Aurealis Awards, NZ CYA awards, Text Prize shortlist

The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has partnered with State Library of Queensland to support its black&write! editor internship program, and provide free membership to black&write! intern editors for the next three years; the Australian Library and Information Association has announced that this year’s National Simultaneous Storytime was the biggest in the event’s 23-year history, with over 2.3 million participants registered in 2023; the Parliamentary Friends of Australian Children’s Storytelling held its inaugural event at Parliament House on 24 May, with over 300 members of parliament, senators, staffers, and guests in attendance; and after a successful pilot program in 2022, the Indigenous Literacy Foundation is launching its Busking For Change fundraising initiative nationally.

Writers Victoria has announced the ninth round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund, the winners of the Aurealis Awards have been announced, and the shortlist has been announced for the Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, worth $10,000. Also in awards news, the finalists for the 2023 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced and the Wilderness Society has announced the shortlists for the 2022 Environment Award for Children’s Literature.

In the US, audiobook revenue grew 10% in 2022 to US$1.8 billion (A$2.7b) in total sales. In the UK, analysis from the Bookseller has found bookshop sales down by 3.5% YTD. Bloomsbury UK has reported another record performance in the year to end of February 2023, with sales up 15% and profit up 16%, according to the Bookseller.

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