Therapists’ Award for children’s literature 2018 winners announced

13 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Australian Family Therapists’ Award for children’s literature have been announced. The winners are The Build-up Season by Megan Jacobson (Penguin) and Finding Nevo by Nevo...

KROC Awards 2018 winners announced

12 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Awards, the children’s choice book awards for the Northern Territory, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Do...

Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2018 winners announced

12 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year awards have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in July, the winning titles are: Birth to three years...

‘Florette’ named on 2018 NYT/NYPL Best Illustrated Children’s Books list

9 November 2018
Melbourne-based writer and illustrator Anna Walker's picture book Florette (Viking) has been named as one of the New York Times (NYT)/New York Public Library's (NYPL) best illustrated children's books for 2018....

Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2018 winners announced

9 November 2018
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners of the 2018 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. The winners are: Picture fiction Florette (Anna Walker, Viking) Fiction Wombat Warriors (Samantha Wheeler, UQP) Nonfiction...

KOALAs 2018 winners announced

9 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), the children’s choice book awards for New South Wales, have been announced. The winners and honour books in each...

Australians nominated for 2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals

7 November 2018
A number of Australian authors and illustrators have been nominated for the 2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. Australian books including A Different Boy by Paul Jennings and Geoff Kelly (A&U)...

Lifelong learning: Younger readers editions

1 November 2018
Kelsey Oldham investigates the role played by younger readers editions in the growth of children’s nonfiction. It’s a well-established fact that adult nonfiction titles sell strongly in Australia. In 2018...

New specialist kids agency launched

1 November 2018
Lawyer and writer Justine Barker has launched a new literary agency focusing on children’s and YA books. Mayfair Literary Agency will represent authors writing picture books, junior fiction, middle-grade and...

YABBAs 2018 winners announced

31 October 2018
The winners of the 2018 Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBAs), Victoria’s children’s choice awards, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Do Not Open This Book Again!...

Keen for 2019: A round-up of forthcoming children’s and YA titles

30 October 2018
2019 sees the release of new children’s books from rapper Adam Briggs, fashion designer Collette Dinnigan and engineer and media personality Yassmin Abdel-Magied, plus new YA from Jay Kristoff and...

Book bites: A taste of books to come

30 October 2018
Picture this With a brand new year of school on the horizon, there are plenty of picture books to get early readers prepared for their first day: On The First...

Gift of the Blab: An interview with Aaron Blabey

30 October 2018
Aaron Blabey is the creator of the ‘Pig the Pug’ and ‘The Bad Guys’ series. Kelsey Oldham asks the author about his success. You’re known for your prolific output, which...

Sister act: The story of The Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop

30 October 2018
Co-owner Mary Wadsworth tells the story of The Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop in Auckland, New Zealand. In 1965 Dorothy Butler established the bookshop that my sister Helen and I now...

‘Real Pigeons’ series sold to US in three-book deal

29 October 2018
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has sold North American rights to three books in the ‘Real Pigeons’ series (Andrew McDonald, illus by Ben Wood) to Random House Children’s Books, following a...

Fremantle sells world English rights to Sally Morgan board book ‘I Love Me’

25 October 2018
Fremantle Press has sold world English-language rights to Sally Morgan’s board book I Love Me (illus by Ambelin Kwaymullina) to Andrews McMeel Publishing, part of Andrews McMeel Universal (AMU), in...

Australian children’s books shortlisted for Japan’s Sakura Medal

24 October 2018
Five Australian children's books have been shortlised for Japan's Sakura Medal. Jeannie Baker's picture book Circle (Walker) has been nominated in the picture books category, while in the chapter books category, Paul...

2019 Scribblers Festival Schools Program announced

19 October 2018
The program for the Scribblers Festival Schools Program, which runs from 8-10 May 2019 in Claremont, Western Australia, has been announced. Launched last year, Scribblers Festival celebrates children’s literature and...

Redgum Book Club acquires school book fair provider Central Book Suppliers

19 October 2018
Redgum Book Club has acquired school book fair provider Central Book Suppliers (CBS). Established in 2014, Redgum provides in-school book clubs to schools nationwide, with emphasis on Australian authors, illustrators...

Affirm acquires middle-grade debut at auction; opens unsolicited submissions for kids list

18 October 2018
Affirm Press has acquired middle-grade novel Hattie Maxwell and the Library of Lost Words by debut Melbourne author Julianne Negri at auction via Jacinta di Mase Management. The story follows...

‘Dinner Detectives’ creators win global pitching competition

17 October 2018
Australian children’s book creators Yves Stening and Nigel Buchanan have won a pitching competition at the world’s biggest children’s entertainment industry event, MIPJunior, reports the Herald Sun. Stening and Buchanan’s...

Hachette to launch ‘Fortnite’ publishing program

16 October 2018
Hachette Australia, in association with Hachette divisions in the UK, USA, France and Spain, has announced a publishing program based on the popular game Fortnite. In a deal brokered by International...

ANZ authors nominated for 2019 Astrid Lindgren Award

15 October 2018
Ten authors and illustrators from Australia and New Zealand and one Australian organisation have been nominated for the 2019 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The Australian nominees are: Randa Abdel-Fattah Ursula...

Allen, Blackadder awarded 2018 Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship

15 October 2018
Screenwriter Jane Allen and author Jesse Blackadder have been jointly awarded the 2018 Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship. Allen and Blackadder will travel to Antarctica in late October, staying at the...

Aussie children’s book creators chosen to pitch at global kids entertainment event

12 October 2018
Australian children’s book creators Yves Stening and Nigel Buchanan are one of five intellectual property owners selected to pitch at the world's biggest children's entertainment industry event, MIPJunior. Held on...

HarperCollins signs Blackwood in two-book deal

11 October 2018
HarperCollins has signed a two-book deal with children's book illustrator Freya Blackwood. The first book in the deal is a yet-to-be-titled picture book about a girl and her pig, due...

NZ picture book on Trump sold to UK

10 October 2018
New Zealand publisher Millwood Press has sold UK, Irish and Australian rights to picture book Dear Donald Trump (Sophie Siers, illus by Anne Villeneuve) to Bonnier Books UK imprint Templar...

‘Alice-Miranda’ animated telemovie in production

10 October 2018
SLR Productions has commenced production on an animated telemovie based on Jacqueline Harvey's Alice-Miranda (Random House Children's) series of children's books, reports Mediaweek. Originally announced as a TV series comprising...

State Library of NSW opens dedicated children’s learning centre

3 October 2018
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has opened a new purpose-built children's learning centre, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Facilitated by a $1 million donation to SLNSW, the John B...