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A Chinese printer has refused to print Putting Queensland on the Map by Felicity Jack for UNSW Press because it mentions the China-Tibet border. The book contains just a single line which mentions the border, which Elizabeth Menzies, publisher at UNSW Press, said the printer had suggested should be removed. When UNSW Press refused, the printer advised [...]

The winners of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) awards have been announced. The winning and honour books are: Book of the Year: Older Readers The Ghost’s Child (Sonya Hartnett, Viking)  Honour Books: Marty’s Shadow (John Heffernan, Omnibus) Black Water (David Metzenthen, Penguin) Book of the Year: Younger Readers Dragon Moon (Carole Wilkinson, [...]

A field trip to the Jawoyn region of the Northern Territory by representatives of the bookselling and publishing industry has highlighted both the positive benefits of the trade’s Indigenous Literacy Day fundraising activities, and the challenges facing those working to improve literacy in the region. uzy Wilson, owner of Riverbend Books and founder of the [...]

The shortlist for the 2008 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards was announced on Friday, 8 August, by Arts Minister Lynne Kosky at the State Library of Victoria. The 2008 Awards are in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, young adult fiction, an unpublished manuscript by an emerging Victorian writer, poetry, drama, essay, history, Indigenous writing, journalism, music [...]