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the market down under Our annual overview of the Australian book market
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australian exhibitors The Australian Publishers Association’s guide to Australia’s presence at Frankfurt, with a comprehensive listing of Australian exhibitors, their specialities and locations
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the rights stuff Our 12th annual survey of Australian rights managers and literary agents
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australian bestsellers The top-selling Australian titles of the past year, provided by Nielsen BookScan
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australian award winners We round up some of the most awarded Australian books of the past year
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down under Tim Coronel presents an overview of the australian book industry.
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he book trade in Australia is in a somewhat paradoxical state at the moment. On the one hand, the raw figures show a definite downturn over the past few years, and there are always some gloomy nay-sayers to be quoted in the media’s inevitable ‘death of the book’ stories. However, much of the trade is in a buoyant frame of mind and many would say that books and writing are playing a bigger role in public discourse than ever before. Unit sales are down, but good books of all sorts continue to find an audience and that audience has an increasingly large amount of access to writers, with enormously popular writers’ festivals and author events being held around the country throughout the year. While newspaper review pages are always under threat, there is regular book coverage on national radio and TV, and initiatives such as the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, Children’s Book Week and National Bookshop Day get wide media and community support. There are fewer bookshops than there were five years ago, but those that are still in the market are performing well and getting much smarter with their online presence and direct contact with their customers. In 2013, Nielsen BookScan figures for Australia were down 6.3% by volume and 6.2% on value compared to 2012. The turnover of the retail book market as measured by BookScan remains below A$1 billion, having peaked at A$1.3 billion in 2010. However, there is still no reliable mechanism to measure ebook sales to Australian readers, or solid figures on how much Australians spend with international online retailers. Australian publishers are adapting to these changing market conditions, reporting that ever-higher proportions of their revenues are coming from digital and international sales. In the retail sphere, independent bookshops continue to be a very significant part of the Australian book scene. The ‘indies’, as they are
known, continue to make up a third of all bricks-and-mortar book sales, level-pegging with the remaining chain stores (most of which are privately owned franchise businesses) and mass-market department stores and discounters.
Book production grows; digital formats continue to increase in popularity Using figures extracted from ISBN records added to Bowker’s Global Books in Print, during 2013 some 3899 different publishing entities in Australia produced 28,234 new titles, a large increase in output over 2012, when 21,086 new titles were published. However, the number of publishing entities has decreased from 4344 in 2012 (see Figure 1). At the big end, 33 companies published over 100 titles during 2013. After these largest publishers there is an expanding middle-ground, where 101 publishers produced between 20 and 99 titles each and another 96 published between 11 and 20 titles. Many of these publishers are members of the Small Press Network, which represents small and independent publishers and assists them with marketing and other support. At the other end of the scale, 2324 publishers only released one title in the year. We can infer that many of these are self-publishers (see Figure 2). When it comes to formats, print still rules the roost, but digital continues to grow. Twenty-nine percent of all titles published in Australia in 2013 were in digital formats, up from 23% last year (see Figure 3). Paperback is still the preferred format, with 51% of the year’s titles being
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printed between soft covers. Hardcovers made up only nine percent. Over the past five years, paperback and hardback formats have declined as digital formats have grown from single-digit figures to now nearly one third of all titles produced (see Figure 4). According to BookScan, 45% of books bought by Australian readers in 2013 were nonfiction, 26% fiction and 29% children’s.
Policy and legislation As Australian book retailers and publishers continue to adapt to an increasingly global, online marketplace, the issue of disparities in international postal charges continues to be of concern. Australia Post has admitted it is losing money on every international parcel delivered to an Australian address. ‘It costs in excess of ten times more to post one book from Mosman to Penrith [Sydney suburbs] than it does to
post the exact same book from the UK to Sydney,’ the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) pointed out in an open letter to Australia’s Minister for Communications earlier this year. The ABA is asking for the introduction of a First-Class Mail rate in Australia that would charge international retailers a more realistic amount for shipping—and which would lessen their competitive advantage. The other issue of concern about online shopping is that Australia’s 10% goods and services tax (GST) is not charged on incoming parcels unless they have a value of over A$1000. Retailers including booksellers are continuing to lobby the government to charge and collect GST on all items delivered to Australian consumers, but successive governments have been unwilling to act on this, citing studies that indicate it would cost more to collect the taxes on small-value items than the collection would be worth.
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international appeal Australian publishers continue to produce books with international appeal, with many titles finding rights and translation deals in diverse territories long after their initial domestic publication. As our annual rights survey shows, rights sales of Australian titles continue to be strong, with traditional markets such as the US, UK and European countries being joined by growing markets in Asia, India, Eastern Europe and South America (see page 11 for details). With the domestic market continuing to reshape itself, global reach, rights sales for Australianoriginated titles and clever buy-ins of overseas-published ones are all the more essential, which is why around 40 Australian companies have made the long trip to Frankfurt to show you their wares and have you pitch them yours. Have an enjoyable and successful fair!
