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9 March 2010
Australian Shadows Award - finalist
Long Fiction
Red Queen by H. M. Brown
For more information please visit the australianshadows.australianhorror.com website.
5 March 2010
Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2009 - Winner
Thai Street Food, David Thompson: Best Foreign Cookery category.
4 March 2010
IACP Cookbook Awards - finalist
General Category
Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Companion by Stephanie Alexander
For more information please visit the iacp.com website.
19 February 2010
58th annual APA Book Design Awards - shortlisted
Best Designer Cover
I Blame Duchamp - My Life's Adventures in Art (Lantern) designed by Sandy Cull
Thai Street Food (Lantern) designed by Daniel New
Best Designed Children's Cover
Swerve (Penguin) designed by Adam Laszczuk
Tensey Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children (Viking) designed by Tony Palmer
The Terrible Plop (Viking) designed by Megan Pigott
Wanted - The Perfect Pet (Viking) designed by Kirby Armstrong
Best Designed Children's Fiction Book
Blueback (Puffin) designed by Tony Palmer (cover) & Cameron Midson (text)
Tensey Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children (Viking) designed by Tony Palmer
Best Designed Children's Picture Book
Running With the Horses (Viking) designed by Elissa Webb
Wanted - The Perfect Pet (Viking) designed by Kirby Armstrong
Best Designed Children's Series
Scrapbooks x 4 (Ballet, Footy, Go-Kart, Pony)(Puffin) designed by Elissa Webb & Cristina Neri
Best Designed Young Adult Book
Swerve (Penguin) designed by Adam Laszczuk
The Ghost's Child (Penguin) designed by Marina Messiha
The Nest (Penguin) designed by Tony Palmer
Best Designed Fiction Book
The Marriage Club (Viking) designed by Allison Colpoys
Best Designed Cookbook
Wild Food (Lantern) designed by Allison Colpoys
Best Designed General Illustrated Book
Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Companion (Lantern) designed by John Canty
Best Designed Literary Fiction Book
Parrot and Olivier (Hamish Hamilton) designed by John Canty
Best Designed Non Fiction Book
The Tall Man (Penguin) designed by Cameron Midson (cover) & Tony Palmer (text)
Best Designed Reference and Scholarly Book
Grand Obsessions (Lantern) designed by Allison Colpoys
I Blame Duchamp (Lantern) designed by Sandy Cull (cover) & Allison Colpoys (text)
Young Designer of the Year
Adam Laszczuk (shortlisted with 4 designers)
19 February 2010
Commonwealth Writers Prize in the South-East Asia and Pacific region - shortlisted
Best Book prize
Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
For more information please visit the commonwealthfoundation.com website.
10 February 2010
Finalists announced for Adelaide literature awards
Children's literature award ($15,000): for a published children's book, fiction or non-fiction.
Jarvis 24 by David Metzenthen
Fiction award ($15,000): for a published novel or collection of short stories.
Disquiet by Julia Leigh
Non-fiction award ($15,000): for a published work of non-fiction demonstrating a command of the subject as well as a fluent and outstanding literary style.
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper
An Exacting Heart by Jacqueline Kent
Darwin's Armada by Iain McCalman
For more information please visit the Arts SA website.
3 February 2010
Australian Book Review's Favourite Australian Novels
#1 Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
#2 The Fortunes of Richard Mahony by Henry Handel Richardson
#4 Breath by Tim Winton
For more visit the ABR website.
28 January 2010
Penguin and the Apple iPad
'Today's announcement represents an important step in the development of a digital audience for books. Penguin already maintains a close partnership with several digital platforms and channels, and is delighted to extend our approach with Apple. The iPad and iBookstore will, we believe, appeal to existing Penguin customers and also attract millions of new readers to the world's best books.' John Makinson, Chairman and Chief Executive Penguin Group
Note: This is currently US only
27 January 2010
2009 Aurealis Award Winner
Best Horror Novel
Red Queen by H.M. Brown
Best Young Adult Novel
Leviathan Trilogy: Book One by Scott Westerfeld
Best Children's (8-12) Novel
A Ghost in My Suitcase by Gabrielle Wang
For more information visit: aurealisawards.com
27 January 2010
2010 Australian of the Year Award
Congratulations to Maggie Beer, the 2010 Senior Australian of the Year.
For more information visit: http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/?m=maggie-beer-2010
21 January 2010
The Australia Post Legends Award
Six Australian novelists - Peter Carey, Bryce Courtenay AM, Thomas Keneally AO, David Malouf AO, Colleen McCullough AO and Tim Winton - will have the rare honour of featuring on this year's Australia Day stamp series, to be released today.
The Australia Post Legends Award honours living Australians who have made a lasting impression on our national identity and character.
The authors will be presented with the Australia Post Australian Legends Award for 2010 in recognition of the outstanding contribution they have made, through their novels, to Australia's social and cultural life.
The Legends will feature on 12 x 55c stamps, a first day cover, a set of maxicards and a prestige booklet. A commemorative biography, Novel Lives: Legends of the Written Word, by Jason Steger accompanies the stamp issue.
The stamps and book can be purchased at participating Australia Post outlets or on-line at www.auspost.com.au/legends
13 January 2010
Writers' Workshop with Bryce Courtenay
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Date: Monday 15 February - Friday 19 February 2010
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Time: 9 am to 4 pm (workshop)
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Location: Macquarie University North Ryde campus
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Cost: AUD $2,800 including GST (students/pensioners & early bird discounts available)
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RSVP: Friday 29 January 2010. Please note, places are limited.
If you would like more information about the workshop, or if you would like to register, please contact:
Shireen Brooks: email events@mq.edu.au or phone +61 2 9850 4271 or visit pr.mq.edu.au/events/index.asp?ItemID=4012
7 January 2010
ACT Book of the Year Award
Penguin's A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson has won the ACT Book of the Year Award.
The ACT Cultural Council considered the book to be a 'charming and observant novel with an effective and sustained lightness of tone'. The award recognises and rewards quality contemporary literary works including fiction, nonfiction and poetry, and is valued at $10,000.
ACT Book of the Year - The nominated book must have been published in 2009 for the first time and written by an author who resides in the ACT.
Further information available at booksellerandpublisher.com.au/articles/2010/01/14414/
6 January 2010
Dr Miriam Stoppard, has been awarded an OBE for services to health care and charity in the New Year Honours list.
Health writer, broadcaster and agony aunt Dr Miriam Stoppard has become an OBE for her services to healthcare and to charity in the New year Honour list.
She began her writing and broadcasting career in the early 1970s and became a world-leading authority on childcare and women's health.
Dr Stoppard has published over 50 books and has a column in The Daily Mirror.
For more information on her books please visit our Parenting website.
23 December 2009
Kinokuniya Cookbook of the Year for 2009
Thai Street Food by David Thompson has won the Kinokuniya Cookbook of the Year for 2009.
16 December 2009
The Tall Man has been picked as a book of the year by the following:
Salon.com http://www.salon.com/entertainment/best_of_2009/index.html?story=/books/laura_miller/2009/12/07/best_nonfiction
Ali Smith (in Scottish paper the Sunday Herald): 'delivered with lucidity, restraint and an echoing deliberation that gives this book a sense of grace.'
The Globe & Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/social-studies/article1377189/
Colm Tóibín: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/22/books-of-the-year-2009
Dwight Garner in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/gift-guide/holiday-2009/giftguide-garner/list.html
Brian Schofield: http://www.fifthestate.co.uk/
10 December 2009
Aurealis Awards 2009 - Shortlisted
Best Horror Novel
Red Queen by HM Brown
Best children's (8-12 years) long fiction
Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children by Jen Storer
A Ghost in My Suitcase by Gabrielle Wang
Best children's (8-12 years) short fiction/illustrated work/picture book
Enigma by Graeme Base
Best young adult long fiction
The Museum of Mary Child by Cassandra Golds
Leviathan Trilogy: Book One by Scott Westerfeld
For further information, please visit aurealisawards.com
4 December 2009
Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2009 - Shortlisted
The following titles have been shortlisted for Australia in the following categories:
Wild Food, Juleigh Robins: Best Cookbook for Food Professionals category.
My Greek Family Table, Maria Benardis: Best Mediterranean Cuisine Book category.
Thai Street Food, David Thompson: Best Foreign Cookery category.
The winner in each country will compete against winners in other countries in the same category for 'The Best In the World'.
Results announced on Thursday February 11, 2010 at the Paris Cookbook Fair.
For further information, please visit www.cookbookfair.com.
2 December 2009
Popular Penguins Hit 1 Million Sales
Sales of the Popular Penguin series pass the magical million mark in Australia
Isabel Allende's Eva Luna today became the 1,000,000th book in the Popular Penguin series to hit the Australian market. The 1,000,000th order was placed by local independent bookseller Berkelouw Books in Bowral in regional New South Wales.
The Popular Penguin series has been a sales triumph in Australia. The series was launched with 49 titles in September 2008, and another 50 titles were added by popular demand in July this year, including nine by Australian writers.
Sales Director Peter Blake said he was delighted by the success of the series. "It's great to see so many new readers across all age groups have discovered the joys of the Penguin backlist, from Austen to Kerouac; from Chandler to Capote."
Such is the popularity of the Popular Penguin series, that Penguin Australia now has over 8,000 fans on its Popular Penguin Facebook page - 5,000 of these joining after the 50 new books hit stores in July. As of the end of November, there have been 150,000 unique visitors to popularpenguins.com.
27 November 2009
Books of the Year
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper has been listed on the guardian.co.uk website as one of Colm Tóibin's books of the year.
Book critic Dwight Garner from the New York Times has listed the book in his Top Ten Books of the Year.
19 November 2009
Breaking News
Simon Baker and Mark Johnson have acquired screen rights to Tim Winton's award-winning novel Breath. Both Baker and Johnson will produce, and Baker will play one of the lead roles. Simon Baker, who has been surfing since childhood, currently stars in the hit TV drama The Mentalist. Mark Johnson, whose credits include Rain Main, The Notebook, and the AMC drama Breaking Bad, is currently in production on the third instalment of the Chronicles of Narnia.
18 November 2009
YABBA Award Winners
The winners of this year's YABBA Victorian children's choice book awards have been announced.
The winners were:
The YABBA Awards are determined by students around Victoria voting on their favourite books. For more information about YABBA visit the website.
18 November 2009
ACT Book of the Year Awards
The shortlist for this year's ACT Book of the Year Awards has been announced. The $10,000 award recognises 'excellence in quality contemporary literary works by ACT writers' and includes fiction, nonfiction and poetry.
17 November 2009
Horticultural Media Association Awards
Congratulations to Jenna Reed Burns, winner of the Environment Book Laurel for Australian Gardens for a Changing Climate.
11 November 2009
Melbourne Prize for Best Writing
Congratulations to Nam Le winner of the Melbourne Prize for Best Writing for The Boat.
6 November 2009
Nominated for The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards 2010
CILIP Carnegie Medal 2010:
Killing God by Kevin Brooks
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant
Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur
Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
The Midnight Charter by David Whitley
CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2010:
What does Daddy do? By Rachel Bright
3 November 2009
IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Longlisted
Life Class by Pat Barker.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.
The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson.
See the rest of the longlist at the Impac website impacdublinaward.ie/2010/longlist
2 November 2009
2009 Prime Minister's Literary Awards - Winner
Fiction
The Boat by Nam Le
Nam Le
2009 Prime Minister's Literary Award acceptance speech
If you're listening to this, then right now I'm cruising at 10,000 metres above the Indian Ocean, two-thirds of the way through my 34 hour trip, and completely oblivious to the fact that I'm actually completely gobsmacked. Come to think of it, that's probably not the worst way to be gobsmacked . . . read more
30 October 2009
2009 West Australian Young Reader's Book Award - Winner
Overall Winner in the Younger Readers Section
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kenny
28 October 2009
NSW History Award 2009 - Winner
Young People's History Prize
Captain Cook's Apprentice by Anthony Hill
27 October 2009
KOALA Awards 2009 - Winner
Picture Book Category:
Rex by Ursula Dubosarsky and David Mackintosh
22 October 2009
NSW History Award 2009 - Shortlisted
General History Prize
Darwin's Armada by Iain McCalman
Young People's History Prize
Krakatoa Lighthouse by Allan Baillie
Captain Cook's Apprentice by Anthony Hill
The winners will be announced at a presentation dinner on Tuesday 27 October.
21 October 2009
2009 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards
The Terrible Plop (Ursula Dubosarsky, illustrator Andrew Joyner) has won the 2009 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Best Book for Language Development - Young Children category (approx 2-5 years). This book was selected from an initial field of eighty-four nominations! Congratulations to both Ursula and Andrew. The winners are officially announced on 20 October in Canberra.
15 October 2009
Walkley Award for the Best Non-fiction Book 2009 - Longlisted
Darwin's Armada by Iain McCalman
For more information please visit walkleys.com/2009-walkley-finalists-literary
9 October 2009
Shortlisted for the Inky Awards
Broken Glass by Adrian Stirling
Jarvis 24 by David Metzenthen
To find out more about the award, and to vote click here.
1 October 2009
The Power of One Australian Hero Award
Celebrating people who are dedicated to helping others in our community
The Power of One Australian Hero Award rewards and recognises one special person whose commitment to the greater good is an inspiration to those around them. A prize of $50,000 will be presented by Bryce Courtenay to the winner of the 2010 Power of One Australian Hero Award to assist that person to continue their work in the community. This annual award is a joint initiative between Bryce Courtenay and Penguin Books Australia.
Nomination forms can be downloaded from brycecourtenay.com
18 September 2009
2009 FT Business Book Award - Shortlisted
Good Value by Stephen Green
18 September 2009
2009 Prime Minister's Literary Awards - Shortlisted
Non-Fiction
The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island by Chloe Hooper
Fiction
Everything I Knew by Peter Goldsworthy
The Boat by Nam Le
17 September 2009
168 candidates world-wide for world's largest children's literature award
168 candidates from more than 60 countries world-wide are nominated for world's largest children's literature award, totalling 5000000 SEK (approx 480,000 EURO.)
More than 100 expert organisations from all over the world have nominated candidates for the 2010 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Among the nominees are contemporary authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and promoters of reading. The award is given in memory of Astrid Lindgren, author of the much-loved Pippi Longstocking, in recognition of outstanding life-time achievements in the fields of children's and young adult literature.
The winner or winners will be announced at 13.00 CET, March 24, 2010 from the birth-place of Astrid Lindgren in Vimmerby, Sweden. The annonucement will be broadcasted live online at www.alma.se/en.
For a complete list of nominees, visit www.alma.se/en.
16 September 2009
Finalists announced for Melbourne Prize for Literature 2009 and the Best Writing Award 2009
Finalists for the Best Writing Award 2009 are:
Chloe Hooper - The Tall Man, Hamish Hamilton/Penguin
Myfanwy Jones - The Rainy Season, Viking
Nam Le - The Boat, Hamish Hamilton/Penguin
This year's finalists will also be eligible for the $3000 Civic Choice Award 2009, supported by Readings Books Music & Film and Hardie Grant Books. The public can either cast their vote at www.melbourneprizetrust.org, from today, for a finalist to win the Civic Choice Award 2009 or at the finalist exhibition in November.
15 September 2009
2009 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize - Shortlisted
Then, by Morris Gleitzman has been shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
The winner will be announced on Thursday 8th October.
Visit guardian.co.uk/books/guardianchildrensfictionprize for more.
11 September 2009
Winner - 7th Annual Teachers Choice Awards for Childrens Books in the USA.
Pearl Barley & Charlie Parsley by Aaron Blabey
9 September 2009
Winners - Queensland Premier's 2009 Literary Awards
Australian Short Story Collection - Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award
The Boat by Nam Le
Non-Fiction Book Award
The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island by Chloe Hooper
7 September 2009
Penguin wins Hitwise Award for most Popular website
Penguin Books Australia has won the Hitwise award for most popular website in the Entertainment - Books and Writing category.
