54 bookshops to receive Puffin grants
Puffin has announced the 54 Australian bookshops that will receive a share of $100,000 in funding for children’s reading programs. The winning bookshops each receive funding between $500 and $5000...
Shortlist announced for 2019 UK Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize
In the UK, the shortlist for the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize, recognising the best science books for children, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: 100 Things to...
Hachette acquires junior fiction series ‘Kitty is Not a Cat’ in four-book deal
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to four junior fiction titles based on the children’s television series Kitty Is Not A Cat, via Melanie Ostell Literary. The animated television show,...
The Little Bookroom and Lost in Books collaborate on ‘All the Ways to be Smart’ giveaway
Melbourne specialist children’s bookshop The Little Bookroom and Sydney-based multilingual children’s bookshop and social enterprise Lost in Books are collaborating on a picture book giveaway. Based in the culturally diverse...
Black Dog Books imprint to be absorbed into Walker’s flagship list
Walker Books Australia has announced that the Black Dog Books imprint will be absorbed into the flagship Walker Books Australia list from May 2019. Founded by Andrew Kelly and Maryann...
New database to celebrate diversity in children’s books
The National Centre for Australian Children’s Literacy (NCACL) will this year launch a database for children’s literature, designed to help teachers, parents and readers to find books which highlight multiculturalism...
PRH sells ‘Kensy and Max’ series to US in four-book deal
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has sold North American rights to Jacqueline Harvey’s children’s book series ‘Kensy and Max’ to Kane Miller Publishers. The four-book deal was brokered by Rights...
UK children’s book market reports growth; YA down 22%, children’s nonfiction up 10.2%
In the UK, the children's book market has reported steady growth between August 2017 and August 2018, reports the Bookseller. The children's market has shown overall growth of 0.7% by...
Introducing CSIRO Publishing’s children’s list
In 2015 CSIRO Publishing launched its first children’s book Phasmid, the story of the rediscovery of the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect previously believed to be extinct. The publisher has...
The Little Bookroom to hold kids book festival in Melbourne
Melbourne children’s bookshop The Little Bookroom will hold its first kids book festival in October, called Kids Book Fest. Held at the Fitzroy Town Hall, the one-day event will feature...
Victorian councils reject reports of libraries censoring books to combat gender bias
Victorian councils have rejected media reports that libraries will remove children’s books from their collections based on research into the development of gender roles in young children, reports SBS. Melbourne...
New podcast on Australian kids’ books launches
A new fortnightly podcast about Australian children’s books has launched. One More Page focuses on Australian picture books through to middle-grade titles, and includes interviews, book reviews and competitions. Creators,...
Celebrating children’s literature at Somerset
The Somerset Celebration of Literature held its annual school literature festival from 15 to 19 March 2010 at Somerset College in Mudgeeraba on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Over 16,000 tickets...