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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
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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
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
Understanding Depression, a comprehensive and accessible book by health author, Maria Prendergast has been chosen as the 2006 SANE Book of the Year.
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.
12 May 2006
Kibble Award for Women Writers presented to Brenda Walker
The $20,000 Award was established by Ms Nita May Dobbie twelve years ago to recognise achievements in women’s literature.
Short listed for this year's Miles Franklin Award, Ms Walker was born in
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
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:
Best Drink Book:
Whisky by Michael Jackson
Best Food Guide Book:
France, Best Places to Eat & Stay
Best Health and Nutrition Book:
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.