Book Links, QWC to host annual lecture on children’s literature
Wednesday, 8 April 2015
Book Links—the Queensland branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia—and the Queensland Writers Centre will host the first annual Book Links Lecture on Children’s Literature in June. The annual...
A&U wins Bologna Prize for children’s publishing
Thursday, 2 April 2015
Allen & Unwin has won the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category. The publisher was chosen from a shortlist of three, which included...
My kind-of life: Oliver Mol on ‘Lion Attack!’
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Lion Attack! (Scribe, May), the first book from Australian writer Oliver Mol, co-winner of the inaugural Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers, is part memoir and part make-believe. ‘When all...
Paddy O’Reilly’s ‘Peripheral Vision’
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
This near-perfect short-story collection from Paddy O’Reilly is so blackly comic and bitingly clever that it makes you wonder what it feels like to live with such a masterful command...
Debut authors celebrated at Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
Friday, 27 March 2015
In the UK, Rob Biddulph’s picture-book Blown Away (HarperCollins) has won the overall and best illustrated book categories at this year’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, reports the Bookseller. Melissa Cox, head...
LIANZA Children’s Book Awards 2015 finalists announced
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
The finalists in the 2015 Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) Children’s Book Awards have been announced.The shortlisted titles are: Russell Clark Illustration Award Marmaduke Duck on the Wide...
All about ‘Eve’: Rochelle Siemienowicz on her memoir ‘Fallen’
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Rochelle Siemienowicz’s Fallen (Affirm Press, May) is a ‘thought-provoking memoir about religion, marriage and sexuality’ that juxtaposes Siemienowicz’s ‘burgeoning sexuality with her strict Seventh Day Adventist upbringing’. Read an interview...
Rod Jones’ ‘The Mothers’
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
With depth and insight, Jones explores maternal-filial love, whether biological or not, and the inner worlds of women faced with a surprise pregnancy: the hardships of their lives, the torture...
Readings Children’s Book Prize 2015 shortlist announced
Monday, 23 March 2015
Independent Melbourne bookseller Readings has announced the shortlist for its 2015 Readings Children’s Book Prize.The shortlisted titles are: Rivertime (Trace Balla, A&U) The Mapmakers Chronicles: Race to the End of...
Canongate acquires rights to Nick Cave title
Monday, 23 March 2015
Canongate has acquired the rights to a new book by musician Nick Cave The Sick Bag Song will be published on 8 April and will be sold online-only from a dedicated...
YA Book Prize winner announced
Friday, 20 March 2015
In the UK, Irish author Louise O’Neill has won the inaugural YA Book Prize for her debut novel Only Ever Yours (Quercus), reports the Bookseller. Judge and head of children’s at Waterstones...
Sister Act: L-J Lacey on her children’s book and toy shop Three Four Knock on the Door
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Melbourne sisters L-J and Danielle Lacey relocated several times before settling their independent children’s book and toy shop Three Four Knock on the Door in ‘the hub of Port Melbourne’. The sisters also ‘cut...
Peter Singer’s ‘The Most Good You Can Do’
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Forty years on from Animal Liberation, Peter Singer is still challenging our complacency with his advocacy for new ideas and movements. ‘Effective altruism’—doing the most good with the available resources—is...
Booksellers NZ conference program released
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
The theme of this year’s Booksellers NZ Conference is ‘Changing Hearts and Minds: Future Proofing Your Business’, to be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Auckland on 21 June.Confirmed sessions...
‘Struck’ first YA novel to win UK Romantic Novel of the Year
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
In the UK, Struck by Joss Stirling (Oxford University Press) has become the first YA novel to be awarded Romantic Novel of the Year by the Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA),...
Little, Brown teams up with Lego for new kids titles
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
In the US, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (LBBYR) has signed a deal with the Lego Group to develop titles based on a number of Lego properties, reports Publishers...
Leading Edge announces 2015 conference guest speakers, draft program
Monday, 16 March 2015
The 2015 Leading Edge Books Conference, to be held at the Rydges on Swanston in Melbourne from 15-16 May, will feature a keynote address by Brian Walker, CEO and founder...
Keeping up with the kids: Chris Kunz on the Kidscreen conference
Thursday, 12 March 2015
Chris Kunz, freelance editor and writer and former children’s publisher at Random House, attended the Kidscreen conference for children’s entertainment professionals in Miami in February. She reports on partnerships between...
Keeping up with the kids: Chris Kunz on the Kidscreen Miami conference
Thursday, 12 March 2015
Chris Kunz attended the Kidscreen conference for children’s entertainment professionals in Miami in February, where she found lots of examples of partnerships between children’s publishers and the broader entertainment industry. Read...
Karen Lamb’s ‘Thea Astley: Inventing Her Own Weather’
Thursday, 12 March 2015
Inventing Her Own Weather is the first full literary biography of one of Australia’s best writers of the second half of the 20th century. It is an important resource for...
Grant delivers keynote at UK independent publishing conference
Friday, 6 March 2015
Hardie Grant Books chief executive Sandy Grant has delivered the keynote address at this year’s Independent Publishers Guild spring conference in Oxfordshire, UK, reports the Bookseller. In his keynote, Grant...
ABA announces 2015 conference program, partnership with Miles Franklin Award
Friday, 6 March 2015
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the program for this year’s conference, to be held at the State Library of Victoria (SLV) on 17-18 May. Hiroshi Sogo, director of...
Avid Reader opens children’s bookshop
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Brisbane’s Avid Reader has opened its specialist children’s, YA and giftware bookstore, Where the Wild Things Are Bookshop, located next to its West End store.Owner Fiona Stager told Books+Publishing that the new store,...
The poet’s market: on print sales of poetry titles
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
The poetry scene might be flourishing with slams and spoken-word events, but print sales remain in the low hundreds for most titles, writes Hilary Simmons. Read her article here.
Lisa Gorton’s ‘The Life of Houses’
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Gorton’s ability to describe the inner worlds of her characters creates moments of breathtaking insight on almost every page. The writing is graceful and accessible, and Gorton’s skill with plot is particularly...
Wild Dog partners with PNG charity to create children’s books
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Children’s publisher Wild Dog Books has partnered with not-for-profit organisation Buk bilong Pikinini (BbP) in Papua New Guinea to publish a series of books produced by local children.BbP was founded...
Do publishers save too many high-profile titles for Christmas?
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
‘The first six months of the year can seem rather empty. Mother’s Day cookbooks. A few light fiction releases. A host of debut releases. A couple of big-name literary releases....
Patti Miller’s ‘Ransacking Paris’
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
This delightful recollection of the rewarding year that writer Patti Miller spent in Paris completing a challenging manuscript is that rare object—a book for anyone who believes we don’t need...
LBF to hold social media conference
Monday, 23 February 2015
The London Book Fair (LBF) will stage its first social media conference on trends in global publishing, reports the Bookseller. The online conference, called ‘Around the World in 8 Hours’,...
What to expect when you’re expecting in publishing
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Why is such a female-dominated industry as publishing not leading the way when it comes to parental leave? Matthia Dempsey spoke to several publishers about paid parental leave and flexibility in...
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