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Posted: 26 August 2011 at 12:32 pm
Tags: Blue Smoke, Book Design Awards, Chris Bourke, Hill and Hole, John Newton, Kyle Mewburn, Leigh Davis, Lives of the Poets, PANZ, Publishers Association of New Zealand, School Journal Part 3 Number 3 2010, Stevan Eldred-Grigg, Stunning Debut of the Repairing of a Life, The Great Wrong War, Vasanti Unka
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Posted: 19 August 2011 at 12:30 pm
The winners of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced today.
The winners and honour books in each of the categories are:
Older Readers
Winner:
- The Midnight Zoo (Sonya Hartnett, Viking).
Honour books:
- Graffiti Moon (Cath Crowley, Pan Macmillan)
- The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher (Doug MacLeod, Penguin).
Younger Readers
Winner:
- The Red Wind (Isobelle Carmody, Viking).
Honour books:
- Just a Dog (Michael Gerard Bauer, Omnibus)—read the review
- Violet Mackerel’s Brillant Plot (Anna Branford & Sarah Davis, Walker Books)—read the review.
Early Childhood
Winner:
- Maudie and Bear (Jan Ormerod & Freya Blackwood, Little Hare)—read the review.
Honour books:
- The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies (Tom Niland Champion, Kilmeny Niland & Deborah Niland, A&U)—read the review
- Look See, Look at Me! (Leonie Norrington & Dee Huxley, A&U).
Picture Book of the Year
Joint winners:
Honour books:
- Why I Love Australia (Bronwyn Bancroft, Little Hare)—read the review
- My Uncle’s Donkey (Tohby Riddle, Viking).
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
Winner:
- The Return of the Word Spy (Ursula Dubosarsky & Tohby Riddle, Viking)—read the review.
Honour books:
- Drawn from the Heart: A Memoir (Ron Brooks, A&U)
- Our World: Bardi Jaawi Life at Ardiyooloon (One Arm Point Remote Community School, Magabala Books)
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Posted: 8 July 2011 at 10:58 am
Shortly after Rod Moss moved to Alice Springs, he met a black couple living in the gully behind his flat. Giving them access to water for their billy widened into a friendship that took in a clan. Over the next 25 years, Moss lived, taught and painted on the lands of the Eastern Arrernte. Sadly, he also attended 60 funerals. This memoir’s title is drawn from a gloss accompanying the author’s painting, Raft. Patterned after Gericault’s Raft of the Medusa, here it depicts five Arrernte men and women and decries the vicissitudes of grog in ‘the Alice’. Without an agenda, this book is Moss’ own beautifully written story, and while he barely conceals his exasperation at so many premature deaths, it’s also a positive recollection of his deep and personal friendship with the elder Arranye (‘Ah-run-yah’), who lived to something resembling old age, 71. This book’s careful design––with its jacket of a black snake (Moss is associated with this animal) on red ochre sand––is further enhanced by the reproduction of 40 of Moss’ startling artworks and their accompanying gloss. Mention should also be made of Raft, the memoir by Moss’ good friend Howard Goldenberg (Hybrid), published last year.
Michael Kitson is a bookseller at the Sun Bookshop Yarraville. This review first appeared in the April 2010 issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine.
The Hard Light of Day is the winner of the nonfiction award in the 2011 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.
Tags: Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Rod Moss, The Hard Light of Day, UQP
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Posted: 8 July 2011 at 10:52 am
Boori Pryor is a wonderful storyteller whose ability to weave Indigenous culture into stories for all ages has seen him become one of Australia’s favourite writers for younger readers. In his latest picture book Pryor illustrates how dance is used in Aboriginal culture to pass along ideas, history and warnings. The voice of the narrator seems to speak directly to the reader, which will engage the junior readership that the book is directed towards. Jan Ormerod’s illustrations are a step away from her usual style, transforming the book into a combination of picture book and graphic novel. This format will not appeal to everyone immediately, but does sit snugly with the clarity of the narrative and the educational tone of the book. The illustrations are simple enough that Pryor’s story remains the focus. The key theme of the story is an acceptance of other cultures, and an active participation that leads to greater understanding. Although the language is simple enough for early primary school readers, the topics raised in Shake a Leg could undoubtedly form the basis for school projects and discussions for many older primary readers.
