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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 ...
'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 titles, an...
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, A&am...
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 t...
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) ...
Bloomsbury in trouble again over 'whitewashing' cover image
Bloomsbury US is again in trouble over a cover image for a YA book that portrays a black character as white. Following muchcriticism, Bloomsbury has announced that it will re-jacket the US edition of ...
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 st...
'White priviledge and the publication of children's books'
In the wake of the controversy over the cover design for Justine Larbalestier's Liar, an interesting blog on 'white priviledge' and race in children's publishing....
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 i...
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 Text ...
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