Cappelluto to head new HarperCollins Children’s Books division
HarperCollins has announced the appointment of Cristina Cappelluto to the newly created position of children’s publishing director. Cappelluto, who will report to HarperCollins CEO James Kellow, will head the ‘new,...
Canberra to hold Graham retrospective
The Canberra Museum and Gallery will hold a retrospective exhibition of illustrator Bob Graham’s work. ‘A Bird in the Hand: a Bob Graham Retrospective’ will run from 16 May to...
‘Life in Outer Space’ wins Ena Noël Award
Melbourne-based author Melissa Keil has won the 2014 Ena Noël Award, administered by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), for her YA novel...
Walker Books Australia wins Bologna Prize for children’s publishing
Walker Books Australia has won the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category.The publisher was chosen from a shortlist of four, which included Allen...
OzCo finds research gaps in study of Australian children’s reading habits
A new report by the Australia Council for the Arts has identified a number of gaps in recent research about the reading habits of Australian children, and has called for ‘regular,...
Australian publishers nominated for Bologna Prize for children’s publishing
Allen & Unwin, Berbay Publishing, Hinkler Books and Walker Books have been nominated in the Oceania category of this year’s Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year....
New Australian schools book club launched
A new schools book club created to showcase Australian books has launched in New South Wales and Queensland. The Redgum Book Club will allow parents and students to order books from a large...
Children’s Book Festival at SLV 2014 program announced
The program for the 2014 Children’s Book Festival, an event co-hosted by the Wheeler Centre and the State Library of Victoria (SLV), has been announced. The festival’s family day will be...
Byng promoted at HarperCollins
Chren Byng has been promoted to the role of associate publisher of ABC Children’s Books at HarperCollins Australia. HarperCollins said in a statement this month that Byng has returned from maternity...
Aussie books featured on USBBY list of outstanding international books
Three books by Australian authors have been selected for the 2014 United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults....
Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlists announced
The shortlists for this year’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize have been announced in the UK, reports the Bookseller. Bookselling chain Waterstones presents three children’s book prizes each year, each worth...
Koala Books calls for picture book submissions
Children’s book publisher Koala Books is calling for picture book submissions for the first time since it was acquired by Scholastic in early 2013. Koala Books’ ‘Picture Book Festival of...
Sharing stories: Australian Children’s Laureate Jackie French
Much-loved children’s and YA author Jackie French is the new Australian Children’s Laureate. She spoke to Kate Blackwood about her plans for her term, which runs until 2015. Broadly speaking, what...
Cataloguer blogger: Zac Harding’s career journey
Zac Harding not only works as a community learning librarian at Shirley Library in Christchurch, New Zealand, but also runs a book blog and is a judge in the 2014...
Licensed to thrill: Publishers’ licensed lists
With brand licensing proving to be a growing area in book publishing, Kate Blackwood asks three local publishers about their licensed lists. Hardie Grant EgmontThere are 12 brands on Hardie Grant...
Book bites: Forthcoming junior titles
A new chapterSome much-loved series have new instalments due out this year, while other series are just taking off. As a follow-up to the popular ‘Our Australian Girl’ series, Puffin...
In the picture: The demand for graphic novels
Demand for graphic novels continues to grow, but how are booksellers, publishers and librarians responding? Portia Lindsay reports.At last year’s Reading Matters conference in Melbourne, Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novels sold...
Newbery, Caldecott, Printz winners announced; Zusak wins lifetime contribution award
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced its 2014 awards for children’s and young adult literature, including the Caldecott, Newbery, Printz and Morris awards. The Caldecott Medal for a children’s...
‘The Dark’ wins 2014 Charlotte Zolotow Award
The Dark by Lemony Snicket and Jon Klassen (Hodder) has won the 2014 Charlotte Zolotow Award, presented for outstanding writing in a picture book published in the US. The award,...
Australian writers shortlisted for Hot Key Books Young Writers Prize
Two Australian writers have been shortlisted for this year’s Hot Key Books Prize, presented for unpublished young readers and young adult manuscripts. Tasmanian writer Lyndon Riggall, 23, has been shortlisted in the...