Magabala wins 2023 Bologna Prize, Oceania region
Magabala is the 2023 Oceania winner of the Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year.
‘This is such an honour as the voting is by our peers in the international publishing community,’ said the publisher.
The winners in each region are:
- Africa: Trinta zero Nove (Mozambique)
- Asia: Wonder House Books (India)
- Caribbean, Central and South America: Editorial Amanuta (Chile)
- Europe: The Old Lion (Ukraine)
- North America: La courte échelle (Canada)
- Oceania: Magabala Books (Australia)
The awards are presented in six geographic regions to publishers that are ‘at the forefront of innovation in their activity for the creative nature of the editorial choices they have made during the previous year’.
Magabala was one of five Australian publishers shortlisted for the Oceania category of the award, alongside Affirm Press, EK Books, Starfish Bay and Wilkins Farago. Magabala was also shortlisted for the award in 2022. The winner of the 2022 Prize in the Oceania category was Aotearoa New Zealand publisher Beatnik Publishing.
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