The Hitwise award covers the period from January - June 2009, where penguin.com.au was ranked #1 based on monthly average market share.
First launched in 1998, the Penguin website now attracts in excess of 250,000 unique visitors a month. Along with penguin.com.au, there are more than 40 standalone sites which offer exclusive content, extracts, author interviews and behind the scenes information and recommendations.
The website also offers a link to Penguin's growing social networking presence on Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube.
From penguin.com.au you can read a live stream from Penguin's Twitter account or watch any of the 50+ author videos on Penguin TV via YouTube - including the new Penguin Presents documentary series just launched, which will profile some of Penguin's best known Australian writers.
The first episode in the series hits the website this month featuring Rachael Treasure and a new episode featuring Bryce Courtenay will follow in coming months.
Marketing & Publicity Director Dan Ruffino, said the team were thrilled to see Penguin's popularity growing at such a rapid rate online. "We're continually looking at how we can improve our websites, and challenging ourselves to find new and interesting ways to bring our books to life online, so it's terrific to have this recognition from Hitwise, and to know that people are really responding to what we're doing on penguin.com.au."
Hitwise is the leading online competitive intelligence service. Twice a year Hitwise awards the 10 most popular websites across some 160+ categories based on the average monthly market share.
Penguin was also named the Hitwise winner in the Entertainment - Books and Writing category in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
2 September 2009
Australian Centre Literary Awards Announced
Joint winner - The Asher Award
The Ghost at the Wedding by Shirley Walker.
2 September 2009
Winners of the 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Announced
Nettie Palmer Prize
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper.
The Prize for Young Adult Fiction
Something in the World Called Love bySue Saliba.
28 August 2009
Romantic Book of the Year Award (R*BY)
Long Romance
The Stolen Princess (Anne Gracie, Berkley)
28 August 2009
John Button Prize 2009 - Winner
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper.
28 August 2009
Ned Kelly Awards 2009 - Winner
True Crime
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper
26 August 2009
Penguins you can't put down, Books Alive 2009
How to Break Your Own Heart by Maggie Alderson
The Rip by Robert Drewe
The Night My Bum Dropped by Gretel Killeen
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes Board Book by Mem Fox & Helen Oxenbury
BOOKS ALIVE, launching August 2009, aims to encourage all Australians to turn off their screens, put up their feet and GET READING!
Visit the website for more . . .
21 August 2009
Winner of The Crime Davitt Award
Best True Crime
The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island by Chloe Hooper
21 August 2009
Winner of The Age Book of the Year Award
Non-Fiction
Down at the Crossroads by Guy Rundle
21 August 2009
Queensland Premier's 2009 Literary Awards - shortlisted
Fiction Book Award
The Boat by Nam Le
Non-Fiction Book Award
The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island by Chloe Hooper
Australian Short Story Collection - Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award
The Rip by Robert Drewe
The Boat by Nam Le
Science Writer Award
Darwin's Armada by Iain McCalman
History Book - Faculty of Arts, University of Queensland Award
Darwin's Armada by Iain McCalman
Literary or Media Work Advancing Public Debate - The Harry Williams Award
The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island by Chloe Hooper
21 August 2009
Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards 2009 - Winners
Book of the Year: Younger Readers
Honour Book
Then (Morris Gleitzman, Viking)
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
Honour Book
The Word Spy (Ursula Dubosarsky, illustrated by Tohby Riddle, Viking)
Junior Judges' Book of the Year Awards
Thousands of children from all around Australia have voted for their favourite shortlisted book. The winners of the Junior Judges' Book of the Year Awards are:
Older Readers:
Kill the Possum (James Moloney, Penguin)
Younger Readers:
Then (Morris Gleitzman, Viking)
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books:
The Word Spy (Ursula Dubosarsky, illustrated by Tohby Riddle, Viking)
Picture Book of the Year:
Sunday Chutney (Aaron Blabey, Viking)
20 August 2009
Inkys 2009 - Longlisted
The Golden Inky (for Australian titles)
Broken Glass by Adrian Stirling
Jarvis 24 by David Metzenthen
The Silver Inky (for international titles)
Love, Aubrey by Suzanne La Fleur
The shortlists will be announced on October 9 when voting to decide the winners will open to the public.
19 August 2009
John Button Prize 2009 - Shorlisted
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper has been named on the shortlist for the John Button Prize 2009.
The winner will be announced during the Melbourne Writers Festival.
For more information visit: mwf.com.au
17 August 2009
The Indie Book of the Year Award 2009 - Winner
Non-Fiction
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper, and will now go in the running for the overall Book of the Year Award.
The Indie Book of the Year Award will be announced on Monday 28 September 2009.
For more information visit: indies.com.au
10 August 2009
Ned Kelly Awards 2009 - Shorlisted
True Crime
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper
The Ned Kelly awards will be held on Friday 28 August at The Festival Club, Federation Square.
10 August 2009
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards: Shortlist 2009
The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
The Boat by Nam Le
Breath by Tim Winton
The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper
Darwin's Armada by Iain McCalman
The Prize for Young Adult Fiction
Something in the World Called Love by Sue Saliba
For more details and the full listing please visit: .slv.vic.gov.au
10 August 2009
Age Book of the Year 2009 - Shortlisted
Non-Fiction
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper (Hamish Hamilton)
Darwin's Armada by Iain McCalman (Viking)
Down to the Crossroads by Guy Rundle (Penguin)
Fiction
Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett (Hamish Hamilton)
The awards will be presented at the opening of the Melbourne Writers Festival 7.30pm 21 August. mwf.com.au
28 July 2009
Man Booker Prize 2009 - Longlisted
Not Untrue & Not Unkind by Ed O'Loughlin (Penguin - Ireland)
Love and Summer by William Trevor (Penguin - Viking)
For more information visit themanbookerprize.com
18 July 2009
Jungle Drums - Iphone Application
Penguin Books Australia and InyerPocket Software present Jungle Drums by Graeme Base. This magical picture book, which champions the underhog, is now available as a Talkie Book application on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Jungle Drums tells the story of little Ngiri, the smallest Warthog in Africa. Tired of being teased by his bigger brothers and sisters, he wishes things could be different. When Old Nyumbu the Wilderbeest gives Ngiri a set of magic drums, he is sure his wish is about to come true. But all the animals of the jungle are in for a big surprise as Ngiri's wish is granted in a most unexpected way.
Graeme's imagination and energy will capture you as he personally narrates this beautifully presented Talkie Book. Even when everything seems to be back to normal in the jungle, if you look closely and zoom in and scroll around, you will see that none of the animals or the other creatures watching from the trees are quite the way they should be. If you look even closer, you might also find Old Nyumbu, the Wildebeest, hidden somewhere on each page.
The Jungle Drums app features zoom and scroll, autoplay narration, soundscape audio, retracting menus, words to read along with and more.
Graeme Base is one of the worlds leading children's picture book creators and illustrators. His international bestsellers include Animalia and The Waterhole.
The Jungle Drums Talkie Book App is available for download at the Iphone App Store
16 July 2009
The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
Edited extract from Melina Marchetta's acceptance speech
I know some people have a thirty page rule. I wish they didn't. I'd like to think there are so many wonderful surprises on page 31 of someone's story. I'd like to think that the first line of a novel doesn't make sense if you haven't read the last. That they may discover that I've written a story about something more than territory wars between Boarders and Townies and Cadets.
For me, Jellicoe Road is a story of love between people, regardless of gender and age. It's about the mistakes adults make for all the right reasons. It's about redemption being possible in the most tragic of circumstances. It's about girls challenging the boys they love and swooning when one tells her the extent of her importance in his life; and it's about boys fighting the battles within the territory of their hearts. It's about staying individual and still belonging to a community. It's about pointing out the beauty of wonder in the midst of ugliness
So I'd like to thank Mary and the Printz committee for giving my purpose a platform. For introducing more readers to a story that in some parts, I regret writing because their circumstances break my heart.
I'd like to thank the community of writers I belong to. Those who emailed me back home and from afar, when the decision was announced. A writer spends a lot of time on their own. Even when we're with friends and family, a part of us is elsewhere constructing. Half the time we think we're geniuses. The other half of the time, with the same passion, we think we're failures. That no one will be interested in reading what we've written. Fellow writers kind of get it. They make you feel less lonely.
And for Margo Lanagan and Emily Lockhart and Tobin Anderson and Terry Pratchett for constantly writing at a standard that raises the bar, not just with these novels, but with everything they've written. It was like receiving a second award when I heard my name read out with theirs.
My agents Jill Grinberg and, Sophie Hamley and my Australian publisher of Jellicoe, Laura Harris for creating an environment of kindness in our dealings, who have never once made me feel like a product. In a world of construct, I've been lucky enough to be around people, who are in love with story telling and language rather than marketing and readers' polls.
And for my mum who put an Enid Blyton book in my hands when I was seven, especially the naughtiest girl boarding school stories. Such novels may not be bursting with literary worth, but it sparked my imagination and I've been reading ever since. And the beloved people in my life who keep me very grounded, who go around saying that Jellicoe has a bigger body count than Hamlet, who tell me every couple of years when a novel comes out, that sometimes they forget all the magical stuff is in my head trying to get out.
And I'd like to thank L M Montgomery for creating Anne Shirley and writing the scene when she wacks Gilbert Blythe over the head with a slate, and Harper Lee for creating Scout and Jem and Boo Radley, and Charles Dickens for writing the words Never wonder, Luisa. Because the spirit off all those characters went into the writing of Jellicoe. For Yeats who explores the concept of solace in the Lake Isle of Innesfree because his words gave Hannah's House by the river its soul and for Louis Sacher for writing Holes and giving me a lesson in structure.
For Australian writers such as Margo Lanagan and Markus Zusak and Garth Nix and Sonya Hartnett and Judith Clarke and John Marsden and everyone else published overseas before me, for unleashing the Australian vernacular onto the world. It's so important for us to retain our voice in an overseas market, now more than any other time. But mostly, thank you to YALSA and Booklist for their generosity in allowing us foreigners to be part of such an important award.
Recently, at a YA festival I was asked to comment on this genre of YA and my readership. It gets too complicated, sometimes, because audience is the last thing you're thinking of when you write. But I just love that teenagers read my work.
It's a privileged place we hold in their lives. We have access to places that most people don't. We're in those bedrooms late at night; we're in the very dark place of a young person who feels rage at the world; we've been told we make black holes a bit smaller. We try to make sense of a world that stopped making sense to even their parents.
I don't think for one moment, that's our responsibility as writers, but I'm glad that it's our reality.
So thank you for allowing me to cast my net much further. To Michael L Printz for such a vision and passion. To whoever decided that this conference would be in Chicago.
But finally, to the librarians and English teachers.
Adult writers sell books, at times because of their literary worth, but also because of the enthusiasm of the mainstream press. Young Adult novels sell because of the passion of librarians and English teachers and booksellers and bloggers.
We survive on your word of mouth. You're the mediums between writers and readers.
You help us serve our purpose.
14 July 2009
Winner - 2008 Shirley Jackson Award
Novella:
Disquiet by Julia Leigh (Penguin/Hamish Hamilton)
More information can also be found at www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/sja_2008_winners.php
7 July 2009
John Button Prize 2009 - Longlisted
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper has been named on the longlist for the John Button Prize 2009.
The shortlist will be revealed towards the end of July and the winner announced during the Melbourne Writers Festival.
For more information visit: mwf.com.au
6 July 2009
Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2008
Second Place: Best French Cuisine Book in the World
At My French Table by Jane Webster, Photographer: Nikole Ramsay (Viking)
3 July 2009
A SUITABLE GIRL FOR PENGUIN
In a move which will cheer hundreds of thousands of his fans, Vikram Seth has today announced he is writing a long-awaited sequel to his much-loved million copy bestseller A Suitable Boy, set in India just after Independence.
A Suitable Girl will be published by Penguin (UK, India and Canada; the US rights are not yet for sale) in autumn 2013. In Seth's new book, he will bring the action of the narrative up to the present day, encompassing some of the enormous social and economic changes India has undergone in the last sixty years. Lata, the sparky and rebellious heroine of A Suitable Boy, is now a grandmother, and her grandson is the one in search of a good match.
2013 marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication of A Suitable Boy, which was a worldwide sensation. The 1,350 page book sold over a quarter of a million hardbacks and over a million paperback copies in its UK edition. In 2013, Penguin will put the book into its distinguished Modern Classics list and republish the book in paperback. In the intervening years, Penguin will also publish volumes of Vikram's poems and essays.
Vikram Seth said today, "In India, all my books have for years been published by Penguin. But I am very happy today to be joining foreign colonies of the Flightless One. They have already made me feel very welcome, and I hope in time to hatch many suitable eggs with them."
Penguin imprint Hamish Hamilton has bought World English Language rights (excluding the US) from Vikram's agent, David Godwin.
Hamish Hamilton Publishing Director, Simon Prosser commented, "Since first reading The Golden Gate I have been a devoted follower of Vikram's writing -- as a novelist, poet, memoirist and indeed e-mailer -- so I cannot believe my good fortune in being able to work with Vikram on his next few books, including the sequel to the extraordinary A Suitable Boy. Nothing could delight me more."
24 June 2009
2009 Australian Book Industry Awards
Penguin wins Nine Awards at the Australian Book Industry Awards
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) were announced in Sydney last night, with Penguin taking home nine awards. These included:
Book of the Year: Younger Children: Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
International Success Award: Penguin for Sonya Hartnett
Biography of the Year: The Lucy Family Alphabet by Judith Lucy
Book of the Year: Older Children: Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
General Non-Fiction Book of the Year: The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper
Newcomer of the Year: Nam Le, The Boat
Penguin was also named Publisher of the Year for the second year running, and won Marketing Campaign of the Year for the Popular Penguins campaign.
United Book Distributors won Distributor of the Year.
22 June 2009
Galley Club Production Awards for titles published in 2008 - Winner
Category Ten
Non-standard - Non-retail publication (annual report, catalogue)
Lantern 2008 Brochure. Published by Penguin Group Australia. Production by Sue Van Velsen / Abigail Hockey. Printed by 1010 Printing.
19 June 2009
Tim Winton announced the winner of the 2009 Miles Franklin Literary Award
Australia's most prestigious literary prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, has been won by Tim Winton for his novel Breath published by Penguin.
Winton - the only writer ever to have won four times in his own right - was on his beloved Ningaloo Reef in the north of WA when the announcement was made last night at a gala Dinner Presentation held in The Mitchell Galleries, State Library of New South Wales.
Commenting on his win, Winton said, "It's been a strong year for Australian novels."
"I'm stoked, of course, but also mindful that there are terrific writers who will be feeling pretty stiff tonight, because their books are more than good enough to have won. To some extent I feel like the kid who's simply left holding the parcel when the music stops."
It is 25 years since Winton won his first Miles Franklin for Shallows in 1984. His novels Cloudstreet (1992) and Dirt Music (2002) were also winners.
"This award has tried to do its part over time to stiffen the resolve and bolster the confidence of Australian writers," said Winton, "and by honouring local stories and voices it's contributed to the success our literary culture has enjoyed in recent years. But in 2009, as we face the prospect of losing territorial copyright, it's worth reflecting on the value we put on Australian voices. Australian rights are fundamental to the maintenance of our culture, and without them we'll revert to being the nation of cringers and whingers we once were when we only valued the stories and accents of our 'betters' in another hemisphere. I'd like to think that tonight is about more than one book or only one Australian writer; it's a chance to consider how far we've come and what we now stand to lose."
Commenting on the winning novel, the Miles Franklin Literary Award Judging Panel said that Winton is at the height of his powers as a novelist, and this is his greatest love letter yet to the sea, to the coast of West Australia, and a compelling testimony to the role of surfing in Australian culture.
