New Frontier to launch baby and early years imprint
Thursday, 19 October 2017
Children’s publisher New Frontier will launch a new baby, pre-school and early years imprint called Bright Star in July 2018. Publisher Sophia Whitfield told Books+Publishing that the imprint will include...
Australians nominated for 2018 Astrid Lindgren Award
Friday, 13 October 2017
Nine Australian authors and illustrators and one Australian organisation have been nominated for the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The Australian nominees are: Randa Abdel-Fattah Ursula Dubosarsky Mem Fox Morris...
HGE sells UK rights to ‘Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds’
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Australia and Canada) to Jeremy Lachlan’s middle-grade adventure novel Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds in a...
IBBY Australia selects two refugee stories for 2018 Honour List
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
IBBY Australia has selected two refugee stories for the 2018 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour List. The Bone Sparrow (Zana Fraillon, Hachette) was selected for the...
Almost 28,000 votes cast for Dymocks members’ favourite children’s book of all time
Thursday, 5 October 2017
Dymocks Booklovers members have cast almost 28,000 votes for their favourite children’s book of all time, with 18 Australian titles making the top 51—up from 13 last year. Possum Magic...
Pan Macmillan signs two-book deal with debut YA author Guillaume
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Pan Macmillan Australia has signed a two-book deal with debut YA author and BuzzFeed Australia editor Jenna Guillaume, via Danielle Binks for Jacinta di Mase Management. Pan Macmillan acquired ANZ rights...
World Book Day criticised for favouring celebrities over children’s authors
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
In the UK, children’s book authors have criticised World Book Day organisers for the number of celebrity-authored titles chosen for next year’s events, reports the Guardian. Authors including David Almond...
Crowley, Oseman win 2017 Inky Awards
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Cath Crowley and Alice Oseman have won the 2017 Inky Awards, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria. Cath Crowley’s Words in Deep Blue...
‘The 78-Storey Treehouse’ tops Australian children’s bestsellers charts
Thursday, 28 September 2017
Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s The 78-Storey Treehouse (Pan) has topped the Australian children’s bestsellers chart for July 2016-June 2017, selling 342,000 titles over this period. This is the sixth...
Australian Family Therapists’ Award for Children’s Literature 2017 winners announced
Monday, 25 September 2017
The winners of the 2017 Australian Family Therapists’ Awards for Children’s Literature have been announced. Saving Jazz by Kate McCaffrey (Fremantle Press) has won the $1500 Older Readers Award, and...
Introducing #LoveOzYA
Thursday, 21 September 2017
Several years ago a group of Australian YA authors and supporters launched the grassroots campaign #LoveOzYA to promote Australian YA books in a market dominated by US titles. Think Australian...
‘The Silent Invasion’ tops YA bestsellers chart
Thursday, 21 September 2017
The Silent Invasion—the first book in a new YA dystopian trilogy from novelist James Bradley—is at the top of the Australian YA bestsellers chart for August. It’s followed by In the...
Oz YA under the spotlight
Thursday, 21 September 2017
In this newsletter, we shine a spotlight on Australian young adult (YA) fiction. In our profile, we speak to literary agent, editor and YA advocate Danielle Binks about the state...
CBCA Book of the Year Awards announced
Thursday, 21 September 2017
The winners of the prestigious Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. They include: One Would Think the Deep (Claire Zorn, University of Queensland...
Era Publications launches children’s reader series in China
Thursday, 21 September 2017
Era Publications, a family owned educational publisher with a focus on English-language teaching, has partnered with Chinese publisher New Century Publishing to publish 1.7 million copies of its ‘WINGS’ children’s...
Scholastic acquires Kelly Gardiner middle-grade time-travel series
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Scholastic has acquired world rights to ‘The Fire Watcher Chronicles’, a new middle-grade fantasy trilogy by historical fiction and YA author Kelly Gardiner. ‘The Fire Watcher Chronicles’ is a ‘time-slip’...
Fine wins 2017 Royal Society Science Book Prize
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Melbourne-based British author Cordelia Fine has won the £25,000 (A$42,185) Royal Society Prize for Science Book of the Year for her book Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of our Gendered...
HGE acquires four-book adventure series by Sydney bookseller in six-figure deal
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has acquired world rights to four books in a new adventure series by Sydney bookseller and debut author Jeremy Lachlan, in a six-figure deal that followed...
Sanna’s ‘The Journey’ wins UK picture-book prize
Tuesday, 19 September 2017
In the UK, Italian artist Francesca Sanna has won the 2017 Klaus Flugge Prize the most exciting newcomer to children’s picture-book illustration, reports the Guardian. Sanna won the £5,000 (A$8,480)...
Authors for Asylum Twitter campaign raises over $13,000
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
Australian writers have raised $13,143.84 for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) by auctioning off various items as part of the ‘Authors for Asylum’ Twitter campaign. The campaign ran from...
Berbay launches junior fiction series
Thursday, 7 September 2017
Berbay Publishing will release its first junior fiction series, ‘Norton’, in 2018, by Melbourne writer and illustrator John Dickson. The series focuses on seven-year-old Norton, who is ‘finding his way...
WestWords and Pinerolo announce recipients of illustrator residency
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Delene White and Sadami Konchi have been selected for the 2017 WestWords / Pinerolo Illustrators in Residence program, aimed at extending emerging illustrators’ knowledge of ‘picture book creation and design,...
Book blogger spotlight: Children’s Books Daily
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
Queensland-based blogger and teacher-librarian Megan Daley has a longstanding involvement with children’s and YA literature, which gives her blog a unique viewpoint. ‘I feel like I’ve been wandering around the...
Text acquires Wakefield’s ‘Youth’
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
Text has acquired world rights to a new YA novel by Friday Brown and Ballad for a Mad Girl author Vikki Wakefield. Youth is a story about breaking the cycle...
Australian authors raise funds for Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
A number of Australian authors have started the ‘Authors for Asylum’ campaign on Twitter to raise funds for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC). The campaign was started on 31...
Era launches ‘WINGS’ children’s book series in China
Monday, 4 September 2017
South Australia-based publisher Era Publications has partnered with Chinese publisher New Century Publishing to publish 1.7 million copies of its ‘WINGS’ children’s reader series in China. Launched at the Beijing...
UK children’s publisher pulps ‘Growing Up for Boys’ after criticism
Friday, 1 September 2017
In the UK, Usborne Publishing has announced it will pulp the remaining stock of its 2013 title Growing Up for Boys, after the book was criticised for its claim that...
US PEN Center withdraws ‘Stealing Indians’ from YA prize shortlist after criticism
Thursday, 31 August 2017
The PEN Center USA has withdrawn John Smelcer’s novel Stealing Indians (Leapfrog Press) from its Young Adult Prize shortlist after several writers publicly questioned Smelcer’s integrity, reports the Guardian. Stealing...
US educational provider Follett partners with advocacy group to save school libraries
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
In the US, educational provider Follett has teamed up with Chicago-based political action group EveryLibrary to assist advocacy efforts for school libraries, reports Publishers Weekly. Follett is funding EveryLibrary’s expanded...
Readings donation funds new library at Ballarat school
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
A donation from independent bookselling chain Readings has contributed to a new library at Berry Street School in Ballarat, Victoria, reports the Courier. The Readings Foundation donated $17,900 to the school...
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