The Children of the King (Sonya Hartnett, Viking)
The Children of the King challenges stereotypes of war from the first page, which opens, not with a sombre and terror-filled London, but with a lively household full of love...
Other Brother (Simon French, Walker Books)
The last time Kieran saw his cousin Bon was two years ago when Bon and Aunt Renee crashed Kieran’s Dad’s birthday party and Bon stole one of his toy horses....
2011 Inky shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year's Inky Awards for teenage literature has been announced. The shortlisted Australian titles for the Gold Inky are:Graffiti Moon (Cath Crowley, Pan Macmillan)This is Shyness (Leanne...
2011 Inky shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year's Inky Awards for teenage literature has been announced. The shortlisted Australian titles for the Gold Inky are:Graffiti Moon (Cath Crowley, Pan Macmillan)This is Shyness (Leanne...
‘The Relic’ wins 2011 Text Prize
Melbourne-based writer Myke Bartlett has won this year's Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing for his manuscript The Relic. Bartlett's novel was chosen from a shortlist of five...
2011 Inky longlist announced
The longlist for this year's Inky Awards for teenage literature has been announced. Longlisted Australian titles for the Gold Inky include:Pig Boy (J C Burke, Woolshed Press)Good Oil (Laura Buzo,...
In brief
Non-SPUNC titles available through Readings ebookstore Murdoch Books and Port Campbell Press are among the first non-SPUNC (Small Press Underground Networking Community) publishers to make titles available through the Readings ebookstore. Port...
In Brief
Borders website nominated for AIMIA Retail award The Borders Australia website has been nominated in the Best Retail category in this year's Australian Interactive Media Association (AIMIA) Awards. The Borders site is...
Text Young Adult Prize shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing has been announced. The shortlisted manuscripts are Concentrate by the Brothers Groth, which Text described as ‘a story...
Larbalestier responds to ‘white washed’ cover controversy
YA author Justine Larbalestier has responded to controversy surrounding the US cover of her new book, Liar, which features the face of a white girl, despite the fact Larbalestier’s protagonist...
Text Young Adult Prize winner announced
Announced at the Melbourne Writers' Festival on Saturday 30 August, the inaugural Text Young Adult Prize went to Richard Newsome for The Billionaire's Curse. The novel will be published by...
Inaugural Text YA prize shortlist announced
Text Publishing has announced the shortlisted titles in its new Young Adult Writing Prize. ‘The inaugural Text Publishing Young Adult Writing Prize has been an outstanding success,' Text spokesperson Sarina Gale...
Too deadly for school?
An award-winning YA book has come under fire for its ‘sexual imagery'. A Lilydale High parent says that, with over 100 swear words, Phillip Gwynne's Deadly Unna? (Penguin) is an...