26 August 2024 Books+Publisher @booksandpublishing In the UK, Lex Croucher won the 2024 YA Book Prize for Gwen and Art are not in love (Bloomsbury YA), reports the Bookseller. Described as a “masterclass in teen romantic comedy,” the novel is set several centuries after the time of King Arthur and follows the title characters Gwen […]
15 August 2024 Books+Publisher @booksandpublishing Readings has announced the shortlist for the Readings Young Adult Book Prize 2024. The six books on this year’s shortlist are: A way home (Emily Brewin, Midnight Sun) Blind spot (Robyn Dennison, lyrics) Little Bird (Sharon Kernot, lyrics) The spider and her demons (Sydney Khoo, Penguin) We didn’t think about […]
15 August 2024 Books+Publisher @booksandpublishing In Aotearoa, New Zealand, Stacy Gregg (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Maru Hauraki) won the overall Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award for young adult fiction at the 2024 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults Nine girls (Penguin). Gregg also won the Esther Glen Junior Fiction […]
12 August 2024 Books+Publisher @booksandpublishing The shortlists for the 2024 South Australian Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Prize for Fiction (US$15,000) Everything that remains unsaid (Tracey Lien, HQ) Hydra (Adriane Howell, Transit Lounge) The in-between (Christos Tsiolkas, A&U) Permafrost (SJ Norman, UQP) West Girl (Laura Elizabeth Woollett, writer) […]
12 August 2024 Books+Publisher @booksandpublishing Chris Hammer has won the 2024 ACT Book of the Year Award worth $10,000 for The Seven (A&U). Unbound (Ayesha Inoon, HQ Fiction) and The Measure of Grief: Stories (J Ashley-Smith, Meerkat Press) received a special award for the award, while insomnia (Paul Hetherington, Pierian Springs Press), Tiwi Story: History […]
12 August 2024 Books+Publisher @booksandpublishing The Australian Crime Writers Association has announced the shortlists for the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards. The shortlisted works in each category are: Best crime novels Killer, traitor, spy (Tim Ayliffe, S&S) Pick-up artist (Shelley Burr, Hachette) Dark corners (Megan Goldin, Michael Joseph) The Seven (Chris Hammer, A&U) The Tea Ladies […]