Bec Kavanagh is a Melbourne freelance reviewer and account manager for The Little Bookroom. This review first appeared in the October 2010 issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine.
Shake a Leg is the winner of the children’s fiction prize in the 2011 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.
Tags: Allen & Unwin, Boori Monty Pryor, Jan Ormerod, Shake a Leg
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Posted: 1 July 2011 at 9:57 am
The 2011 longlist for the 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&U)
- Just a Girl (Jane Caro, UQP)
- The FitzOsbourne’s in Exile (Michelle Cooper, Random House)
- Graffiti Moon (Cath Crowley, Pan Macmillan)
- This is Shyness (Leanne Hall, Text)
- Black Painted Fingernails (Steven Herrick, A&U)
- Silvermay (James Moloney, HarperVoyager)
- The Comet Box (Adrian Stirling, Penguin)
- All I Ever Wanted (Vikki Wakefield, Text)
Longlisted international titles for the Silver Inky include:
- Clockwork Angel (Cassandra Clare, Walker Books)
- Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares (Rachel Cohn & David Levithan, A&U)
- No and Me (Delphine de Vigan, Bloomsbury)
- Where She Went (Gayle Forman, Doubleday Children’s)
- Bright Young Things (Anna Godbersen, Puffin)
- The Agency: The Body in the Tower (Y S Lee, Candlewick Press)
- Anna and the French Kiss (Stephanie Perkins, Penguin)
- First Light (Rebecca Stead, Text)
- Marcelo in the Real World (Francisco Stork, Scholastic)
- Violence 101 (Denis Wright, Walker Books)
The shortlist is announced 1 September. Readers of insideadog.com.au will vote for the winning titles and voting is open until 18 October. For more information go here.
Tags: children's, Inky Awards, Inkys, insideadog, junior, SLV, teenage, YA
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Posted: 29 June 2011 at 11:06 am
Shortlisted titles for the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards 2011 have been announced:
| HarperCollins Award for Best Cover |
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| No Fretful Sleeper: A Life of Bill Pearson (Paul Millar, Auckland University Press) cover design by Keely O’Shannessy. |
Eep! (Joke van Leeuwen, Gecko Press) cover design by Spencer Levine. |
Lives of the Poets (John Newton, Victoria University Press) cover design by Greg Simpson. |
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Mary Egan Award for Best Typography |
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| Classic: The Revival of Classic Boating in New Zealand (Ivor Wilkins, Random House NZ) cover and interior desgin by Kate Barraclough |
Hauaga: The Art of John Pule edited by Nicholas Thomas, Otago University Press) design by Fiona Moffat (cover) & Wendy Harrex (cover and interior). |
Stunning Debut of the Repairing of a Life (Leigh Davis, Otago University Press) cover design by Christine Hansen. |
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Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book |
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| Group Architects: Towards a New Zealand Architecture (Julia Gatley, Auckland University Press) design by Spencer Levine (cover) & Katrina Duncan (interior) |
Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918–1964 (Chris Bourke, Auckland University Press) design by Spencer Levine (cover) & Katrina Duncan (interior). |
It’s in the Post: The Stories behind New Zealand Stamps (Richard Wolfe, Craig Potton) design by Sarah Elworthy.
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Hachette New Zealand Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book |
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| Chancers and Visionaries: A History of Wine in New Zealand (Keith Stewart, Random House NZ) design by Katy Yiakmis. |
The Great Wrong War: New Zealand Society in WWI (Stevan Eldred-Grigg, Random House NZ) design by Pieta Brenton. |
No Fretful Sleeper: A Life of Bill Pearson (Paul Millar, Auckland University Press) design by Keely O’Shannessy (cover) & Katrina Duncan (interior). |
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Pearson Award for Best Educational Book |
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School Journal Part 3 Number 3 2010 (Learning Media Te Pou Taki Kōrero) design by Jodi Wicksteed.
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Leprechaun Ice Cream ( Learning Media Te Pou Taki Kōrero) design by Liz Tui Morris. |
Principles of Accounting 4th edition (Murray Smart, Nazir Awan & Richard Baxter, Pearson) by Marie Low (cover) & Esther Chua (interior).
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Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book |
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| Hester’s Blister (Chris Gurne, Scholastic NZ) design by Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson. |
Hill and Hole (Kyle Mewburn and Vasanti Unka , Penguin NZ) design by Vasanti Unka.
