by Akina Hansen | Jun 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Pottermore Publishing have announced a four-book digital series based on 2017’s Harry Potter: A History of Magic. The ‘bitesized’ series will explore the magical history and traditonal folklore of the Harry Potter universe, with each book based...
by Akina Hansen | Jun 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Last night at a Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) conference, seminal author Paul Jennings was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award, recognising his outstanding contribution to Australian children’s literature. Paul Jennings has authored over...
by Akina Hansen | May 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Herschend Entertainment Studios has acquired the film and television righs for Garth Nix’s fantasy The Keys to the Kingdom. Nix himself will serve as executive producer for the project. The seven-book fantasy series follows 12-year-old Arthur Penhaligon, the...
by Akina Hansen | May 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Sisters in Crime Australia have unveiled the longlist for the 2019 Davitt Awards, highlighting the best of the best crime books written by Australian Women. The 127-book longlist encompasses adult, young adult, children’s and non-fiction crime books. In a first...
by Akina Hansen | May 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Netflix star, author and ever-powerful judge of sparking joy Marie Kondo took to Instagram to announce her latest offering: a picture book about friendship and tidying up named Kiki & Jax: the Life-Changing Magic of Friendship. Created in collaboration with...
by Akina Hansen | May 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Less than a week after being picked up for a television series, Trent Dalton’s landmark debut Boy Swallows Universe will now be adapted to stage by the Queensland Theatre company. The play will debut as part of the Brisbane festival in September 2020. The...
by Akina Hansen | May 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
This June, Sydney-based store Books Kinokuniya will attempt to craft over 2,098 origami dinosaurs. If successful, the store, alongside Tuttle Publishing and New South Books, will donate $1,000 to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. The origami dinosaurs will be made...
by Akina Hansen | May 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
The ABC alongside ABC Studios International have announced they are adapting Holly Throsby’s debut novel Goodwood into a television series. Alison Bell and Sarah Scheller (of ‘The Letdown’) are set to write, as their first foray into hour-long drama....
by Akina Hansen | May 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Melbourne Writers Festival has announced their 2019 Schools’ program, featuring over 70 events running from 2-5th September at State Library Victoria, the Wheeler Centre, Treasury Theatre and the Immigration Museum. Noteworthy programs include ‘Growing up...
by Akina Hansen | May 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
After the astounding critical and commerical success of Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe, Anonymous Content, Chapter One, Hopscotch Features and Joel Edgerton (Boy Erased) are teaming up to produce an international TV drama adaptation. Dalton’s lauded debut...
