Curtis Brown Australia

2012 APA Book Design Awards

pippam — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:29:21 +0000

Congratulations to our authors: Sue Saliba, Stephanie Smee, Sally Rippin, Kylie Ladd, Andrew McConnell, Anson Cameron and Richard Cornish who have all had books shortlisted for the 60th annual APA Book Design Awards.

Australian Romance Readers Awards winner

pippam — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:32:21 +0000

Shattered Sky by Helene Young has won the Favourite Romantic Suspense Award at the Australian Romance Readers Awards 2011, presented in Sydney. Congratulations, Helene.

ACCTA Awards winner

pippam — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:36:33 +0000

Did you see the ACCTA Awards? We were thrilled to see The Slap, based on Christos Tsiolkas’ bestselling novel (Allen & Unwin), win five awards including best telefeature, best screenplay, best direction, best lead actor and best supporting actor.

Congratulations Amy Espeseth!

pippam — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:28:55 +0000

Congratulations to Amy Espeseth, whose novel Trouble Telling the Weather has won the 2012 CAL Scribe Fiction Prize. Melbourne-resident Espeseth’s novel unfolds through the viewpoints of five characters who live in Siren,Wisconsin, and share a difficult past. Trouble Telling the Weather will be published by Scribe later this year.

2011 APA Digital Rights Seminar

pippam — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:31:23 +0000

Curtis Brown Australia managing director, Fiona Inglis, addressed the 2011 APA Digital Rights Seminar with her speech on ‘The Agent’s Reality’. To read the full version of Fiona’s November 29 speech, please follow this link.

Kasey takes home (yet another) ARIA

pippam — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:36:50 +0000

Congratulations to Kasey Chambers whose album, Little Bird, won the Best Country Music Album at the 2011 ARIAs. This is Kasey’s eighth Solo ARIA Award. Well done Kasey!

Russell Skelton – 2011 Walkley Award winner

pippam — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:46:15 +0000

Russell Skelton’s book, King Brown Country (Allen & Unwin), has been announced winner of the 2011 Walkley Non-Fiction Award at the Walkley Awards Gala Ceremony in Brisbane. Congratulations Russell!

It’s so bad it’s AWESOME!

pippam — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:58:09 +0000

The Very Bad Book by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton has continued its winning streak following the recent Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Awards for the Northern Territory and Canberra's Own Outstanding List (COOL) Awards. The Very Bad Book won its category at both presentations! How many accolades can one book receive? Great work guys!

A round of applause for Gabrielle Lord, Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton!

pippam — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:38:09 +0000

Fresh from their success in this year’s KOALAs, Gabrielle’s ‘Conspiracy 365’ series and Andy and Terry’s The Very Bad Book have placed first in their respective categories in the 2011 Young Australian’s Best Book Awards (YABBAs). What a fantastic achievement!

PITTS, Sorrel

pippam — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:03:06 +0000

Sorrel Pitts grew up near Marlborough in Wiltshire, England. After graduating in English Literature and Language, she worked as a magazine editor before spending the rest of her twenties as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language in Turkey and Spain. She returned home in her early thirties to complete an MA in Publishing at Oxford Brookes University. She now lives in Oxfordshire where she worked as Commissioning Editor in Macmillan Publishers’ ELT division. She currently works as an Editorial Manager for Oxford University Press. She has just published her first novel The River Woman.