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The Moon and Farmer McPhee (Margaret Mahy, illus by David Elliot, Random House NZ) design by Sarah Elworthy & David Elliot. |
The winners of this year’s awards, as well as the winner of the Young Designer of the Year Award, will be announced at an awards ceremony at the National Library in Auckland on 25 August.
See more information on the shortlist here.
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Posted: 19 May 2011 at 12:14 pm
One of the interesting things about the Man Booker International Prize is that it’s open to any author whose work is available in English, which includes translations. This makes it a much more diverse prize than most literary awards, which are usually for one recently published book. But where to start? Fortunately at this year’s prize announcement, judge chair Rick Gekoski was happy to share his favourite titles from the 13 shortlisted authors. We think they would make a pretty fine shelf display …
- Philip Roth (USA): American Pastoral and Nemesis (both Vintage)
- Wang Anyi (China): The Song of Everlasting Sorrow (Columbia University Press)
- Juan Goytisolo (Spain): The Garden of Secrets (Serpent’s Tail)
- James Kelman (UK): How Late It Was, How Late (Vintage)
- John le Carré (UK): The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (Viking)
- Amin Maalouf (Lebanon): Balthasar’s Odyssey (Vintage)
- David Malouf (Australia): Remembering Babylon (Vintage)
- Dacia Maraini (Italy): The Silent Duchess (Arcadia Books)
- Rohinton Mistry (India/Canada): A Fine Balance (Faber)
- Philip Pullman (UK): ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy (Scholastic)
- Marilynne Robinson (USA): Home (Virago)
- Su Tong (China): Rice (Simon & Schuster UK)
- Anne Tyler: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant and The Amateur Marriage (both Vintage)
More information about the shortlisted authors can be found here.
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Posted: 27 January 2011 at 11:33 am
The shortlist for this year’s Indie Book Award, for independent booksellers’ favourite books of the previous year, has been announced. In the running are:
Fiction
Non-fiction
Debut Fiction
Children’s shortlist
- Museum of Thieves (Lian Tanner, A&U)
- Mirror (Jeannie Baker, Walker Books)
- The Very Bad Book (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan Macmillan)
- The Legend of the Golden Snail (Graeme Base, Viking).
The winning title in each category and the overall Indie Book of the Year will be announced in March. Category winners and the overall Indie Book of the Year will be selected by independent booksellers across the country.
The last Indie Awards were presented in September 2009 for books published between July 2008 and June 2009. The 2009 Indie Book of the Year was awarded to Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey.
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Posted: 1 July 2010 at 9:42 am
The 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced tonight at a ceremony at the Paddington Town Hall in Sydney. MCed by author and television personality Gretel Killeen, the 20 awards honour and recognise authors, booksellers and publishers and were chosen by an academy of booksellers and publishers.
Celebrating its 20th year, independent Sydney-based publisher Allen & Unwin picked up six awards including Book of the Year.
The Lloyd O’Neil Award for outstanding service to the Australian book industry went to Patrick Gallagher, chairman of Allen & Unwin
The Book of the Year was awarded to the multi award-winning novel Jasper Jones (Allen & Unwin) by Craig Silvey, which was also awarded Literary Fiction Book of the Year.
Newcomer of the Year went to Anna Goldsworthy for her memoir, Piano Lessons (Black Inc); and Illustrated Book of the Year was awarded to Stephanie Alexander for Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Garden Companion (Penguin).
Jackie French and illustrator Bruce Whatley won Book of the Year for Younger Children with Baby Wombat’s Week (HarperCollins). Myfanwy Jones and Spiri Tsintziras won Book of the Year for Older Children for Parlour Games for Modern Families (Scribe).
Thomas Keneally was awarded the General Nonfiction Book of the Year for his historical work Australians: Origins to Eureka (Allen and Unwin).
The Biography of the Year Award went to horse trainer Bart Cummings for Bart: My Life (Pan Macmillan) whilst Peter Temple added another award to his collection winning General Fiction Book of the Year for his crime novel Truth (Text).
The Pixie O’Harris Award for distinguished and dedicated service to the development and reputation of Australian children’s books was awarded to Tony Horgan from Shearer’s Bookshop in Leichhardt, NSW.
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