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23.01.2022 And they're looking for new members if anyone wants to join

23.01.2022 Exciting news for Lynette Noni fans! Penguin Kids Australia has acquired a brand-new series from her titled 'The Prison Healer'.

22.01.2022 Special mention to Squishy Minnie Bookstore in Kyneton, which from tomorrow is hosting an online storytime for the littlies.

21.01.2022 'Many publishers and booksellers promote books by showcasing the awards they have won or been shortlisted for, but for me this is not a reason to automatically purchase something. Undoubtedly the recognition for a book is significant, but a good librarian also understands that young people don’t pay much attention to what adults think has literary meritalthough there is sometimes a crossover.' In her final column for the year, librarian Karys McEwen explores what works (and what doesn’t) when marketing children’s books to the people actually purchasing themadults.

20.01.2022 The China Shanghai International Children's Book Fair - CCBF is expected to nearly treble in size by 2022, and has 'enormous room for growth' for Australian publishers.

19.01.2022 Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators and publishers shortlisted for this year's Readings Children's Book Prize! Plenty here to add to your TBR pile!

18.01.2022 Don't miss your chance to see Julia Donaldson, author of THE GRUFFALO, when she visits Australia next month!

18.01.2022 Check out those spreads! The NYPL The New York Public Library and The New York Times have selected the best illustrated children's books published in the US this year, and there are some absolute beauties.

18.01.2022 This is an interesting interview with Julia Donaldson, explaining how her thinking regarding gender in children's books has developed over time. Donaldson will be appearing at Perth Festival and Adelaide Writers' Week next week, and at special events in Sydney, Melbourne and Geelong.

14.01.2022 Congratulations to legendary children’s author Margaret Wild on receiving the Lifetime Achievement in Literature Award from the Australia Council for the Arts!

11.01.2022 Mischa Parkee, a teacher and children’s specialist at Sydney’s Better Read Than Dead, shares her top children’s picks for the new year, including new books by Marie Lu and Libba Bray.

10.01.2022 Originally published in 1658 in Latin and German, Orbis Sensualium Pictus (or The World of Things Obvious to the Senses drawn in Pictures) is, according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the first children's picture book.

10.01.2022 Picture books from Marc Martin illustration, John Canty and Maree Coote will all be featured in a major exhibition on nonfiction picture books, to be held during this year’s Bologna Children's Book Fair. The exhibition is part of a two-year research project aimed at mapping and analysing the most innovative, creative and original nonfiction picture books from around the world, and is the first major international exhibition of its kind! Congrats to everyone involved! Penguin Kids Australia Berbay Books melbournestyle

06.01.2022 Congrats to all the YABBA Award winners!

06.01.2022 Alex Garber, director of online marketing at Penguin Publishing Group, speaks to Publishers Weekly about how Penguin Teen became the first publisher with a viral video on TikTok. 'TikTok is ... not the place that you go to put your evergreen talking head author video; it’s the place you go to live in the moment, do something fun, and maybe be a little bit wacky.'

04.01.2022 It's great to see graphic novels getting some more of the awards spotlight!

04.01.2022 New books from favourites including Melina Marchetta, Sally Morgan and Jessica Townsend are slated for release in 2020, alongside debuts by Danielle Binks and Georgina Young that are already generating buzz. Check out our 2020 preview of kids and YA books here

03.01.2022 You've got until next Thursday to complete our annual Christmas survey and tell us how your Christmas sales panned out

01.01.2022 Congratulations to Aussie children's book creators Karen Foxlee, Shaun Tan and Rovina Cai, who have been longlisted for the UK's prestigious Carnegie/Kate Greenaway medals! Read our interview with Karen Foxlee about her longlisted middle-grade novel Lenny's Book of Everything!