"Written in Winton's own distinctive voice, we can sense that it is also a homage to some of his favourite writers: Salinger, Faulkner, Melville and Hemingway. But as we are drawn in by the elemental currents of its narrative and the compelling, wave-like force of events, Breath raises disturbing questions about desire and the damage done," the Panel said.
The 2009 Award is valued at $42,000.
In July Winton will embark on a Miles Franklin touring program in regional Victoria proudly supported by Copyright Agency Limited:
Click here for event information
16 June 2009
2009 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Winner
Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas.
For more information please visit: impacdublinaward.ie
4 June 2009
Winner 2009 Kibble Literary Awards for Women Writers
Winner of the 2009 Kibble Literary Award:
Jacqueline Kent for An Exacting Heart: the story of Hephzibah Menuhin
For more information please visit: Kibble Awards for Women Writers
1 June 2009
2009 RBY Awards - Finalist
How To Break Your Own Heart by Maggie Alderson
More information on the award is available at: romanceaustralia.com/rby.html
1 June 2009
Australian Book Industry Awards Shortlist dominated by Penguin titles
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) shortlist has been announced, with three Penguin titles Breath by Tim Winton, The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper and The Boat by Nam Le amongst five titles shortlisted for this year's Book of the Year award.
Penguin also has three of the five titles shortlisted for Book of the Year: Younger Children with Enigma by Graeme Base, Sunday Chutney by Aaron Blabey and Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox amongst those nominated.
In all, Penguin has 11 authors shortlisted for individual book awards at this year's ABIA's, with three authors: Tim Winton, Chloe Hooper and Nam Le shortlisted in two or more categories. Those on the shortlist include:
Book of the Year: Breath by Tim Winton, The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper, and The Boat by Nam Le
Biography of the Year: The Lucy Family Alphabet by Judith Lucy
Book of the Year: Older Children: Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
Book of the Year: Younger Children: Enigma by Graeme Base, Sunday Chutney by Aaron Blabey and Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox
General Fiction Book of the Year: All Together Now by Monica McInerney and How to Break Your Own Heart by Maggie Alderson
General Non-Fiction Book of the Year: The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper and What's Happening to Our Girls? by Maggie Hamilton
Literary Fiction Book of the Year: Breath by Tim Winton and The Boat by Nam Le
Newcomer of the Year: Nam Le
International Success Award: Sonya Hartnett
Gabrielle Coyne, CEO Penguin said she was delighted to see so many Penguin books and authors acknowledged by the industry. 'It's a significant recognition from industry peers and partners of our efforts over the past twelve months and a real testament to the talented authors and illustrators with whom we have the privilege to work.'
Penguin has also been shortlisted for Marketing Campaign of the Year (Breath and the Popular Penguins series), and Publisher of the Year.
United Book Distributors has been shortlisted for Distributor of the Year.
The ABIA winners will be announced in Sydney on the 23 June 2009.
26 May 2009
Galley Club Production Awards for titles published in 2008 - Shortlisted
Category Two
Sheetfed - Case bound book with RRP over $35
Tree to Table. Published by Penguin Group Australia. Production by Nicole Brown. Printed by 1010 Printing.
Category Three
Sheetfed - Limp sewn/perfect bound/saddle-stitched book with RRP under $25
The Seafood Bible. Published by Penguin Group Australia. Production by Simone Emmett. Printed by Everbest Printing.
Category Six
Sheetfed - Duotone book, case or limp bound, no price limit
How to Tell a Woman by Her Handbag. Published by Penguin Group Australia. Production by Tracey Jarrett.
Category Ten
Non-standard - Non-retail publication (annual report, catalogue)
Lantern 2008 Brochure. Published by Penguin Group Australia. Production by Sue Van Velsen / Abigail Hockey. Printed by 1010 Printing.
Winners will be announced on the evening of Friday 19th June.
26 May 2009
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize - Longlisted
Then by Morris Glietzman
For more information please visit guardian.co.uk.
22 May 2009
Book Design Awards
At the 57th Annual Book Design Awards held last night the following designers were winners:
The Best Designed Children's Picture Book: Megan Baker and Tohby Riddle for Nobody Owns the Moon
The Best Designed Children's Cover of the Year: Allison Colpoys for Something in the World Called Love
Allison Colpoys deservedly took out the Young Designer of the Year award. 'Allison consistently demonstrates the ability to think outside the box in her design solutions, placing her comfortably with some of the strongest in the industry.'
21 May 2009
The Encore Award 2009
The Encore Award 2009 for the best second novel of 2007 and 2008 has been awarded to Julia Leigh for Disquiet. The prize of £10,000 was presented by Ali Smith, winner of the award in 2002 with her novel Hotel World, at a reception at the ICA on 19th May. The judges were Alex Clark, Lindsay Duguid and Peter Parker.
Julia Leigh said "I'm deeply honoured to be in the company of my fellow short-listees and prior award winners. This award is wind for the sails."
19 May 2009
Penguin wins five awards at NSW Premier's Literary Awards
Penguin authors won five awards at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards in Sydney last night, including the Book of the Year and People's Choice Award for Fiction.
Debut writer Nam Le won Book of the Year for his collection of short stories, The Boat. Nam was also the winner of the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing.
Currently based in the UK, Nam paid tribute to the readers saying The Boat's success "couldn't have happened without the goodwill and forbearance of readers out there to give short stories, especially unlinked short stories from an unknown writer starting out - a real go. That's been a continual source of wonderment and surprise to me and I'm deeply grateful for it."
Chloe Hooper won the prestigious Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction for The Tall Man, her account of Cameron Doomadgee's death on Palm Island. Accepting her award Chloe mentioned that "writing The Tall Man was a very rich but confronting experience," and how extremely honoured she felt to win this prize.
Steve Toltz won the People's Choice Award for Fiction for A Fraction of the Whole, his sprawling debut novel about one man's quest to understand his brilliant yet dysfunctional father.
Ben Ball, Publisher of The Boat, The Tall Man and A Fraction of the Whole commented that "It has been a privilege to have been involved with these exceptional authors - those on the shortlist like Tim Winton, Julia Leigh and Jacquie Kent, as well as those who have won. It's been a wonderful year for Australian writing, and very exciting to see Nam, Chloe and Steve recognised at home and abroad - both commercially and critically."
Ursula Dubosarsky and Tohby Riddle won the 2009 Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature for The Word Spy. Speaking on the night, Ursula and Tohby said how pleased they were that, "The Word Spy, a non-fiction book for children that celebrates the joys of the English language, had won this generous award for literature." It was a record fifth time Ursula had received an award at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards.
Laura Harris, Publishing Director, Books for Children echoed this sentiment by saying, "We are so proud and delighted to see The Word Spy acknowledged by this wonderful win. The Word Spy blends the celebration of language and original story-telling in a fashion that is all too rarely seen. It is an inspiring, thought-provoking work showcasing the talents and sensibilities of the beloved and unique Ursula Dubosarsky and Tohby Riddle."
11 May 2009
The Power of One Australian Hero Award
Congratulations to Ronnie Burns who has been named the winner of The Power of One Australian Hero Award. This award was established in 2008 by Penguin in conjunction with Bryce Courtenay to recognise and reward one special person whose commitment to the greater good is an inspiration to those around them. After an exhaustive review process, our panel of judges have unanimously recommended Ronnie as the inaugural winner for his remarkable efforts with Appin Hall Children's Foundation. Bryce will present Ronnie with a cheque for the prize money later this month at Appin Hall Children's Foundation http://www.appinhall.com
8 May 2009
Hamish Hamilton acquires UK and Australian rights to posthumous masterpiece, The Pale King, from David Foster Wallace
A passionately contested auction, involving six UK and at least two Australian publishers, was won by Hamish Hamilton in both the UK and Australia, who acquired British and Commonwealth volume rights from Mary Clemmey, acting on behalf of David Foster Wallace's long-time agent and close friend Bonnie Nadell at the Hill Nadell Agency.
David Foster Wallace committed suicide on September 12th 2008. The author of Infinite Jest had suffered for many months from a long depression, a condition he had been diagnosed with when he was still in college. In the months that followed, a host of tributes, both mournful and celebratory, attested to the enormity of this loss for the literary world.
From 1997 he had been writing the follow-up to Infinite Jest, a book he called the 'Long Thing' and that, for Wallace, would attempt to reach the 'unalloyed form of heroism' he had been striving for in his fiction.
His attempts to write what is now known as The Pale King had been fraught with anxiety. He corresponded with Jonathan Franzen and Don DeLillo regularly, outlining his concerns and his hopes for the novel. Eventually, after a period in which he gave up the anti-depressant Nardil, fearing the effects it was having on his middle-aged body, and tried various other medicines, he took his own life. In their garage his wife Karen Green found a pile of nearly two-hundred pages of text and in and around his computer more and more. Since then detailed structural and chapter outlines have come to light.
The Pale King tells of the employees at an Internal Revenue Service centre, and its central character is a David Wallace. It is about being in the moment, recognising what matters. His aim was to be emotionally engaging and to write about boredom while being entertaining and to show the world what it was to be a human being. It is a magnificent piece of writing that Hamish Hamilton are proud and privileged to publish. It will be released in late Spring 2010.
Simon Prosser, Publishing Director of Hamish Hamilton in London, commented: 'It is unbearably sad to think that this was David Foster Wallace's last novel. Even in its, tragically, unfinished state it feels like one of the most important literary works of this century so far, from one of the writers we could all least afford to lose.'
Publisher Ben Ball said "It's a thrill and privilege to be publishing The Pale King in Australia, although one more than tinged with sadness that David himself didn't make it to see the publication."
"Australian readers have been very receptive to his work - his most prominent fan site is Australian - but I know that we'll be able to bring his writing to an even wider audience possible for his final novel. David is our first non Australian author on Hamish Hamilton, and I hope that demonstrates both our passion for his work and the fact that as a writer, he's one of our own."
4 May 2009
FAW National Literary Awards
Christina Stead Award
A Fraction of the Whole, Steve Toltz - Highly Commended
The Woman in the Lobby, Lee Tulloch - Commended
1 May 2009
2009 Romantic Book of the Year Award - Finalist
How to Break Your Own Heart by Maggie Alderson
More information on the award is available at: romanceaustralia.com/rby.html
30 April 2009
Shortlisted for the 2009 Kibble Literary Awards for Women Writers
Jacqueline Kent for An Exacting Heart: the story of Hephzibah Menuhin
Winners will be announced at an awards night on 3 June.
29 April 2009
Penguin Australia to publish Peter Carey's new novel
Penguin Australia will publish Peter Carey's new novel Parrot and Olivier in America. The book will hit stores in Australia and New Zealand in November, ahead of its international publication in 2010.
According to Publisher Ben Ball, Parrot and Olivier in America rivals Carey's great comic masterpieces Illywhacker and Oscar & Lucinda.
"Carey has found a subject that allows his virtuoso imagination and powers of linguistic sorcery to operate at full throttle: the birth of modern America," said Ben Ball.
Peter Carey said "I'm very excited indeed to be published by Penguin Australia. Not only is there a great new energy in the company, Penguin is also the sales force that sold Oscar & Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang so well, so it's both dynamic and familiar."
The winner of two Booker Prizes, Peter Carey is one of Australia's finest novelists.
Carey's new novel will be published at Penguin under the Hamish Hamilton imprint.
For more information please contact: sally.bateman@au.penguingroup.com
25 April 2009
The Cilip Carnegie Medal Shortlist 2009
Kevin Brooks, Black Rabbit Summer - Penguin (14+ years)
Eoin Colfer, Airman - Puffin (9+ years)
The Carnegie Medal and its sister award, the Kate Greenaway Medal, are awarded annually by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at BAFTA in central London on Thursday 25 June.
21 April 2009
Nominated for the 2008 Shirley Jackson Award
Disquiet by Julia Leigh
The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, July 12th at Readercon 20, www.readercon.org.
16 April 2009
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2009 - Shortlisted
Breath by Tim Winton
To find out more about each novel or to read the Judges' Formal Comments please visit: www.trust.com.au/awards/miles_franklin/.
31 March 2009
Finalist shortlist - Best in the World - GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS 2008
At My French Table by Jane Webster has made the finalist shortlist (top 5) for Best in the World at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2008 in the French Cuisine category.
31 March 2009
Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards 2009 - Shortlisted
Book of the Year - Older Readers
Finnikin of the Rock, Melina Marchetta
Kill the Possum, James Moloney
Book of the Year - Younger Readers
Then, Morris Gleitzman
Book of the Year - Picture Book
Sunday Chutney, Aaron Blabey
Nobody Owns the Moon, Tohby Riddle
Book of the Year - Eve Pownall
The Word Spy, Ursula Dubosarsky, Illustrated by Tohby Riddle
25 March 2009
HealthSmart Awards 2009
Nominated: Karen Martini Cooking at Home by Karen Martini.
25 March 2009
NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2009 Shortlist
People's Choice Award - Fiction
Disquiet, Julia Leigh
A Fraction of the Whole, Steve Toltz
Breath, Tim Winton
Christina Stead - Fiction
Disquiet, Julia Leigh
A Fraction of the Whole, Steve Toltz
Breath, Tim Winton
Douglas Stewart - Non-Fiction
The Tall Man, Chloe Hooper
An Exacting Heart, Jacqueline Kent
Gleebooks Prize
The Tall Man, Chloe Hooper
Community Relations for a Multicultural NSW
An Exacting Heart, Jacqueline Kent
Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature
The Word Spy, Ursula Dubosarsky and Tohby Riddle (Illustrator)
Sadie and Ratz, Sonya Hartnett and Ann James (Illustrator)
Nobody Owns the Moon, Tohby Riddle
Further information on the award is available at www.pla.nsw.gov.au/
24 March 2009
Hitwise Number 1 Award Winner 2008
Hitwise is pleased to announce that www.penguin.com.au is a Hitwise Number 1 Award winner for 2008.
During 2008, www.penguin.com.au ranked #1 based on market share of visits among all Australian websites in the Hitwise "Entertainment - Books and Writing" industry.
The Hitwise Number 1 Award recognises websites from over 160 Hitwise industry categories that are leaders in their industry.
20 March 2009
Australians for Australian Books
Supporting territorial copyright for books in Australia
12 March 2009
MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2009 - ANNOUNCEMENT OF LONGLIST
A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
Breath by Tim Winton
Further information on the award is available at http://www.trust.com.au/awards/miles_franklin/
4 March 2009
2009 IACP Cookbook Awards Finalist
Food Photography & Styling: Karen Martini: Cooking at Home by Karen Martini
The winners will be announced on April 4th at the Awards Gala taking place at IACP's Annual International Conference in Denver, Colorado.
19 February 2009
2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize Shortlist
Europe and South Asia
Best First Book Award: Submarine by Joe Dunthorne
South East Asia and the Pacific
Best Book Award: Between The Assassinations by Aravind Adiga
Best Book Award: Forbidden Cities by Paula Morris
Best Book Award: Breath by Tim Winton
Best First Book Award: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best First Book Award: The Boat by Nam Le
For more information please visit: commonwealthfoundation.com/culturediversity/writersprize/
19 February 2009
2009 APA Design Awards
The following Penguin books have been shortlisted in the 2009 APA Design Awards.
Best Designed Children's Cover: Something in the World Called Love designed by Allison Colpoys (Penguin)
Best Designed Children's Non-fiction Book: The Word Spy designed by Tony Palmer (Viking)
Best Designed Children's Picture Book: Nobody Owns the Moon designed by Megan Baker and Tohby Riddle(Viking)
Best Designed Children's Series: Chinese Myths designed by Cathy Larsen (Viking)
Best Designed Young Adult: Kill the Possum designed by Marina Messiha (Penguin)
Best Designed General Fiction Book: In Bed With designed by Allison Colpoys (Viking)
Best Designed Literary Fiction Book: A Fraction of the Whole designed by John Canty (Hamish Hamilton)
Best Designed Literary Fiction Book: The Rip designed by John Canty (Hamish Hamilton)
Best Designed Non-fiction Book: Beijing Blur designed by Daniel New (Penguin)
Young Designer of the Year shortlisted: Allison Colpoys
Best Designed Children's Picture Book: Little Cat and the Big Red Bus designed by Anne-Marie Reeves (Viking)
Best Designed General Illustrated Book: Like I Give a Frock designed by Simone Elder (Viking)
The winners will be announced on May 21st as part of the Sydney Writer's Festival.
