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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)
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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/
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.
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