by Akina Hansen | May 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Civica and the Australian Library Information Association are launching the 2020 Civica Libraries index today in celebration of Library and Information Week. The index is an insightful list of Australia and New Zealand’s most borrowed library books, e-books and...
by Akina Hansen | May 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s been a great week for Australia’s favourite fictional blue heeler, with Bluey: The Beach winning the ABIA Book of the Year Award, and now Bluey: The Creek climbing the bestseller lists in Australia. The latter is potentially inspired by the former, with the ABIA...
by Akina Hansen | May 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
The 2020 ABIA awards were held earlier this week in an online service that was streamed via YouTube. This year saw iconic children’s book, Bluey: The Beach, win book of the year, the first time ever that a children’s book has collected the prize. The main ABIA awards...
by Akina Hansen | May 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
A return to classic young-adult fiction series seems to be the flavour of 2020, with Twilight author Stephenie Meyer and The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins releasing further installments to their series in the next few months. Meyer announced on Monday that she...
by Akina Hansen | May 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Popular 2013 novel, The Luminaries, has been adapted into a six-part miniseries, filmed in New Zealand, and soon to be released in Australia. Lead produced by Working Title Television and collaborating with Fremantle and TVNZ, the period thriller has closed pre-sales...
by Akina Hansen | Apr 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
The shortlist for the 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) has been announced today, with the announcement of the winners only a few short weeks away. Each category winner, and one overall Book of the Year winner will be announced at a special virtual awards...
by Akina Hansen | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Tasmanian writer K.M. Kruimink has been announced this week as the winner of The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award for 2020. Her unpublished manuscript, A Treacherous Country, is set in Tasmania in the 1800s, and follows recently arrived migrant, Gabriel Fox. Fox is...
by Akina Hansen | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Popular American author Mitch Albom is currently writing a free, serialised story called Human Touch in order to raise awareness for coronavirus relief in his home city, Detroit. Albom is a bestselling author, screenwriter, playwright and journalist. He is best known...
by Akina Hansen | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Fans of poetry will be pleased to hear that a range of new poems about the coronavirus pandemic are being published by the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. Creative Director and popular poet Carol Ann Duffy has encouraged poets from...
by Akina Hansen | Apr 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Australian publishing company Hardie Grant has taken action on piracy after their new release, A Bigger Picture, the memoir from ex-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, was found to be illegally sent as an e-book prior to publication. Hardie Grant was made aware of a...