9 February 2009
2008 Dromkeen Medal
New Zealand-born author Ruth Park has been named the recipient of the 2008 Dromkeen Medal.
Park has received many accolades over the years for her contributions to Australian literature.
The Dromkeen Medal, which has been awarded annually since 1982, will be presented to Park at the Dromkeen Society Dinner, Dromkeen Collection Art Gallery, Riddells Creek, Victoria on 28 February.
28 January 2009
2009 Michael L Printz Award
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (Viking) has won the 2009 Michael L Printz Award in the US.
27 January 2009
Aurealis Awards 2008
Best Young Adult Long Fiction
Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock, Penguin/Viking.
14 January 2009
2009 Diamond Dagger
The Crime Writers' Association has announced that the 2009 Cartier Diamond Dagger, awarded for sustained excellence in crime writing, goes to Andrew Taylor, author of Bleeding Heart Square.
19 December 2008
Economist's Best Books of the Year 2008
Breath by Tim Winton has been named as one of the Economist's Best Books of the Year 2008 (one of four novels). As has Dinner With Mugabe and Scribe Publishing's The Dark Side.
18 December 2008
Shortlisted for the Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature
Rupert's Adventures in China, Bruce Dover
The Content Makers, Margaret Simons
The winners will be announced in March 2009.
For more go to: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/awards/dawson.html
16 December 2008
Winners of the Australian section for the 2008 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2009, Simon Thomsen & Joanna Savill - Best Guide
Cooking At Home, Karen Martini - Best Television Celebrity Cookbook
Fire: A World of Flavour, Christine Manfield and photographer Anson Smart - Best Cookbook Photography
Tree to Table: Cooking with Australian Olive Oil, Patrice Newell - Best Single Subject Cookbook
At My French Table, Jane Webster - Best French Cuisine Book
Sicilian Kitchen, Michele di'Bartolo - Best First Cookbook
These titles will now go on to compete against the rest of the world within their categories for "Best in the World".
The winners will be announced in May 2009.
10 December 2008
13th Annual Aurealis Awards
Congratulations to the finalists of the 2008 Aurealis Awards.
best illustrated book/graphic novel
Julie Watts, The Art of Graeme Base, Penguin/Viking
best young adult long fiction
Isobelle Carmody, The Stone Key, Obernewtyn Chronicles, Volume Five, Penguin/Viking
Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock, Penguin/Viking
Winners will be announced at the Aurealis Awards ceremony at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts in Brisbane on Saturday 24 January 2009.
For more information visit www.aurealisawards.com
20 November 2008
The State Library of Victoria has launched the Summer Read program for 2008
The following Penguin titles are on the list:
Beaten by a Blow, Dennis McIntosh
The Boat, Nam Le
The Tall Man, Chloe Hooper
Summer Read events will be held throughout Victoria, and residents can log on to State Library Victoria to read extracts from the books, interact with authors, contribute reviews, and vote for their favourite.
18 November 2008
Winners announced for Kidspot Best of Awards 2008
Best Book - Toddlers Winner
Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Best Book - Learning to Read Winners
Alexander's Outing by Pamela Allen
For more information see www.kidspot.com.au
18 November 2008
Shortlist announced for the Human Rights Medals and Awards
Non-fiction Literature
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper
Winners and highly commended entries will be announced and presented at a gala luncheon ceremony at the Grand Ballroom, Sheraton on the Park Hotel in Sydney, on 10 December from 12-3pm.
For more information see http://www.humanrights.gov.au/hr%5Fawards/2008_shortlists.html
17 November 2008
Shortlist announced for ACT Book of the Year
Kevin Rudd: The Biography by Robert Macklin
The winner will be announced at the end of the year.
For more information see http://www.arts.act.gov.au
11 November 2008
Dylan Thomas Prize Winner Announced
A YOUNG writer who threw away his first novel because he says it was "spectacularly bad" has won the £60,000 Dylan Thomas Prize for his short story collection.(www.walesonline.co.uk)
The Boat by Nam Le.
For more information see: www.thedylanthomasprize.com
11 November 2008
WALKLEY NON-FICTION BOOK AWARD
SHORT-LIST FINALISTS ANNOUNCED TODAY - 53rd Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism
Best Non-Fiction Book
Chloe Hooper, The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island (Penguin)
The winner will be announced on the 27th of November.
10 November 2008
The longlist for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award has been announced
Dublin City Council will announce the shortlist on 2nd April 2009 and the winning novel will be revealed by the Lord Mayor on 11th June 2009.
For more information see http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/
6 November 2008
2007 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards - WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Children's Winner
Ziba Came on a Boat, Liz Lofthouse & Robert Ingpen - Penguin
5 November 2008
William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award
Shortlisted:
John Carlin - Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela And The Game That Made A Nation
31 October 2008
Guardian First Fiction Prize
A Fraction of the Whole, Steve Toltz has been shortlisted for the Guardian First Fiction Prize.
30 October 2008
Australia - Asia Literary Award
The shortlist for the inaugural Australia - Asia Literary Award has been announced
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Moshin Hamid, Penguin)
Blood Kin (Ceridwen Dovey, Atlantic Books)
The winner will be announced at a gala awards ceremony on November 21 in Perth.
23 October 2008
$110,000 Australia-Asia Literary Award (formerly the West Australian Premier's Literary Award) longlist has been announced.
The award, which at $110,000 is Australia's richest, is open to any book-length work published in print or electronically in the previous year, with the author residing in Australia or Asia, or setting their work in either continent.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Moshin Hamid, Penguin)
Blood Kin (Ceridwen Dovey, Atlantic Books)
The shortlist will be announced on October 30 and the winner announced 21 November.
22 October 2008
Western Australia Premier's Book Awards Shortlist Announced
Fiction Shortlist
A Curious Intimacy, Jessica White - Penguin
Children's Shortlist
Ziba Came on a Boat, Liz Lofthouse & Robert Ingpen - Penguin
17 October 2008
The Walkley Awards Shortlist
Best Non-Fiction Book
Chloe Hooper, The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island (Penguin)
Jacqueline Kent, An Exacting Heart: The Story of Hephzibah Menuhin (Viking/Penguin)
Margaret Simons, The Content Makers: Understanding the Media in Australia (Penguin)
16 October 2008
Davitt Award Winner
The winners of this year's Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards for women's crime writing have been announced.
Best True Crime winner was Janette Fife-Yeomans' Killing Jodie (Penguin)
The awards are for the best crime books by Australian women published in the previous year, and for the eighth awards there were 41 nominated titles.
The awards are run by Sisters in Crime and sponsored by the Victorian Police Museum.
15 October 2008
Man Booker Winner Announced
Indian novelist Aravind Adiga has won the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his debut novel The White Tiger.
Michael Portillo, Chair of the judging panel declared that 'The White Tiger prevailed because the judges felt that it shocked and entertained in equal measure . . . The novel undertakes the extraordinarily difficult task of gaining and holding the reader's sympathy for a thoroughgoing villain. The book gains from dealing with pressing social issues and significant global developments with astonishing humour.'
As the winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize, Aravind Adiga will take home £50,000 in prize money.
14 October 2008
Nobel Prize for Economics
Paul Krugman, author of the The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming America From the Right has won the Nobel Prize for Economics.
7 October 2008
Indie Award Winner Announced
Independent booksellers of Australia have voted Tim Winton's Breath (Hamish Hamilton) their inaugural Indie' Award winner for 2008.
The author of the Best Australian Book receives $19,000, as donated by over 120 independent booksellers.
Winton said he was 'honoured to have won the inaugural award and wanted to thank all those booksellers who still take books as personally as they take their business'. 'We'd be buggered without you,' he said.
01 October 2008
Shortlist Announced For CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award
Andrew Taylor, Bleeding Heart Square, Michael Joseph
This award is for the best historical crime novel (set in any period up to 1970) by an author of any nationality, first published in the UK in English between September 16 2007 and September 15 2008. It commemorates the life and work of Ellis Peters (Edith Pargeter) (1913-1995), a prolific author perhaps best known as the creator of Brother Cadfael.
The winner will be annouced at an awards ceremony on the evening of 27th October, and shortly afterwards on this web site.
17 September 2008
QLD Premier's Literary Awards
The Peasant Prince, by Li Cunxin and illustrated by Anne Spudvilas has won the Children's Book Award at the QLD Premier's Literary Awards.
For more information see: http://www.premiers.qld.gov.au/awardsevents/awards/Queensland_Premiers_Literary_awards/2008_winners/
16 September 2008
Dylan Thomas Prize
The Boat by Nam Le, Blood Kin by Ceridwen Dovey and God's Own Country by Ross Raisin have been shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize.
The winner will be announced in November.
For more information see: www.thedylanthomasprize.com
10 September 2008
The Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
The Booker shortlist has been announced. Congratulations to the following authors:
Aravind Adiga - The White Tiger (Atlantic)
Steve Toltz - A Fraction of the Whole (Hamish Hamilton)
The winner will be announced in London, 14 October
For more information http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/thisyear
2 September 2008
Ned Kelly Awards 2008
Winner: Best Non Fiction
Red Centre, Dark Heart - Evan McHugh (Viking)
27 August 2008
Indie Award Shortlist Announced
Breath by Tim Winton has been shortlisted for the Fiction award.
The Indie Award is an initiative of the Leading Edge Buying Group and is chosen by Independent Booksellers.
The winner will be announced on the 6 October 2008.
25 August 2008
Speech Pathology Award Announced
Winner of the Young Children Category
Is Your Grandmother a Goanna, by Pamela Allen.
For more information see www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au
25 August 2008
The Age Book of the Year Award Winner
Fiction:
Breath by Tim Winton
18 August 2008
Queensland Premier's Literary awards - 2008 Shortlist
History Book - Faculty of Arts, University of Queensland Award
An Exacting Heart, Jacqueline Kent
Non Fiction Book Award
An Exacting Heart, Jacqueline Kent
Fiction Book Award
Breath, Tim Winton
Children's Book - Mary Ryan's Award
The Peasant Prince, Li Cunxin and Anne Spudvilas
Young Adult Book Award
The Push, Julia Lawrinson
Winners will be announced by the Honourable Anna Bligh MP, Premier of Queensland on Tuesday 16 September.
15 August 2008
CBCA award winners announced
The winners of this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) awards have been announced.
The winning and honour books are:
Book of the Year: Older Readers
The Ghost's Child (Sonya Hartnett, Viking)
Honour Books:
Black Water (David Metzenthen, Penguin)
Book of the Year: Younger Readers
Honour Books:
Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!) (Sherryl Clark, illustrated by Elissa Christian, Puffin)
Book of the Year: Early Childhood
Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley (Aaron Blabey, Viking)
Picture Book of the Year
Honour Books:
The Peasant Prince (Li Cunxin, illus by Anne Spudvilas, Viking)
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
Honour Books:
Girl Stuff: Your Full-on Guide to the Teen Years (Kaz Cooke, Viking)
07 August 2008
The Age Book of the Year
The shortlist for this year's Age Book of the Year awards has been announced. The awards, now in their 35th year, offer three $10,000 prizes, one each for a work of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. The Book of the Year award, worth an additional $10,000, goes to one of the three category winners.
The shortlist is:
Novel:
Breath (Tim Winton, Hamish Hamilton)
Nonfiction:
An Exacting Heart (Jacqueline Kent, Viking)
The awards will be presented at Melbourne Writers' Festival's opening night on August 22, and on August 23 a session will allow winning writers to read from and discuss their work.
06 August 2008
Inkys longlist announced
The longlist for second annual Inkys--Teen Choice Book Awards, was announced on 1 August at the State Library of Victoria.
Joel & Cat Set the Story Straight (Nick Earls & Rebecca Sparrow, Penguin)
Michael Sweeney's Method Sean Condon, Penguin)
Kill the Possum (James Moloney, Penguin)
The winners will all be announced at the State Library of Victoria on Thursday 6 November.
For more information visit www.insideadog.com.au.
03 August 2008
Hitwise Number 1 Award Winner
Hitwise is pleased to announce that penguin.com.au is a Hitwise Number 1 Award winner for the quarter ending ending April - June 2008.
During this period, penguin.com.au ranked No. 1 based on market share of visits among all Australian websites in the Hitwise Entertainment - Books and Writing industry.
The Hitwise Number 1 Award recognises websites from over 160 industries that are leaders in their industry.
30 July 2008
The Booker Prize Longlist Announced
The Booker long-list has been announced. Congratulations to the following authors:
Aravind Adiga - The White Tiger (Atlantic)
Steve Toltz - A Fraction of the Whole (Hamish Hamilton)
The short-list will be announced on 9 September, and the winner on 14 October.
For more information http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/thisyear
29 July 2008
Ned Kelly Awards 2008
Congratulations for the following titles shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Awards.
Best First Fiction
A Fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz (Hamish Hamilton)
Best Non Fiction
Killing Jodie - Janet Fife-Yeomans (Penguin)
Red Centre, Dark Heart - Evan McHugh (Viking)
The winners will be announced at 7:30pm on Friday 29 August at Federation Square.
16 July 2008
Dylan Thomas Literary Prize
Congratulations to the following authors named on the long-list of the Dylan Thomas Literary Prize. This biennial £60,000 prize has become one of the largest literary awards in the world. The winner will be announced in November.
Ross Raisin - God's Own Country
Joe Dunthorne - Submarine
Ceridwen Dovey - Blood Kin
Nam Le - The Boat
27 June 2008
Annual Galley Club Awards
Congratulations to Production Controller Susie Gibson, for her work on The Waterhole by Graeme Base. The Waterhole was named the winner of the Galley Award for Non-standard, novelty book or stationery item - bath book, board book, calendar, diary, and the Perpetual Award for Excellence in Non-Standard Production and Manufacture.
17 June 2008
2008 Booksellers Choice Award
Congratulations to Kaz Cooke whose book Girl Stuff was announced as the winner of the Nielsen Book Data 2008 Booksellers' Choice Award at the 84th Annual Booksellers Dinner in Melbourne.
15 June 2008
2008 Australian Book Industry Awards
The ABIA winners were announced in Melbourne
Illustrated Book of the Year 2008
Maggie's Harvest, written by Maggie Beer
General Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2008
Girl Stuff, written by Kaz Cooke,
Book of the Year for Younger Children (age range 0 to 8 years) 2008
The Peasant Prince, written by Li Cunxin, illustrated by Anne Spudvilas
General Fiction Book of the Year 2008
Those Faraday Girls, written by Monica McInerney
Publisher of the Year
Penguin Group (Australia)
10 June 2008
2008 Ruby Awards
Serendipity by Melanie La'Brooy has been named as a finalist in the long category of the 2008 Ruby Awards.
Winners will be announced on the 24 August 2008.
More information is available at http://www.romanceaustralia.com/rby/index.htm
9 June 2008
UK Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards
The UK Crime Writers' Association have announced the shortlists for the crime fiction Dagger awards.
Caro Ramsay's ABSOLUTION has been shortlisted for the New Blood Dagger for best first crime novel.
David Stone's THE ECHELON VENDETTA has been shortlisted for a Steel Dagger for the best thriller of the year.
The winners will be announced on 10 July.
4 June 2008
New Kelly Awards
Congratulations to the following authors on their short listing for the Ned Kelly Awards.
Winners will be announced in late August.
