Wakefield announces YA horror anthology winning submissions Archive
Wakefield Press has announced the winning submissions to its national callout for contributions to its YA fiction anthology Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales. The four winning stories are: An 'intense,...
PRH acquires Madden’s ‘Anything But Fine’ Archive
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to YA novel Anything But Fine by Tobias Madden. The novel’s teenage protagonist Luca Mason has been preparing to audition for...
Wakefield sells debut YA novel to US Archive
Wakefield Press has sold world rights (ex ANZ) to debut novel Making Friends with Alice Dyson (Poppy Nwosu) to Walker Books US for a five-figure sum. Wakefield publisher Margot Lloyd...
Schulz to resign from UQP after 11 years Archive
UQP children’s and YA publisher Kristina Schulz will resign from the position, after an 11-year tenure with the publisher. Schulz began with UQP in 2008 and during her time commissioned...
Affirm focuses on children’s/YA manuscripts in 2019 mentorship award Archive
This year’s Affirm Press Mentorship Award will focus exclusively on young adult and middle-grade fiction submissions, says the publisher. Writers of the three winning submissions will receive a week-long residency...
‘Catching Teller Crow’ sold to UK, US Archive
UK and US rights to Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina's YA novel Catching Teller Crow (A&U) have been sold to Penguin Children's Books UK and Knopf respectively. The book will be published in...
UK sales of YA dropped 21.5% in 2018 Archive
Nielsen figures for 2018 show that sales of YA titles in the UK dropped by 21.5% last year, reports the Bookseller. The YA fiction sector fell by £6.2 million (A$11.3m)...
Wakefield launches dedicated YA list Archive
Adelaide-based small publisher Wakefield Press will launch a dedicated YA list this year, under the direction of newly appointed publisher Margot Lloyd. Wakefield aims to publish three to four YA...
YA author postpones debut release following social media controversy Archive
In the US, YA author Amélie Wen Zhao has asked her publisher to postpone the release of her debut novel following social media backlash, reports the New York Times. Zhao's YA...
Harry Cook’s debut YA novel acquired by Scottish small press Archive
Scottish independent publisher Black & White Publishing has acquired world rights to the debut novel by Australian actor and LGBTQIA+ activist Harry Cook. A romance set in small-town Australia, Fin...
Chapman wins HGE Ampersand Prize for YA novel ‘What it Takes’ Archive
Sydney-based journalist Frances Chapman has won Hardie Grant Egmont’s (HGE) Ampersand Prize for an unpublished manuscript for her ‘vibrant’ YA novel, What it Takes. Chosen from nearly 200 submissions, What...
ALA Youth Media Awards 2016: Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Stonewall Archive
In the US, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has announced the winners of its Youth Media Awards, including the...
HarperCollins announces #LoveOzYA anthology Archive
HarperCollins has announced it will publish a young adult anthology in May 2017 inspired by the #LoveOzYA campaign, featuring 10 short stories by a selection of Australian YA authors. Writer...
Tozer, Rowell win 2015 Inky Awards Archive
The winners of the 2015 Inky Awards, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature, were announced at the State Library of Victoria on 13 October. Gabrielle Tozer won the Gold...
Teen talk: Meet the 2015 Inky Awards judges Archive
Each year, the longlist and shortlist for the Inky Awards for youth literature are selected by a panel of teen judges, with the winners determined via an online vote. Following...
Talk of the town: Christopher Currie on ‘Clancy of the Undertow’ Archive
Christopher Currie’s first YA novel, Clancy of the Undertow, follows 16-year-old misfit Clancy as she juggles a dysfunctional family, a hostile town and a crush on ‘the local hot girl’....
Light and shadow: Vikki Wakefield on ‘Inbetween Days’ Archive
Vikki Wakefield’s latest YA novel Inbetween Days (Text, October) is about a high-school dropout who finds herself stagnating in a small town. Reviewer Bec Kavanagh spoke to the author. Read...
Budding romance: Lili Wilkinson on ‘Green Valentine’ Archive
Lili Wilkinson is the author of PINK, Love-Shy (both A&U) and Angel Fish (Black Dog Books), among others. Her latest YA novel Green Valentine (A&U) is a romantic comedy with...
Discovering history: Sue Lawson on ‘Freedom Ride’ Archive
Sue Lawson’s YA novel Freedom Ride (Walker Books, July) is based on a significant event in Indigenous civil rights history. Reviewer Carody Culver spoke to the author.Freedom Ride incorporates real...
On the virtual road: Blog tours Archive
Blog tours offer children’s and YA authors the opportunity to promote their books from the comfort of their homes, gaining greater exposure, if not necessarily sales. Andrea Hanke reports. Tania McCartney,...
