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Bigna & Binks shortlisted in the 2025 Speech Pathology Australia, Book of the Year Awards
Sandy Bigna and Danielle Binks have both been shortlisted in the 8-10 year-old category of the 2025 Speech Pathology Australia
Book of the Year Awards, the winners of which will be announced on social media on 29 October 2025!Posted
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Jane Gilmore launches 'It Takes A Village To Teach Your Children About Consent'
Consent and respectful relationships education became mandatory across Australia in 2024. Parents and teachers are often struggling to keep up as children and teens come to grips with new concepts about sex, consent, gender, relationships and the online world.
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Kirsty Murray awarded 2025 ASA Medal
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced Kirsty Murray as the 2025 ASA Medal recipient. The ASA Medal is awarded annually to an Australian author or illustrator with a significant body of work who has made an outstanding contribution to Australian literary culture, both as a creator and an advocate.
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Book Launch: 'Code of Silence' by Diana Thorp
November 12th, 6pm – 8pm (FREE!) – The Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
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Featuring author Diana Thorp in conversation with Professor Clare Wright
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Refreshments will be served from 6pm – 6.30pm when the speakers will commence.
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—This event can be attended in-person or online via Zoom.
—The RHSV Gallery Downstairs is an accessible venue.Posted
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'It Takes A Village To Teach Your Children About Consent' by Jane Gilmore
Consent and respectful relationships education became mandatory across Australia in 2024. Parents and teachers are often struggling to keep up as children and teens come to grips with new concepts about sex, consent, gender, relationships and the online world.
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'Love, Al Dente' by Jenna Lo Bianco
A deliciously tantalising, will-they-won’t-they culinary affair by bestselling Italian-Australian author Jenna Lo Bianco.
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'Might Cry Later' by Kay Kerr
Might Cry Later – a hilarious, romantic, messy, autistic story by Kay Kerr
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Bigna and Wright win at the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards!
So thrilled that two of our creators took home wins at the Queensland Literary Awards 2025!
Congratulations to Sandy Bigna and Clare Wright who won in the Children’s Book Award and Non-Fiction Book Award, respectively.Posted
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'Code of Silence: How Australian Women Helped Win the War' by Diana Thorp
The compelling and as-yet-untold story of the Australian women whose secret work helped to end World War II.
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Grace Chan wins 2025 Paragraph Fellowship
Thrilled to announce that author Grace Chan is the winner of the 2025 Paragraph Fellowship! Announced last night at Emerging Writers Festival in Melbourne.
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JdM authors are Queensland Literary Awards 2025 finalists!
Little Bones, Spirit of the Crocodile and Näku Dhäruk The Bark Petitions are all Queensland Literary Awards 2025 finalists!
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'Poster Boys' by Scott Woodard
A jock, a try-hard and a space cadet. Highview Grammar will rue the day it put ‘History’ on the curriculum – because this unlikely trio is starting a revolution.
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Katherine Collette on The Readings Children's Prize 2025 shortlist!
The Readings Children’s Prize is presented for the best new contribution to Australian children’s literature from an emerging author. And this year, The Girl Who Cried Bird (The Too-Tall Tales of Alma T. Best, Book 2) (HarperCollins Australia) by Katherine Collette is on the 2025 shortlist!
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Briony Stewart illustrates new 2026 Children’s Book Week theme!
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) have announced the 2026 Children’s Book Week theme as ‘Symphony of Stories,’ and Briony Stewart as the 2024 Early Childhood winner for her picture book Gymnastica Fantastica! has illustrated the new theme poster!
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Clare Wright Longlisted in The Australian Political Book of the Year Award
The Australian Political Book of the Year Award recognises the vital part political books play in better understanding Australian politics and public policy. Well researched, balanced and compelling political books that engage Australians are vital to the strength of our democracy.
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