More information can be found at: http://www.nedkellyawards.com/2008.html
Best First Fiction:
A Fraction of the Whole, Steve Toltz
Best Fiction:
Sensitive New Age Spy, Geoffrey McGeachin
Best Non-Fiction:
Killing Jodie, Janet Fife-Yeomans
Red Centre, Dark Heart, Evan McHugh
Big Shots, Adam Shand
26 May 2008
2008 Best Young Australian Novelists
Congratulations to Jessica White, A Curious Intimacy named one of 2008 SMH Best Young Australian Novelists.
22 May 2008
APA Design Awards Announced
Best Designed Cover of the Year - Gravity Sucks designed by Daniel New
Best Designed Non-Fiction Book - Gravity Sucks designed by Daniel New (cover) and Debra Billson (internal)
Best Designed General Illustrated Book - Maggie's Harvest designed by Daniel New
Best Designed Children's Non-Fiction Book - Girl Stuff designed by Adam Laszczuk
19 May 2008
2008 NSW Premier's Literary Awards
Winner of the Patricia Wrightson Prize for children's literature ($30,000)
Li Cunxin & Anne Spudvilas (illus), The Peasant Prince
14 May 2008
Three Dog Night
By Peter Goldsworthy, adapted by Petra Kalive
15th - 25th May 2008
fortyfivedownstairs
45 Flinders Lane
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bookings: www.fortyfivedownstairs.com
Two Blue Cherries is proud to present its debut show Three Dog Night, a stunning collaboration between award-winning novelist Peter Goldsworthy and hot new talent, actor/writer Petra Kalive.
Petra Kalive, fresh from her success in television's controversial gang war series Underbelly, has established Two Blue Cherries in a bid to facilitate the creation of theatrically innovative, bold, new Australian theatre.
Three Dog Night, an adaptation of the award-winning Peter Goldsworthy novel of the same name, is an ironic, restless and at times confronting work about the fathomless human capacity for self-deception, and ultimately, the philosophical challenge of learning how to die.
This modern day tragedy explores the underlying impulses that shape human behaviour via an Aboriginal Dreaming. Indigenous spirituality and storytelling are intrinsic to this story's exploration of the clinical conviction that compassion is the means to liberation.
Beginning in the Adelaide Hills, Three Dog Night journeys to the vast expanse of the Australian outback and takes us deep into the desert of the human soul.
With a stellar cast, Tim Stitz (Asylum - La Mama 2007), Phil McInnes (OT - Malthouse 2006) and Petra Kalive (Underbelly) and under the expert direction of Andrew Gray (The Winterling - Red Stitch 2007), Three Dog Night promises to be the hottest piece of theatre this year.
"intense and brilliant . . . Three Dog Night is a work of concentrated formal elegance that confirms Goldsworthy's status as one of Australia's best." - James Ley, Sydney Morning Herald
www.twobluecherries.com
publicity@twobluecherries.com
7 May 2008
2008 Arthur Ellis Awards Shortlists
Crime Writers of Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2008 Arthur Ellis Awards for excellence in Canadian crime writing
The winners will be announced at the Arthur Ellis Awards dinner on Thursday, June 5, at the Downtown Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel in Toronto.
Best First Novel (cash award from Book City, Toronto)
Susan Parisi, Blood of Dreams (Penguin Australia)
6 May 2008
2008 ABIA Shortlist
Winners will be announced at the Australian Book Industry Awards on Sunday 15 June 2008.
Distributor of the Year 2008, sponsored by VISTA Computer Systems
United Book Distributors
Marketing Campaign of the Year 2008, in memory of John Cody, sponsored by Random House Australia
Penguin Group (Australia) for Girl Stuff, written by Kaz Cooke
International Success of the Year 2008, sponsored by Activair
Penguin Group (Australia) for Mao's Last Dancer, written by Li Cunxin
Illustrated Book of the Year 2008
Alfred Gregory, written by Alfred Gregory, published by Penguin Group (Australia)
Maggie's Harvest, written by Maggie Beer, published by Penguin Group (Australia)
General Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2008
Girl Stuff, written by Kaz Cooke, published by Penguin Group (Australia)
Book of the Year for Younger Children (age range 0 to 8 years) 2008
The Peasant Prince, written by Li Cunxin, illustrated by Anne Spudvilas, published by Penguin Group (Australia)
Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2008
A Fraction of the Whole, written by Steve Toltz, published by Penguin Group (Australia)
General Fiction Book of the Year 2008
Those Faraday Girls, written by Monica McInerney, published by Penguin Group (Australia)
Newcomer of the Year (debut writer) 2008
A Fraction of the Whole, written by Steve Toltz, published by Penguin Group (Australia)
Book of the Year 2008
Girl Stuff, written by Kaz Cooke, published by Penguin Group (Australia)
Maggie's Harvest, written by Maggie Beer, published by Penguin Group (Australia)
29 April 2008
Carnegie Medal nominees Announced
What I Was, Meg Rosoff
The winner will be announced on 26 June 2008
29 April 2008
Nielson Bookdata Booksellers Choice Award Shortlist Announced
Congratulations to the following shortlisted authors & illustrators
Li Cunxin & Anne Spudvilas, The Peasant Prince
Maggie Beer, Maggie's Harvest
Kaz Cooke, Girl Stuff
The winner will be announced in Melbourne on 16 June 2008
29 April 2008
Los Angeles Times Book Award for History
Tim Weiner's Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA won the Los Angeles Times Book Award for History.
For more information see http://www.latimes.com/extras/bookprizes/index.html
16 April 2008
NSW Premier's Literary Awards
Congratulations to the following authors, shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards:
Douglas Stewart Prize for Nonfiction ($20,000):
Guy Pearse - High and Dry: John Howard, Climate Change and the Selling of Australia's Future
Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature ($15,000):
David Metzenthen - Black Water
Robert Newton - The Black Dog Gang
Patricia Wrightson Prize ($15,000):
Aaron Blabey - Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley
Li Cunxin & Anne Spudvilas - The Peasant Prince
Liz Lofthouse, illus by Robert Ingpen - Ziba Came on a Boat
Community Relations Commission Award ($15,000)
Mark Kurzem The Mascot
The winners will be announced in Sydney on 19 May 2008. More information on the award is available at: http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/
14 April 2008
The Gourmand Awards for 2008
The Gourmand Awards for 2008 have been presented at a ceremony in London, with seven Australian food and wine books receiving prizes, placing Australia 'in the top 10 countries in the world for food and wine books,' according to the Gourmand judges.
Kylie Kwong's My China: A Feast for all the Senses (Lantern) was named the Best Chinese Cuisine Book in the World. 'In this Beijing Olympic year, this book deserved a Gold Medal!' said the judges. 'It is a pleasure to read, the promise of the feast for all senses is delivered through exquisite book production, talented writing, true emotion, and beautiful photography.'
Maggie's Harvest (Maggie Beer, Lantern) won second place in the cover design category against books from 27 other countries.
The Great Aussie Barbie Cookbook (Kim Terakes, Viking) was one of two winners in the Best Barbecue Book in the World category.
For more information, see the Gourmand Awards website www.cookbookfair.com
14 April 2008
IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2008
Let it be Morning, by Sayed Kashua has been short listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2008.
The winner will be announced on 12 June 2008.
More information can be found at: http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/2008/shortlist.htm
8 April 2008
2008 Dobbie Literary Award
A Curious Intimacy by Jessica White has been shortlisted for the 2008 Dobbie Literary Award for a First Published Book
The awards ceremony to announce the winners will be held on Tuesday 6 May Sydney.
2 April 2008
2008 National Biography Awards
The Mascot by Mark Kurzem has been short-listed for the 2008 National Biography Awards.
Winners will be announced on 10 April.
1 April 2008
CBC 2007 Award Nominations
Book of the Year: Older Readers
Black Water (David Metzenthen, Penguin)
The Ghost's Child (Sonya Hartnett, Viking)
Book of the Year: Younger Readers
Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!) (Sherryl Clark, illus by Elissa Christian, Puffin)
Winning the World Cup (David Metzenthen, illus by Stephen Axelsen, Puffin)
Book of the Year: Early Childhood
Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley (Aaron Blabey, Viking)
Shhh! Little Mouse (Pamela Allen, Viking)
Picture Book of the Year
The Peasant Prince (Anne Spudvilas, text by Li Cunxin, Viking)
Ziba Came on a Boat (Robert Ingpen, text by Liz Lofthouse, Viking)
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
Girl Stuff: Your Full-on Guide to the Teen Years (Kaz Cooke, Viking)
Chrichton Award for New Illustrators
Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley (Aaron Blabey, Viking)
31 March 2008
FAW National Literary Awards
Dying: A Memoir by Donald Horne & Myfanwy Horne has won the Barbara Ramsden Award in the FAW National Literary Awards for 2007.
For more information see www.writers.asn.au
26 March 2008
James Beard Foundation Awards
Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking
by Masaharu Morimoto (DK Publishing)
Has been short listed in the James Beard Foundation Awards - in the Cooking From A Professional Point Of View category.
Winners will be announced on June 8
19 March 2008
Orange Prize Long List
Congratulations to the following authors selected for the Orange Prize Long List
Elif Shafak's The Bastard of Istanbul (Viking)
Carol Topolski's Monster Love (Fig Tree)
The winner will be announced on 4th June.
14 March 2008
2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize
The End of the Alphabet has been chosen as the winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book, Canada and the Caribbean Region.
The Winner for the Best First Book in the World winner will be announced on 18th May.
13 March 2008
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2008
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2008 goes to Australian author Sonya Hartnett
Australian author Sonya Hartnett has been awarded the world's largest children's and young adults international prize of SEK 5 million (equivalent to approx. USD 790,000, 540,000 Euros.) The prize is awarded to authors, illustrators, narrators and/or promoters of reading whose work reflects the spirit of Astrid Lindgren. It's the first time this award has gone to an Australian.
29 February 2008
Hitwise Online Performance Winner
penguin.com.au, a Hitwise Online Performance Winner.
penguin.com.au has been announced as the #1 website in the Entertainment - Books and Writing category for 2007 in the latest Hitwise Online Performance Awards program. The annual awards recognise excellence in online performance through public popularity.
26 February 2008
2007 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Congratulations to the following shortlisted nominees (1 of 3 in each category) for the 'Best in the World' section of the 2007 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.
Best China Cookery Book - 9 Countries
Kylie Kwong: My China, Kylie Kwong
Best Barbeque Book - 9 Countries
The Great Aussie Barbie Cookbook, Kim Terakes
Best Cookery Cover - 27 Countries
Maggie's Harvest, Maggie Beer
The Best in the World will be announced on April 13 in London and called to the stage at Olympia Theatre.
14 February 2008
Commonwealth Writer's Prize
The Ghost's Child by Sonya Hartnett has been short listed for the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best Book the South East Asia and South Pacific region.
The regional winners will be announced at an event on 13 March in Sydney.
For more information see: http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/culturediversity/writersprize/
11 February 2008
Book Design Awards 2008
Congratulations to the following Penguin designers and books, shortlisted in the Book Design Awards 2008:
Best Designed Cover
Daniel New Gravity Sucks
Daniel New Maggie's Harvest
Best Designed General Illustrated Book
Daniel New Maggie's Harvest
John Canty Roships and Crabapples
Best Designed Cookbook
Daniel New Maggie's Harvest
Best Designed Children's Cover
Elissa Christian Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!)
Best Designed Children's Fiction Book
Elissa Christian Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!)
Best Designed Children's Non-fiction Book
Adam Laszczuk Girl Stuff
Best Designed Children's Series
Marina Messiha The Legend of Little Fur
Adam Lasczuk The Undys
Best Designed Young Adult Book
Marina Messiha The Ghost's Child
Best Designed Children's Picture Book
Deborah Brash The Story of Growl
The awards will be announced on Thursday 22nd May as part of the Sydney Writers Festival.
5 February 2008
2008 South Australia Festival Awards for Literature
The Content Makers by Margaret Simons has been short listed in the non-fiction category of the 2008 South Australia Festival Awards for Literature. Winners will be announced at Adelaide Writers' Week.
For more information see www.arts.sa.gov.au
30 January 2008
OPRAH CHOOSES "A NEW EARTH" BY ECKHART TOLLE AS HER NEW BOOK CLUB SELECTION
CHICAGO, IL - "Being able to share this material with you is a gift and a part of the fulfillment of my life's purpose," Oprah Winfrey said on Wednesday, January 30, 2008, as she revealed the 61th Oprah's Book Club selection A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. She added, "It was an awakening for me that I want for you, too."
For the first time ever, readers around the world will be able to participate in a free, live interactive classroom discussion, led by Winfrey and Tolle. Each weekly class will correspond to a chapter from A New Earth, with the discussion focusing on the chapter's themes. The 10 weekly sessions will be webcast every Monday night from March 3 through May 5. To pre-register for the class, log onto www.oprah.com/anewearth.
29 January 2008
Aurealis Awards
Blood of Dreams by Susan Parisi has won the Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novel.
4 January 2008
Order of the British Empire
Eric Hill, the creator of Spot, has received an OBE for services to children's literature.
11 December 2007
Blake Dawson Waldron Prize for Business Literature
Wild Ride: The Rise & Fall of Cobb & Co. by Sam Everingham has been shortlisted for the Blake Dawson Waldron Prize for Business Literature.
The winner will be announced in early March. For more information: http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/awards/dawson.html
29 November 2007
Gourmand Cookbook Awards - Australian Winners
Mix & Bake, Belinda Jeffrey - Winner in Best Desserts Book
Gluten-free Cooking, Sue Shepherd - Winner in Best Health & Nutrition
The Great Aussie Barbeque Cookbook, Kim Terakes - Winner in Best BBQ Cookbook
The Crabapple Bakery Cupcake Cookbook, Jennifer Graham - Winner in Best Corporate Book
Kylie Kwong: My China, Kylie Kwong - Winner in Best Chinese Cuisine Book and winner in Best Culinary Travel Guide
Maggies' Harvest, Maggie Beer - Winner in Best Cookbook and winner in Best Cookbook Cover
These Australian winners will compete against winners in the same category in other countries for The Best in the World.
The results of that competition will be announced at the Gourmand yearly awards show in May 2008.
For more information, including the Gourmand history and the future schedule see: www.cookbookfair.com
21 November 2007
Costa Book Awards Shortlist Announced
Gifted by Nikita Lalwani - short listed for the First Novel Award
Rudolf Nureyev by Julie Kavanagh - short listed for the Biography Award
What I Was by Meg Rosoff - shortlisted for the Children's Book Award
Full shortlists here: http://www.costabookawards.com/awards/shortlist.aspx
Category winners will be announced on January 3rd 2008, with overall winner announced on 22nd January.
16 November 2007
National Book Awards (USA)
Winner, National Book Awards (USA), Non-Fiction, Legacy of Ashes - Tim Weiner
14 November 2007
Yabba Awards - Young Australian Best Book Awards
Best Picture Storybook - Chatterbox by Margaret Wild and Debra Niland
Best Fiction for Younger Readers - Specky Magee and a Legend in the Making by Garry Lyon and Felice Arena
Best Fiction Years 7-9 - Once by Morris Gleitzman
Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman was inducted into the Yabba Hall of Fame.
For more information check out: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~yabba/
10 November 2007
MAN Asian Literary Prize
Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong was awarded the inaugural Man Asian Literary Prize in Hong Kong. Adrienne Clarkson, former governor general of Canada and chair of the judging panel, called Wolf Totem "a passionate argument about the complex interrelationship between nomads and settlers, animals and human beings, nature and culture. The slowly developing narrative is rendered in vivid detail and has a powerful cumulative effect. A book like no other. Memorable."
29 October 2007
Shortlisted for the AFI Award For Best Children's Television Drama
I Got a Rocket, Suzanne Ryan (Network Ten)
Lockie Leonard, Kylie du Fresne (Nine Network)
Winners will be announced on the 6 December, for more information check out www.afi.org.au/awards/nominees.asp
25 October 2007
MAN Asian Literary Prize
WOLF TOTEM, by Jiang Rong has been short listed for the inaugural MAN Asian Literary Prize.
