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26 September 2024

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Magabala to move sales and distribution to Hachette and ADS x

Magabala Books has announced a partnership with Hachette Australia for sales representation, and Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) for distribution services, beginning February 2025. Said Magabala CEO Lilly Brown: ‘Hachette’s commitment... Read more
 
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Hage Award for First Nations Writers 2024 winners announced x

Sweatshop Literacy Movement has announced the winners of the inaugural Hage Award for First Nations Writers. The winners of the award are Murrawarri hip hop artist DOBBY and Wiradjuri writer... Read more
 

 

Ned Kelly Awards 2024 winners announced

The Australian Crime Writers Association has announced the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards winners. The winning works in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in August, are: Best crime fiction Darling... Read more
 

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PRH acquires Chidgey dystopian fiction 'The Book of Guilt' x

Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired Australian rights to dystopian novel The Book of Guilt by Aotearoa New Zealand writer Catherine Chidgey. The novel will be published in New... Read more
 

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Tigga Mac debuts at four x

Top 10 bestsellers We Solve Murders (Richard Osman, Viking) Here One Moment (Liane Moriarty, Macmillan) Daydream (Hannah Grace, S&S) Tigga Mac’s Cake Hacks (Tegan MacCormack & Katie Scoble, Penguin) It... Read more
 

 

Books in the media this weekend, 28–29 September x

A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper Cherrywood (Jock Serong, Fourth Estate) The Great Divide (Alan Kohler, Quarterly Essay)... Read more
 

Wolfson History Prize 2024 shortlist announced

The shortlist for the 2024 Wolfson History Prize, worth £50,000 (A$97,650), has been announced, reports BookBrunch. The shortlisted books are: Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century (Joya Chatterji,... Read more
 
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The Audition (Stage Stars #1)
Penny McNamee, Scholastic, September 2024, reviewed by Anica Boulanger-Mashberg
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The Audition, the first book in actor Penny McNamee’s Stage Star series, introduces us to Millie Von Trapp, an enthusiastic but lonely Year 6 student whose immediate family are all... Read more

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The Best Witch in Paris
Lauren Crozier, Text, September 2024, reviewed by Clare Millar
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Lauren Crozier won the 2023 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing for her middle-grade novel The Best Witch in Paris. With a charm reminiscent of Jill Murphy’s Worst... Read more

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Escape From Cuttlefish Cove
Rachel Jackson, Riveted Press, September 2024, reviewed by Anneliese Gates
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Debut author Rachel Jackson knocks it out of the park with Escape from Cuttlefish Cove, a choose-your-own-adventure story where the reader is the main character. Imagine waking up on an... Read more

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Six Summers of Tash and Leopold
Danielle Binks, Lothian, September 2024, reviewed by Alida Galati
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Middle-grade readers who enjoyed A L Tait’s The First Summer of Callie McGee and Nova Weetman’s The Edge of Thirteen will delight in this compelling coming-of-age story targeting the ever-growing... Read more

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Summer of Shipwrecks
Shivaun Plozza, UQP, September 2024, reviewed by Charlotte Callander
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Award-winning children’s author Shivaun Plozza’s Summer of Shipwrecks is a vividly real, heartfelt middle-grade novel that explores the capriciousness of tween friendship. Sidney has been waiting all year for her... Read more

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The Best Present Ever
Zoë Foster Blake, illus Lucinda Gifford, Puffin, September 2024, reviewed by Jess Lomas
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The most delightful stories can often stem from the simplest of ideas, as seen in The Best Present Ever, a playful celebration of creativity, imagination and the joy of giving.... Read more

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Cockatoo
Kaye Baillie, illus Max Hamilton, Windy Hollow, September 2024, reviewed by Karys McEwen
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Cockatoo is the new Australian wildlife picture book from Kaye Baillie and Max Hamilton, the team behind the CBCA-shortlisted title When the Waterhole Dries Up. In this story, Baillie has followed her... Read more

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Dragon Folding
Christopher Cheng, illus Lucia Masciullo, Puffin, September 2024, reviewed by Karys McEwen
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Dragon Folding is an evocative picture book that celebrates community, creativity and intergenerational friendships, written by Christopher Cheng (Bear and Rat, One Tree) and illustrated by Lucia Masciullo (The Imagineer, An A–Z... Read more

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Dragon Guest Handbook
Jeanette Stampone, illus Novia Heroanto, Wombat Books, September 2024, reviewed by Anneliese Gates
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Whimsical and creative, Dragon Guest Handbook takes a different approach than most picture books in its presentation as a guide for the reader on how to handle an unexpected dragon visitor.... Read more

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The Glass Horse of Venice
Arnold Zable, illus Anita Lester, Text, September 2024, reviewed by Clare Millar
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Arnold Zable, renowned author of Cafe Scheherazade, turns to children’s literature with his first picture book, The Glass Horse of Venice. Claudia lives in Venice and passes by a glassblower’s... Read more

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Zoom
Dannika Patterson, illus Ross Morgan, Ford St, September 2024, reviewed by Anneliese Gates
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Dannika Patterson’s Zoom is a touching story about a boy named Tom. After a bad day at school, Tom comes home upset and withdrawn. Although he initially shuts his mum... Read more

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