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2012 APA Book Design Awards
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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!
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!
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!
2011 KOALA Winners Announced
Our congratulations go to Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton for winning the KOALAs 'Fiction for Younger Readers' category with their side-splitting title, The Very Bad Book. Meanwhile, Gabrielle Lord received honours in the 'Fiction for Older Readers' category for her 'Conspiracy 365' series. Well done Andy, Terry and Gabrielle!
Colin Roderick Award winner!
Our heartiest congratulations go to Karen Kissane, whose book Worst of Days: Inside the Black Saturday Firestorm has won the Colin Roderick Award. The Colin Roderick Award was founded in 1967 by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University and is presented for an ‘original work dealing with some aspect of Australian life’ which ‘is of the highest literary merit in its own genre’.
WA Premier’s Book Award Winners
Happy as Larry, a novel by Scot Gardner, is joint winner of the WA Premier’s Book Awards for Young Adults. Scot shares this price with James Roy for his novel, Anonymity Jones. Congratulations also to Sally Murphy whose verse novel Toppling (illustrated by Rhian Nest James) won the Children’s Book Category. We’re thrilled for Scot and Sally!