This prize has been established to recognize new voices from Asia that are yet to be published in English. More information about the prize & final five is available on the prize's website, www.manasianliteraryprize.org.
The winner will be announced at a dinner to be held in Hong Kong on November 10.
23 October 2007
Cordon Bleu World Food Media Awards 2007 Winners
BEST CHILDREN'S COOKBOOK (Two Winners)
Kitchen Garden Cooking with Kids, by Stephanie Alexandern published by Penguin Group, Australia
BEST HEALTH AND NUTRITION BOOK
The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet, Book 2 , by Dr Manny Noakes and Dr Peter Clifton
published by Penguin Group, Australia
BEST DRINK GUIDE BOOK
The Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide 2007, by Huon Hooke & Ralph Kyte-Powell
published by Penguin Group, Australia
The Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide 2007, Huon Hooke & Ralph Kyte-Powell
published by Penguin Group, Australia
BEST SOFT COVER RECIPE BOOK (RRP UNDER US$30)
Taking Tea in Medina, by Julie Le Clerc published by Penguin Group, New Zealand
For more information go to http://www.worldfoodmediaawards.com/news/2007/10/20/winners-announced-in-prestigious-le-cordon-bleu-world-food-media-awards
22 October 2007
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
Blood Kin, by Ceridwen Dovey has been short listed for John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
This year is the 65th anniversary of the prize which recognises and celebrates the best work of literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry or drama) by a UK or Commonwealth writer aged 35 or under at the time of publication. The winner will be announced at a ceremony at City Inn, Westminster, London on 29 November.
15 October 2007
National Book Award (USA)
Then we came to an End, by Joshua Ferris has been short listed for the National Book Award.
The winner will be announced in November.
For more information visit: www.nationalbook.org/nba2007.html
3 October 2007
2008 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Sonya Hartnett has been nominated for the 2008 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, which is the world's largest prize for children's and young people's literature.
The prize will be award in May 2008.
1 October 2007
Bouchercon Crime Festival
My Clarinet My Clarinet by Nick Stone has won the Macavity Award for Best First Novel at this year's Bouchercon Crime Festival in Alaska
18 September 2007
Kinokuniya Cookbook of the Year Award
Maggie's Harvest by Maggie Beer has been short listed for the 2007 Kinokuniya Cookbook of the Year Award
The winner will be announced on the 15th of November
18 September 2007
2007 Horticultural Media Association Laurels Awards
The Enchanted Garden by Paul Bangay with photography by Simon Griffiths has been announced as a finalist in the 2007 Horticultural Media Association Laurels Awards.
The winner will be announced on 11th October
7 September 2007
The Man Booker Shortlist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid
Winners will be announced 16 October 2007
More information www.themanbookerprize.com
5 September 2007
The 2007 Asher Literary Award
The Asher Literary Award is awarded to women writers offering an anti-war theme in their work. Congratulations to Brenda Walker on winning the 2007 award with her book The Wing of Night.
Judges Comments:
The winning book, Brenda Walker's The Wing of Night is a powerful, eloquently written and compelling novel. It captures the profound effect World War One had on the soldiers who fought, but significantly, also offers a perspective on the women whose lives were drawn into its enduring legacy.
3 September 2007
2007 LE CORDON BLEU WORLD FOOD MEDIA AWARDS NOMINEES
BEST CHILDREN'S COOKBOOK
Kitchen Garden Cooking with Kids, by Stephanie Alexandern published by Penguin Group, Australia
BEST HEALTH AND NUTRITION BOOK
The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet, Book 2 , by Dr Manny Noakes and Dr Peter Clifton
published by Penguin Group, Australia
Love in the Time of Cholesterol, by Cecily Ross published by Penguin Group, Canada
BEST PROFESSIONAL COOKERY BOOK
The Cook's Book, Editor in Chief Jill Norman published by Dorling Kindersley, Australia
BEST DRINK GUIDE BOOK
The Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide 2006, by Huon Hooke & Ralph Kyte-Powell
published by Penguin Group, Australia
The Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide 2007, Huon Hooke & Ralph Kyte-Powell
published by Penguin Group, Australia
BEST WINE BOOK
World's Greatest Wine Estates, by Robert Parker published by Dorling Kindersley, United Kingdom
BEST SOFT COVER RECIPE BOOK OVER $30
My Italian Heart, by Guy Grossi published by Penguin Group, Australia
BEST HARDCOVER RECIPE BOOK UNDER $30
My Grandmother's Chinese Kitchen, by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo published by Penguin Group, USA
BEST HARDCOVER RECIPE BOOK OVER $30
Wild Weed Pie, by Janni Kyritsis published by Penguin Group, Australia
Let it Simmer, by Sean Moran published by Penguin Group, Australia
How to Cook the Perfect . . . , by Marcus Wareing published by Dorling Kindersley, United Kingdom
BEST FOOD/DRINK TELEVISION SEGMENT
Better Homes and Gardens, presenter Karen Martini produced by Channel 7, Australia
16 August 2007
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Shortlist Announced
History
Iron Kingdom:The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947, (Christopher Clark, Penguin)
Young Adult
On the Jellicoe Road , (Melina Marchetta, Viking)
Black Water, (David Metzenthen, Penguin)
Winners announced 11 September 2007
17 August 2007
Children's Book Council of Australia Awards
Congratulations to the following award-winners at the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards
Honour Book Picture Book of the Year - Woolvs in the Sitee by Margaret Wild
Honour Book Early Childhood - Chatterbox by Margaret Wild
Honour Book Early Childhood - Doodledum Dancing, by Pamela Allen and Meredith Costain
Honour Book Younger Readers - Bird and Sugar Boy by Sophie Laguna
14 August 2007
Victoria Premier's Literary Awards
Short listed for the Prize for Young Adult Fiction
Black Water, by David Metzenthen
8 August 2007
The Man Booker Longlist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid
Gifted, by Nikita Lalwani
The shortlist will be announced 6 September 2007
Winners will be announced 16 October 2007
More information www.themanbookerprize.com
26 July 2007
The Penguin/Varuna Scholarship
How do writers from the less populous states and territories and from regional areas get the attention of publishers? It's a question the Creative Director of Varuna -The Writers' House, Peter Bishop, often gets asked as he travels around Australia for the Macquarie Bank Foundation Longlines Program. One thing he knows for sure: there are many writers working outside the metropolitan areas of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane who fully deserve the attention of publishers. Together Penguin and Varuna think they may have the answer with a new scholarship.
Penguin wants to see the manuscripts Varuna is getting excited about, and so each year Varuna will select up to eight well-developed manuscripts from its many programs for review by Penguin publishers and editors. One manuscript will be selected for the Penguin/Varuna Scholarship, which offers the writer $5000, plus up to 30 hours of editorial work with Penguin. Penguin Publisher Ben Ball says: 'Longlines gets to parts of Australia other writing initiatives don't. Penguin is delighted and excited to be able to offer writers in those areas some help in continuing their work, and I'm sure this will be a long and fruitful collaboration with Varuna.' According to Varuna's Peter Bishop: 'The Penguin/Varuna Scholarship provides exactly the kind of attention and support that regional writers need and deserve. It's a genuine pathway.'
25 July 2007
Congratulations to Abigail Hockey and the Marketing Design team at Penguin who were awarded a Judges Commendation in the recent Galley Club Awards, for the 2006 Lantern brochure.
24 July 2007
Australian Book Industry Awards
Australian Illustrated Book of the Year: My French Life by Vicki Archer and Carla Coulson.
Penguin CEO Peter Field was awarded the Lloyd O'Neil Award, for his services to the publishing industry
4 July 2007
Australian Book Industry Awards Shortlist
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2007 Awards. The shortlist is for 15 of the 18 awards. Shortlisted and winning entries for these 15 awards were chosen by an academy of booksellers and publishers who voted online in May / June 2007.
Australian Distributor of the Year 2007, sponsored by VISTA Computer Systems
United Book Distributors
Australian Marketing Campaign of the Year 2007, in memory of John Cody, sponsored by Random House Australia
The Memory Keeper's Daughter - written by Kim Edwards, published by Penguin Group Australia
Australian Illustrated Book of the Year 2007
Matt Moran - written by Matt Moran, published by Penguin Group Australia
My French Life - written by Vicki Archer, published by Penguin Group Australia
Australian Book of the Year for Younger Children (age range 0 to 8 years) 2007
A Particular Cow - written by Mem Fox, illustrated by Terry Denton, published by Penguin Group Australia
Uno's Garden - written by Graeme Base, published by Penguin Group Australia
Australian Book of the Year for Older Children (age range 8 to14 years) 2007
On the Jellicoe Road - written by Melina Marchetta, published by Penguin Group Australia
Australian General Fiction Book of the Year 2007
Cents & Sensibility - written by Maggie Alderson, published by Penguin Group Australia
The winners of these 15 Awards as well as the Lloyd O'Neil Award, the Pixie O'Harris Award and the Australian Publisher of the Year Award will all be announced at the Australian Book Industry Awards presentation dinner on Tuesday 24 July 2007.
21 June 2007
CILIP Carnegie Medal
Congratulations to Meg Rosoff who has won the 2007 CILIP Carnegie Medal in the UK for Just In Case.
18 June 2007
Romantic Book of the Year Award
The Love Child, by Fran Cusworth is one of six finalists in this year's Romantic Book of the Year Award, run by the Romance writers of Australia.
The winner will be announced at the Awards Dinner of the RWA conference in Sydney on Saturday, 11th August.
6 June 2007
2007 Environment Award for Children's Literature
Uno's Garden by Graeme Base has be awarded the Picture Book Award in the 2007 Environment Award for Children's Literature
www.wilderness.org.au/about/bookaward/ea4cl_winners_2007
29 May 2007
APA Annual Design Awards
Penguin's Art Director Deb Brash has been awarded the Joyce Thorpe Nicholson Design Hall of Fame Award, at the APA Annual Design Awards. This is an award periodically given to a designer who through their body of work and role in the industry has made a significant contribution to the standards of book design in Australia.
The Best Designed Young Adult Book was taken out by Elizabeth Dias for Bird and Sugar Boy (Puffin).
21 May 2007
The Annual Galley Club Production Awards shortlist:
Category 2 - Sheetfed, casebound RRP over $30
Matt Moran - Sue Van Velsen.
Category 4 - Sheetfed, limp/sewn RRP over $20
Kitchen Garden Cooking with Kids - Nicole Brown.
Category 5 - Sheetfed, mono cased or limp, no price limit
Vampires - Rebecca Gee / Carmen De La Rue.
A Fox Called Sorrow - Susie Gibson.
Category 6 - Sheetfed, duotone cased or limp, no price limit
The Passionate Shopper - Nicole Brown.
Category 9 - web, mono limp, no price limit
Bryce Courtenay reissues - Nicole Brown.
Category 18 - Innovation in Printing and Publishing (new category)
Matt Moran - Sue Van Velsen.
Let It Simmer - Sue Van Velsen.
Winners announced 15 June 2007.
15 May 2007
Royal Society Junior Prize for Science Books
DK has won the Royal Society Junior Prize for Science Books (formerly the Aventis Junior Prize) for a record eighth time for Can You Feel The Force? by Richard Hammond.
15 May 2007
CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet named Australia's best diet
Independent Australian review website ProductReview.com.au has named the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet as Australia's best diet.
"Here is a way for people to get an unbiased assessment of diets and weight loss programs from the people who matter - the people who have tried them,"
says Tony Bosworth from ProductReview.com.au.
The people's choice was clear with 394 people jumping on ProductReview.com.au to review a range of 20 diets.
3 May 2007
The Bilby Award Children's Choice Shortlist (QLD)
Early readers
Annie's Chair , by Deborah Niland.
The Gizmo Again , by Paul Jennings/Keith McEwan.
Younger readers
The BFG , by Roald Dahl.
The Twits , by Roald Dahl.
Winners announced 7 September 2007.
3 May 2007
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Shortlist
Non-fiction
Learning to Dance , by Elizabeth Jolley and edited by Caroline Lurie.
Young Adults
Bye, Beautiful , by Julia Lawrinson.
Children's Books
Tai's Penguin (Aussie Nibble) , by Raewyn Caisley.
Winners are announced on 8 June 2007.
29 April 2007
NSW Premier's Award Shortlist
Patricia Wrightson Prize:
I'm Being Stalked by a Moonshadow , by Doug MacLeod.
Ethel Turner Prize:
Doppelganger , by Michael Parker.
Winners announced 29 May 2007.
18 April 2007
Shortlisted, Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction
The Inheritance of Loss , by Kiran Desai.
Winner announced June 6.
18 April 2007
Winner, Pulitzer Prize, General Non-Fiction
The Looming Tower , by Lawrence Wright.
17 April 2007
Children's Book Council of Australia shortlist Announcement.
Congratulations to the following short listed authors:
2007 Book of the Year: Younger Readers
Bird & Sugar Boy by Sofie Laguna
2007 Book of the Year: Early Childhood
Grandpa and Thomas and the Green Umbrella by Pamela Allen
Doodledum Dancing by Meredith Costain, Illustrated by Pamela Allen
Chatterbox by Margaret Wild, illustrated by Deborah Niland
2007 Picture Book of the Year
Woolvs in the Sitee by Anne Spudvilas, text: Margaret Wild
The Awards will be announced and presented in Melbourne on Friday 17 August 2007.
For more information: www.cbc.org.au
17 April 2007
2007 IACP Cookbook Awards
Simple Chinese Cooking , by Kylie Kwong, with photography by Earl Carter, has won the Food Photography and Styling category of the 2007 IACP Cookbook awards.
For more information www.iacp.com
30 March 2007
2007 IACP Cookbook Awards
Simple Chinese Cooking , by Kylie Kwong has been nominated as a finalist in the Food Photography and Styling category of the 2007 IACP Cookbook awards.
The winners will be announced on April 14th at the IACP's 29th Annual International Conference in Chicago.
For more information www.iacp.com
16 March 2007
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2007 Longlist
The Unexpected Elements of Love by Kate Legge
The shortlist will be announced 19 April, the winner 21 June.
13 March 2007
The National Biography Award
No Time for Dances by Gillian Bouras has been shortlisted.
The winner will be announced at an award ceremony at the State Library of NSW on Tuesday 27th March at 6pm.
9 March 2007
National Book Critics Circle Award
Congratulations to Kiran Desai, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Inheritance of Loss.
9 March 2007
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Wonderful news for Hisham Matar's In The Country of Men - which was announced last night as the winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize
for Best First Book in the Europe and South Asia region.
For more information visit the website
19 February 2007
The following Penguin books have been shortlisted for the 55th Annual APA Book Design Awards 2007.
Best Designed Children's Picture Book:
Woolvs in the Sitee (Viking) designed by Marina Messiha
Best Designed Children's Series:
Extreme Adventures (Puffin) designed by Dave Altheim
Best Designed Young Adult Book:
Bird and Sugar Boy (Puffin) designed by Elizabeth Dias and Peeps (Penguin) designed by Dave Altheim
Best Designed Cookbook:
Matt Moran (Lantern) designed by Jay Ryves and Let it Simmer designed by Debra Billson
Best Designed Illustrated Book:
Ten Thousand Acres (Lantern) designed by Sandy Cull and My French Life designed by Debra Billson
Best Designed Literary Fiction:
Landscape with Animals (Penguin) cover designed by Tony Palmer and text by Elizabeth Dias
Best Designed Non-fiction Book (text):
The Passionate Shopper (Lantern) designed by eskimo and John Canty
Best Designed Non-fiction Book (Illustrated):
A Big Life (Lantern) designed by Jay Ryves
27 January 2007
Aurealis Awards
Children's Short Stories Winner
Margaret Wild and Anne Spudvilas for Wolves in the Sitee, sharing first prize with Jane Godwin for The True Story of Mary Who wanted to stand on her head.
24 January 2007
The following entries have been selected as finalists for the 2007 Audies:
Inspiration/Faith Based Fiction
Knitting by Anne Bartlett
Thriller/Suspense
Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
Since 1996, APA has hosted the The Audies® honoring excellence in audiobook publishing. The Audies® is the only awards program in the U.S. entirely devoted to recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment.
Winners will be announced on 1 June 2007.
23 January 2007
Newbery, Caldecott Medals in Seattle
Congratulations to Sonya Hartnett who has been awarded a Printz Honour for Surrender
20 January 2007
National Book Critics Circle Award
Finalists are:
What is the What by Dave Eggers
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Winners announced on March 8.
17 January 2007
Aurealis Awards
Short list
Adult Fantasy -Novel
The Silver Road by Grace Dugan
Young Adult - Novel
Magic Lessons by Justine Larbalestier
The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld
Children's - Novel
A Fox Called Sorrow by Isobelle Carmody
Children's - Short Stories
Woolvs in the Sitee by Margaret Wild, Anne Spudvilas
The Magic Violin by Victor Kelleher, Stephen Michael King
The winners will be announced at an event in Brisbane on the 27th January.
8 January 2007
Hitwise Competitive Intelligence - Top Ten Awards - 2006
Winner: Entertainment - Books and Writing
Each quarter, Hitwise, the world's leading online competitive intelligence service recognizes the Top Ten websites across each industry we monitor, with a Top Ten award!
From January 2006 to December 2006 www.penguin.com.au was ranked #1 in the Hitwise Australia 'Entertainment - Books and Writing' industry based on number of visits.
This ranking relates to Australian based users visiting Australian websites.
19 December 2006
2006 Gourmand Cookbook Awards
Gourmand English-Rest of the World Awards:
Best Health and Nutrition Cookbook
The CSIRO Wellbeing Diet 2 by Dr Manny Noakes with Dr Peter Clifton
Best Children and Family Cookbook
Kitchen Garden Cooking with Kids by Stephanie Alexander
Best Guides
The Age Good Food Guide 2007 by John Lethlean and Necia Wilden
Best Cookbook Tied to Television
Simple Chinese Cooking by Kylie Kwong
The winners in each language go onto compete against winners in the same category in other languages for The Best in the World. The results are announced in
Beijing at the Gala Dinner in April 2007.
18 December 2006
Kanga Awards 2006 - Congratulations to the following winners:
YEAR R-2
Nominated books
Where Is The Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
Focus list
Rex by Ursula Dubosarsky
14 November 2006
KROC Awards
Kids of the Northern Territory have voted for their favourite Australian Book in 2006.
Top Ten Australian Authors
1. Mem Fox
4. Pamela Allen
5. Paul Jennings
7. Felice Arena
9. Graeme Base
10. Alison Lester
Top Ten Australian Titles
3. Once
3. Specky Magee
4. Mr McGee and the Big Bag of Bread
6 November 2006
Shotlisted for the Guardian First Book Award
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
The winner will be announced in Early December.
For more information http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1938384,00.html
23 October 2006
The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards
Winner CBCA Early Childhood Award
Annie's Chair by Deborah Niland
Honour Book Award
Once by Morris Gleitzman
11 October 2006
Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
For more information www.themanbookerprize.com
6 October 2006
The 2006 NSW Premier's History Awards
THE GENERAL HISTORY PRIZE ($15,000)
Winner
Mussolini's Italy : Life Under the Dictatorship 1915-1945 by R J B Bosworth
Allen Lane/Penguin Books
27 September 2006
Australian Food Media Club Awards
Simon Johnson award for excellence in a hardcover food-related book:
Plenty by Gay Bilson
Barilla award for best hardcover recipe book:
French by Damien Pignolet
Thursday 14 September 2006
Shortlist for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
In the Country of Men by Hisham Mata
Winner will be announced in London 10 October 2006
For more information www.themanbookerprize.com
Wednesday 13 September 2006
The Melbourne Prize
Best Writing Award 2006 Finalists:
Azhar Abidi, Passarola Rising
Sonya Hartnett, Surrender
Winner announced 15 November 2006
For more information www.melbourneprizetrust.org.
7 September 2006
NSW Premiers History Awards Shortlist
Shortlisted Books
Australian History Prize
Gallipoli: The Fatal Shore by Harvey Broadbent, Viking
General History Prize
A Short History of the 20th Century by Geoffrey Blainey, Viking
Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Dictatorship 1915-1945 by R J B Bosworth, Allen Lane
Winners will be announced on 6 October 2006
4 September 2006
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards
Winners Announced
The Prize for Young Adult Fiction
Theodoras Gift by Ursula Dubosarsky, Penguin
24 August 2006
Queensland Premier's Award - Shortlisted Books
Fiction Book Award
Grace - Robert Drewe
History Book Award
Mussolini's Italy - Richard Bosworth
Children's Book Award
Irving the Magician - Tohby Riddle
Young Adult Book Award
Bye, Beautiful - Julia Lawrinson
In the Monkey Forest - Kierin Meehan
Peeps - Scott Westerfeld
Winners announced 13 September
16 August 2006
KOALA Awards
Short listed titles:
Picture Storybooks
Are We There Yet by Alison Lester
Dougal the Garbage Dump Bear by Matt Dray
Grandpa and Thomas by Pamela Allen
Hunwicks Egg by Mem Fox/Pamela Lofts
Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox/Judy Horacek
Fiction for Younger Readers
Aussie Bite: The Worst Nurse by Margaret Clark/Terry Denton
Fiction for Older Readers
Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman
Girl Underground by Morris Gleitzman
Once by Morris Gleitzman
Specky Magee and the Boots of Glory by Felice Arena/Garry Lyon
Awards will be announced in October 2006.
16 August 2006
YABBA Awards
Short listed titles:
Picture Storybooks
Are We There Yet by Alison Lester
Dougal the Garbage Dump Bear by Matt Dray
Grandpa and Thomas by Pamela Allen
Hunwicks Egg by Mem Fox/Pamela Lofts
Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox/Judy Horacek
Fiction for Younger Readers
Aussie Bite: The Worst Nurse by Margaret Clark/Terry Denton
Fiction for Older Readers
Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman
Girl Underground by Morris Gleitzman
Once by Morris Gleitzman
Specky Magee and the Boots of Glory by Felice Arena/Garry Lyon
Awards will be announced on 15 November 2006.
15 August 2006
Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006
The longlist for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006;
Desai, Kiran The Inheritance of Loss (Hamish Hamilton)
Matar, Hisham In the Country of Men (Viking)
Robertson, James The Testament of Gideon Mack (Hamish Hamilton)
Unsworth, Barry The Ruby in her Navel (Hamish Hamilton)
The shortlist will be announced on 14 September.
14 August 2006
Victorian Premier's Awards
Shortlisted for the Ethel Turner Prize
Theordora's Gift by Ursula Dubosarsky
Shortlisted for the 2006 Grollo Ruzzene Foundation Prize for Writing About Italians in Australia
The Olive Sisters by Amanda Hampson
Awards will be announced on 17 August 2006.
2 August 2006
Speech Pathology Australia's Book of the Year 2006
Annie's Chair, Deborah Niland winner of the award for Language Development, young Children
28 July 2006
The 2006 Australian Book Industry Awards
Winners
Australian Marketing Campaign of the Year 2006, in memory of John Cody, sponsored by Random House Australia
The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet, written by Dr Manny Noakes with Dr Peter Clifton, published by Penguin Books
Australian Illustrated Book of the Year 2006
Italian Joy, written by Carla Coulson, published by Penguin Books (Lantern imprint)
Australian Book of the Year for Younger Children (age range 0 to 8 years) 2006
Little Fur: The Legend of Little Fur Book 1, written by Isobelle Carmody, published by published by Penguin Books (Viking imprint)
6 July 2006
The Australian Book Industry Awards
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) is pleased to announce the shortlisted entries for 14 of the 18 awards.
Shortlisted and winning entries in these awards were chosen by an academy of booksellers and publishers who voted online in June 2006.
All 18 winners will be announced on Wednesday 26 July 2006.
Australian Distributor of the Year 2006, sponsored by VISTA Computer Systems
United Book Distributors
Australian Marketing Campaign of the Year 2006, in memory of John Cody, sponsored by Random House Australia
The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet, written by Dr Manny Noakes with Dr Peter Clifton, published by Penguin Books
Australian Illustrated Book of the Year 2006
Italian Joy, written by Carla Coulson, published by Penguin Books (Lantern imprint)
Australian Biography of the Year 2006
Out of My Comfort Zone, written by Steve Waugh, published by Penguin Books (Viking imprint)
Australian Book of the Year for Younger Children (age range 0 to 8 years) 2006
Dougal, the Garbage Dump Bear, written by Matt Dray, published by Penguin Books (Viking imprint)
Little Fur: The Legend of Little Fur Book 1, written by Isobelle Carmody, published by published by Penguin Books (Viking imprint)
Congratulations to United Book Distributors & our Australian publishing colleagues for their short listings in the inaugural Australian Book Industry Awards.
For more information including full award listings please go to the following website: www.publishers.asn.au
29 June 2006
UK Crime Writers Awards
Congratulations to the following winners at the UK's Crime Writers Awards
Jim Kelly winner of the CWA Dagger In The Library for his body of work
Nick Stone winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel dagger for best thriller of the year for Mr Clarinet
28 June 2006
Romantic Writers of Australia
Congratulations to Melanie La'Brooy who is a finalist in this year's Romantic Book of the Year Award (long romance section)
Winners will be announced on Saturday 12 August
26 June 2006
30th Annual Galley Club Production Awards for 2005
Congratulations to the following winners at the 30th Annual Galley Club Production Awards for 2005
Italian Joy 'Best Produced Book of the Year 2005'- production by Leah Maarse.
This title also won the Category 2 - Books Sheetfed, Case bound with RRP $45 and over
Short listed for the top 4 best produced books of 2005 in their categories were:
Little Fur - production by Susie Gibson
My Italian Heart - production by Leah Maarse
Twins - production by Leah Maarse
T5T: The Five Tibetan Exercise Rites - production by Carmen De La Rue
7 June 2006
Orange Prize for Fiction
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
Orange Award for New Writers'
Disobedience by Naomi Alderman
24 May 2006
NSW Premier's Literary Awards
Congratulations to the following winners at the recent NSW Premier's Literary Awards.
Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature
Kieran Meehan, In the Monkey Forest
Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
Ursula Dubosarsky, Theodora's Gift
23 May 2006
Australian Publishers Association Annual Book Design Awards
The Australian Publishers Association annual book design awards were announced last night and Penguin were big winners. Congratulations to the following designers:
Best Designed Book of the Year:
Italian Joy (Lantern) designed by Sandy Cull
Best Designed Cover:
French (Lantern) designed by Vince Frost (inspired by an illustration by Michael Fitzjames)
Best Designed Children's Book Cover:
Rex (Viking) designed by David Mackintosh
Best Designed Cookbook:
French (Lantern) designed by Vince Frost
Best Designed Illustrated Book:
Italian Joy (Lantern) designed by Sandy Cull
Best Designed Young Adult Book:
The King of Whatever (Penguin) Joint winner, designed by Marina Messiha
Best Designed Children's Fiction Book:
Little Fur (Viking) designed by Marina Messiha
Best Designed Children's Picture Book:
Rex (Viking) designed by David Mackintos
17 May 2006
Nominations for the 2005 Production Awards
Category 2 - Books Sheetfed, Case bound with RRP $45 and over
Italian Joy: Published by Penguin Australia; Production by Leah Maarse; Printing by Imago.
Category 4 - Books Sheetfed, limp sewn/perfect bound/saddle-stitched, with RRP $20 and over
My Italian Heart: Published by Penguin Australia; Production by Leah Maarse; Printing by Imago.
Category 5 - Books Sheetfed, mono, cased or limp bound, no price limit
Little Fur: Published by Penguin Australia; Production by Susie Gibson; Printing by Imago.
Twins: Published by Penguin Australia; Production by Leah Maarse and Carmen De La Rue; Printing by Imago.
Category 6 - Books Sheetfed, duotone, cased or limp bound, no price limit
T5T: The Five Tibetan Exercise Rites: Published by Penguin Australia; Production by Carmen De La Rue; Printing by Imago.
Winners will be announced at the end of June
16 May 2006
Hitwise is pleased to announce that www.penguin.com.au has qualified for a Hitwise Top 10 Award for the quarter ending March 2006.
During this period, www.penguin.com.au ranked No. 3 by visits in the Entertainment - Books and Writing category against other Australian websites.
12 May 2006
SANE Book of the Year Award
SANE Book of the Year Award presented to Maria Prendergast for Understanding Depression
Each year the SANE Book of the Year Award for a non-fiction publication on mental illness is presented to an Australian book that provides good quality information to improve the lives of people affected by mental illness, including family and other carers.
This collection of frank and moving stories from people affected by depression reflects the calls received everyday by the SANE Helpline. The Helpline speaks to the many thousands of Australians who want to know about the full range of treatments and their effectiveness. This book is a terrific addition to SANE's existing educational resources. - Barbara Hocking, Executive Director of SANE
Australia
Maria Prendergast is also the author of Understanding Asthma, Understanding Migraine, and Stroke and Heart Attack Rehabilitation. She is on a number of boards and committees, including the board of DepressioNet, and has a strong interest in social and environmental issues.
12 May 2006
Kibble Award for Women Writers presented to Brenda Walker
Co-trustee of the Nita B Kibble Literary Award for Women Writers (the Kibble Award), Perpetual Limited (Perpetual), has named Ms Brenda Walker as the winner of this year's Award for her book The Wing of Night.
The $20,000 Award was established by Ms Nita May Dobbie twelve years ago to recognise achievements in women's literature.
The judging panel noted that Brenda Walker's fourth novel was "a structural and thematic triumph, a blend of factual history and imagined drama on a small domestic scale as well as a large and epic one".
Short listed for this year's Miles Franklin Award, Ms Walker was born in
New South Wales
and now lives in
Perth
, where she teaches at the
University
of
Western Australia
. She is also a critic, essayist and editor. Her other novels are Crush, One More River and Poe's Cat.
3 May 2006
West Australian Premier's Literary Awards
Short listed - Non Fiction
Mussolini's Italy by Richard Bosworth
Winners will be announced on 9 June
27 April 2006
Miles Franklin Literary Award - 2006 shortlist
The Wing of Night by Brenda Walker
The winner will be announced Thursday 22 June
27 April 2006
Orange Prize for Fiction - 2006 shortlist
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
The Accidental by Ali Smith
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
The winner will be announced Tuesday June 6
13 April 2006
NSW Literary Awards 2006 Shortlists
Christina Stead Prize for fiction
The Wing of Night by Brenda Walker
Douglas Stewart Prize for non-fiction
Dora B: A Memoir of My Mother by Josiane Behmoiras
Ethel Turner Prize for young people's literature
Theodora's Gift by Ursula Dubosarsky
Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier
Lost Property by James Moloney
Hope Bay by Nicole Pluss
Patricia Wrightson Prize
The Mostly True Story of Matthew and Trim by Cassandra Golds & Stephen Axelsen
How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare by Paul Jennings
In the Monkey Forest by Kierin Meehan
5 April 2006
The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards Short List
Book of the Year - Older Readers
Lost Property by James Moloney
Book of the Year - Younger Readers
Once by Morris Gleitzman
How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare by Paul Jennings
Book of the Year - Early Childhood
Rex by Ursula Dubosarsky
Annie's Chair by Deborah Niland
Picture Book of the Year
Irving the Magician by Tohby Riddle
The winners will be announced on August 18, 2006
28 March 2006
The National Biography Award 2006 Shortlist
Frank Hurley: A Photographer's Life by Alasdair McGregor
The winner will be announced Thursday 30 March 2006
17 March 2006
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2006 Longlist
Knitting by Anne Bartlett
Sunnyside by Joanna Murray-Smith
The Wing of Night by Brenda Walker
The shortlist will be announced Thursday 27 April and the winner announced Thursday 22 June
10 March 2006
Marian Keyes' Anybody Out There? is Australia's biggest selling book this week, repeating the success of her last novel,
The Other Side of the Story, also an Australian number 1 bestseller.
7 March 2006
Orange Prize for Fiction 2006 Longlist
Harbor by Loraine Adams (Portobello)
Disobedience by Naomi Alderman (Penguin Viking)
House of Orphans by Helen Dunmore (Penguin Fig Tree)
White Ghost Girls by Alice Greenway (Atlantic)
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Penguin Viking)
Rape A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates (Atlantic)
The Accidental by Ali Smith (Hamish Hamilton)
On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Hamish Hamilton)
Shortlist announced Wednesday April 26, winner announced Tuesday June 6
2 March 2006
APA 54th Book Design Awards 2006
Design Awards Shortlist, 2006
Best Designed Children's Fiction Book
How Hedley Hopkins Did A Dare..., Ruth Gruener
Little Fur, Marina Messiha
Paul Jennings' Funniest Stories, Adam Laszczuk
Best Designed Young Adult Book
The King of Whatever, Marina Messiha
Lost Property, Marina Messiha
Best Designed Children's Picture Book
Rex, David Mackintosh
Best Designed Commercial Fiction Book
The Fashion Pack, Nikki Townsend
Best Designed Cookbook
French, Frost Design
Best Designed Illustrated Book
Italian Joy, Sandy Cull
Best Designed Literary Fiction Book
Surrender, Tony Palmer
Best Designed Literary Non-fiction Book
Layla's Story, Debra Billson
If you would like to see the details: www.publishers.asn.au
28 February 2006
Kylie Kwong's new cookbook, Simple Chinese Cooking was launched by Patrice Newell last night in
Sydney
at Kylie's restaurant, Billy Kwong. Read Patrice's launch speech here
27 February 2006
2005 Aurealis Awards
Best Young Adult Novel & Golden Aurealis Novel
Isobelle Carmody - Alyzon Whitestarr
24 February 2006
Adelaide 2006 Festival Awards for Literature
Shortlisted - Award for children's literature
Phillip Gwynne - Jetty Rats
Winner announced Sunday 5 March 2006
10 January 2006
Total Wellbeing Diet is beneficial for public health
Click here to read the CSIRO media release.
5 January 2006
Whitbread Book Awards
Winner - Whitbread Novel Award
Ali Smith - The Accidental (Hamish Hamilton)
The judges said: 'From the outset, The Accidental stood out as
a work of fiction that inspired both laughter and sadness and that none of us could stop reading.'
Winner - Whitbread Biography Award
Hilary Spurling - Matisse The Master (Hamish Hamilton)
The judges said: 'A masterpiece - one of the landmark
biographies of the last few years which has already changed the history of art.
24 November 2005
Winner - Children's Peace Literature Award 2005
The King of Whatever by Kirsten Murphy
The biennial award is made to one or more Australian authors of books for children that encourage the peaceful resolution of conflict or promote peace at the global, local or interpersonal level.
23 November 2005
Winner - Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award
The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
17 November 2005
Whitbread Book Awards - shortlist:
Novels
Nick Hornby - A Long Way Down (Viking)
Ali Smith - The Accidental (Hamish Hamilton)
Biography
Hilary Spurling - Matisse The Master (Hamish Hamilton)
30 October 2005
World Food Media Awards
Congratulations to the following winners at the recent World Food Media Awards in Adelaide
Best food book (shared):
The Cook's Companion by Stephanie Alexander
Best Children's Cookbook:
DK Children's Cook Book
Best Drink Book:
Whisky by Michael Jackson
Best Food Guide Book:
France, Best Places to Eat & Stay
Best Health and Nutrition Book:
Fit Kids
17 October 2005
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Winners:
Fiction
Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
Young Adult Fiction
So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld
15 September 2005
APA Publishing Project of the Year
Penguin Group (Australia) is proud to announce that The CSIRO Total
Wellbeing Diet by Dr Manny Noakes and Dr Peter Clifton has won the prestigious APA Publishing
Project of the Year Award 2005. Penguin Group (Australia) would like to acknowledge and congratulate
everyone who has contributed to the success of this project.
10 September 2005
2005 Shortlist for the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
Best Non-Fiction Award
Alasdair McGregor for Frank Hurley: A Photographer's Life
Children's Book Award
Prue Mason for Camel Rider
Paul Jennings for How Headley Hopkins Did A Dare . . .
Best Young Adult Book Award
Alwyn Evans for Walk in my Shoes
Sonya Hartnett for Surrender
Winners will be announced Wednesday 27 September
8 September 2005
Penguin authors Ali Smith and Zadie Smith are two of the six authors shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, the UK's best known literary award. The shortlist was announced by the chair of judges, John Sutherland, at a press conference at the Man Group offices in London today (Thursday 8 September).
Penguin's shortlisted titles are:
The Accidental by Ali Smith, Hamish Hamilton
On Beauty by Zadie Smith, Hamish Hamilton
John Sutherland, Chair of Judges, comments:
"The selection of a shortlist, the judges felt, was an unusually difficult process this year. There was sufficient quality for two distinguished lists. We were aware that the rules require that the award be to the best novel. The strength of the year's competition can be measured by the fact that three good books by previous Man Booker winners were finally not selected. This shortlist, we believe, witnesses to the remarkable quality of the current state of fiction. We look forward to the final round."
The winner receives £50,000 with a guaranteed increase in sales and recognition worldwide. The judging panel for the 2005 Man Booker Prize for Fiction is: John Sutherland (Chair); fiction editor of the Times Literary Supplement, Lindsay Duguid; writer and antiquarian book dealer, Rick Gekoski; novelist, Josephine Hart; and literary editor of The Evening Standard, David Sexton.
The winner will be announced on Monday 10th October at an awards ceremony at Guildhall, London.
31 August 2005
The Enlightenment Award
Margaret Atwood has been awarded The Enlightenment Award at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival. This is a unique accolade to mark a distinguished contribution to world literature and thought.
26 August 2005
Ned Kelly Awards
Congratulations to Michael Robotham who won the award for Best Crime Novel for 2005 for Lost at the annual Ned Kelly Awards.
22 August 2005
The Age Book of the Year
Congratulations to Gay Bilson, who was awarded The Age Book of the Year award for Plenty: Digressions on Food.
22 August 2005
2005 CBC Awards
Penguin congratulates the following CBC Winners.
Winner of the early Childhood Book of the Year:
Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek
Winner of the Picture Book of the Year:
Are We There Yet?, by Alison Lester
The Younger Readers book of the Year:
The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett
17 August 2005
The World Twitch Awards
The WorldTwitch Awards for the best bird reference books have been announced. Selected in the Australasian region:
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia by Ken Simpson & Nicolas Day.
For the full list of winners from all regions, see www.worldtwitch.com
10 August 2005
2005 Man Booker Prize
The judging panel for the 2005 Man Booker Prize for Fiction today announced the longlist of books for this year. The longlist of 17 books was chosen from 109 entries; 101 books were submitted for the prize and books from the call-in list totalled 8.
Penguin and agency titles on the longlist for the 2005 Man Booker Prize for Fiction are:
All for Love by Dan Jacobson (Hamish Hamilton)
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka (Viking)
The People's Act of Love by James Meek (Canongate)
The Accidental by Ali Smith (Hamish Hamilton)
On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Hamish Hamilton)
The 2005 shortlist will be announced on Thursday 8th September, the winner announced Monday 10th October
10 August 2005
Age Book of the Year Award
The shortlist for the 32nd Age Book of the Year Award has been announced. Shortlisted in the
non-fiction category is Plenty by Gay Bilson and in the fiction category, Surrender by Sonya Hartnett.
Winners announced on 19 August.
10 August 2005
BOMBAY TO BEIJING TO MELBOURNE FRINGE!
Penguin author Russell McGilton's hilarious book: Yakety Yak: Bombay to Beijing by Bicycle will be brought to life on stage in the 2005 Melbourne Fringe Festival.
McGilton risked malaria, was chased by rabid dogs and had a stack with a yak during his 8000km cycling odyssey through the bustling cities of India and China. His one man play was first staged to full houses in the 2003 Castlemaine Arts Festival, but this is the first time Melbourne audiences will have the chance to catch it.
The Fringe season runs from 23 September to 9 October at the Lithuanian Club, 44 Errol Street, North Melbourne. Tickets are $16 for adults, $13 group, $12 concession, with an extra $1 for cyclists who bring their helmet. For bookings and further information, go to: www.melbournefringe.com.au
19 July 2005
YABBA Children's choice Awards Shortlist
Penguin congratulates their authors shortlisted for the prestigious YABBA Children's choice Awards. This shortlist has been decided upon by students from across Victoria, New South wales and ACT. Winners will be announced in Warnnambool on November 23 2005.
Section 1 Picture Storybooks:
HUNWICKS EGG by Mem Fox, Illustrated by Pamela Lofts
JUNGLE DRUMS by Graeme Base
WATERHOLE by Graeme Base
Section 3 Fiction for Older Readers:
BOY OVERBOARD by Morris
Gleitzman
GIRL UNDERGROUND by Morris
Gleitzman
SPECKY MAGEE AND THE SEASON OF CHAMPIONS by Felice Arena and Garry Lyon
WORM STORY by Morris Gleitzman
The titles listed above have been nominated onto the Children's Choice Book Awards Shortlist 2005, by students from across Victoria , New South Wales and ACT. In terms two and three, students will read these and other Australian fiction titles and in term four cast a vote for their favourite.
In Victoria, children will cast a vote for their favourite Australian fiction book in October 2005. The YABBA program is promoted to students, their parents their teachers and the wider community.
Winners of this year's YABBA's will be presented with citations at an awards ceremony to be held on Wednesday 23 November 2004 in Warrnambool.
If you wish to be present on that occasion please advise YABBA.
Further details about YABBA can be obtained from the website www.vicnet.net.au/~yabba
8 July 2005
Galley Club Awards
Penguin won two awards in this year's production awards. Outback Heroes won for Best mono/duotone book and the Paul Bangay Address Book won for Best novelty book or stationery item. Both titles also received Trophies for Excellence: Paul Bangay for Best non-standard book, and Outback Heroes for its binding. Outback Heroes also won for Best Australian Printed Book of the Year. Congratulations to Sue Van Velsen who produced the Paul Bangay Address Book and Carmen De La Rue for Outback Heroes.
22 June 2005
Nielsen BookData 2004 Booksellers Choice Award shortlist
The Australian Booksellers Association and Nielsen BookData today announced the Nielsen
BookData 2004 Booksellers Choice Award shortlist.
Penguin is delighted to have two of the six books selected on the shortlist.
Are We There Yet? by Alison Lester, Viking Children's Books (Penguin)
The Cook's Companion by Stephanie Alexander, Lantern (Penguin)
Any Australian book published during the previous year is eligible for the Booksellers
Choice Award.
Voting by Australian Booksellers Association members closes Friday 22 July 2005 with
the winner announced at the Book Industry Awards Dinner in Canberra on Monday, 12 September 2005 .
The winning author receives a cheque for $5,000 from Nielsen BookData, the award
sponsor for the past eight years.
31 May 2005
Australian Publishers Association's Book Design Awards
Penguin would like to congratulate the following designers on their recent success
at the Australian Publishers Association's annual book design awards.
Sandy Cull, winner of the Lamb Print Best Designed Book of the Year and The Better Read Than Dead Best Designed Literary
Non-Fiction Book for Plenty:
Digressions on Food, by Gay Bilson
Deborah Brash, winner of the The McPherson's Printing Best Designed Cover of the Year for Something Italian,
Maurizio Terzini
Marina Messiha, winner of The Griffin Press Best Designed Young Adult Book for Sleep Rough Tonight,
Ian Bone
Miriam Rosenbloom, winner of The Hachette Livre Australia Young Designer of the Year, for her folio of books
which included amongst others, The Thompson Gunner, Nick Earls, Blood Sweat and Tears, Margaret Geddes and The Secret Life of the Goldcoast, Brendan Shanahan
24 May 2005
New South Wales Premier's Award
Winner, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Younger Readers
Farm Kid by Sherryl Clark
16 May 2005
Kibble Literary Award for Woman Writers
Gay Bilson has won the Kibble Literary Award for Woman Writers. The 'part memoir, part essay,
part travel book' Plenty was awarded the $20,000 prize.
5 May 2005
Orange Award for New Writers
Meg Rosoff's How I Live Now is one of only three titles shortlisted for the inaugural Orange Award
for New Writers, a spin-off from the established Orange Prize For Fiction.
The winner will be
announced on June 7.
2 May 2005
APA Book Design Awards shortlist 2004
It is with great pleasure to advise that the following Penguin designers and books have been shortlisted in the 53rd Book Design Awards.
Best Designed Literary Non-Fiction Book
Sandy Cull Plenty: Digressions on Food
Best Designed Non-fiction Illustrated Book
Debra Billson Frank Hurley: A Photographer's Life
Best Designed Children's Fiction Book
Karen Trump Spikey Spunky My Pet Monkey
Tony Palmer The Silver Donkey
Best Designed Cookbook
Deborah Brash Something Italian
Best Designed Children's Non-Fiction Book
Dave Altheim Aboriginal Spirit
Best Designed Young Adult Book
Marina Messiha Sleep Rough Tonight
Best Designed Children's Book Cover
Marina Messiha Sleep Rough Tonight
Best Designed Cover of the Year
Sandy Cull Plenty: Digressions of Food
Deborah Brash Something Italian
Winners will be announced on Friday 27th May.
19 April 2005
Orange Prize shortlist 19 April 2005
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
The winner will be announced in the UK on the 7 June 2005.
15 April 2005
2005 NSW Premier's Literary Awards shortlist
The Ethel Turner Prize
Jetty Rats by Phillip Gwynne
The Patricia Wrightson Prize
The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett
Farm Kid by Sherryl Clark
The winners will be announced on 23rd May.
5 April 2005
CBC SHORTLIST - announced 5 April 2005
Book of the Year: Early Childhood
Dougal the Garbage Dump Bear by Matt Dray
Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek
Picture Book of the Year
Are We There Yet? by Alison Lester
Book of the Year: Younger Readers
Tiff and the Trout by David Metzenthen
The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett
Winners in each category will be announced in Sydney on 19 August 2005.
5 April 2005
Marilynne Robinson's Gilead has been awarded The National Book Critics Circle
Award in the US, and 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
"It is without doubt one of the most important books to be published this
year. It should be given to every writer as a bench mark for what they should
be aiming for" - Robert McCrum, Literary Editor of the Observer
5 April 2005
Steve Coll has won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for journalism in the general
non-fiction category for Ghost
Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet
Invasion
21 March 2005
Shortlist for the Impac
The shortlist for the Impac, the world's largest book prize, was announced
in Dublin last week. Our shortlisted titles are:
The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
The winner will be announced on 15 June in Ireland.
19 March 2005
Orange Prize for Fiction 2005
The Orange Prize for Fiction 2005 longlist was announced at the London
International
Bookfair on Monday, March 14th.
The Great Stink by Clare Clark
Away From You by Melanie Finn
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
The River by Tricia Wastvedt
The shortlist will be announced on April 18, with the winner announced June
7, 2005.
18 February 2005
Congratulations to Li Cunxin with Mao's Last Dancer being short listed for
the 2005 National Biography Award. The winner will be announced on
March 2.
17 February 2005
Congratulations to Stephanie Alexander for The
Cook's Companion being judged Best Cookbook in the Easy Recipes Category
in the 10th annual Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, presented this week in
Sweden.
6 January 2005
Congratulations go to Pamela Allen who has been awarded the New Zealand Order
of Merit (MNZM) for Services to Children's Literature in the New Zealand New
Year's Day Honours list.