See the Australian book industry first-hand
Australia’s book culture is buzzing. Melbourne is a UNESCO City of Literature and every major city and many regional centres have annual writers festivals that attract audiences of many thousands of keen readers. The Australia Council organises the Visiting International Publishers program, which brings publishing and rights professionals from around the world to either the Sydney Writers’ Festival or Adelaide Writers’ Week in alternating years. Find out more at: www.australiacouncil.gov.au/about_us/structure/ market_development/visiting-international-publishers-program-2014. This November the third Independent Publishing Conference will be held in Sydney on 13 and 14 November. For more information visit the website: http://spunc.com.au/ind-pub-conference.
Australia’s Frankfurt HQ
For many years, aisle B in Hall 8 has been the hub for Australian exhibitors at the Frankfurt Book Fair, although many Australians will also be found on the stands of global parent companies, in the Rights Centre or ‘wandering the halls’ from appointment to appointment. The hub for the Aussie contingent is the Australian Publishers Association (APA) stand at Hall 8, B102. To let your hair down, loosen your tie and experience Aussies in party mode, join the annual Australian party, to be held from 5pm on the Thursday of the fair, with the APA stand (Hall 8, B102) doubling as a bar serving Australian beer and wine.
Polyglot Australia
Australia is a multicultural and multilingual nation. One in four Australians were either born in another country or have one of their parents who was. Up to 15% of Australians speak a language other than English at home, with Mandarin, Cantonese, Greek, Italian, Vietnamese and Arabic among the most widely spoken. Are your non-English language books visible to this potential market of 3.5 million readers?
Australia at a glance
Population: 23.6 million (Aug 2014) Number of books published annually: 28,234 (Australian ISBN records for 2013, including educational titles, Australian editions of overseas-originated titles, and multiple formats of the same title) Number of Australian books published in 2013: more than 7000 Number of Australian publishers: 3899 (2324 of which only published one title last year) Total number of active publishers: 415 published more than five titles last year, 230 published more than 10 Book retail outlets: approximately 900 Retail sales of books in 2013: A$917 million (6.2% drop on 2012). Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Thorpe-Bowker, Nielsen BookScan, Australian Booksellers Association Currency conversion: At the time of writing, one Australian dollar is worth approximately €0.72, US$0.93 and £0.58.
Tim Coronel is a freelance editor and publishing consultant, and a former editor and publisher of Books+Publishing magazine. He is the coordinator of the Small Press Network’s Independent Publishing Conference.
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the rights stuff 2014 For the 12th year in a row, Think Australian has surveyed australian rights managers and literary agents to gauge the health of australian rights trading and book exports. Andrew Wrathall reports on the survey’s findings.
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he international rights market for Australian titles is showing signs of stabilising after the fluctuations of the past few years, according to Think Australian’s annual survey of Australian literary agents and rights managers. The rights market has remained ‘about the same’ in the past 12 months for the majority (65%) of Australian rights managers and literary agents responding to the survey, up from 24% last year. Thirteen percent of respondents reported that the rights market has improved in the past 12 months, down from 24% last year. Twenty-two percent said the market had become slightly worse, down from 47%. None believed it had become much worse, compared to 5% last year. One third (33%) of Australian rights managers and literary agents reported income growth from rights deals this year, down from 59% last year and 44% in 2012. Another third reported that rights income has remained the same over the past 12 months, up from 24% the previous year. The remaining third reported a decline in rights income, well up on last year’s 11%. The number of respondents reporting income growth from rights of more than 10% has fallen, from 35% in 2013 to 25% this year. According to our survey, the average number of rights deals executed by an Australian publisher or literary agent during the past 12 months was 32, up on last year’s average of 30. The largest reported deal was worth A$40,000 (€28,200), which is down on last year’s enormous US$550,000/€410,616 deal. The smallest reported deal was just A$200/€141. The average highest deal was A$20,000/€14,100, down on last year’s average highest deal of A$66,000/€45,200. The average smallest deal was A$969/€491, up on last year’s average smallest deal of A$690/€487.
who is buying australian books? The United States, the United Kingdom and Germany have traditionally been the top three markets for Australian rights sales, but rights sales in Asian countries are becoming more important for Australian rights and literary agents. This year China has jumped up to second place on the charts for income and the number of deals, and the United Kingdom has fallen from first to fifth place on the chart for the number of deals (see list on page 11). Korea has risen slightly on both charts and Singapore, which was a new entry last year, has risen dramatically on both charts. Many respondents reported a decline in interest for Australian books in the United Kingdom and some also mentioned Spain and Germany as markets with declining interest. Just under half of rights deals (42%) were for markets in languages other than English, down slightly from last year’s figure (49%). The most lucrative foreign-language territories were identified as China, Germany, France, Brazil and Poland, which is similar to last year’s list.
developing markets Each year, respondents are asked to nominate the territories that they feel are increasing in importance. The markets nominated as ‘up and coming’ this year include China, India, Korea, Brazil and Poland—which were also on last year’s ‘up and coming’ list—as well as Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan.
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The highest-selling category for rights sold overseas this year was nonfiction, which was more popular than fiction and much more popular than children’s books. In nonfiction, the most popular sub-categories were memoirs, popular science, military history and Australian history. However, most respondents didn’t point to a surge of interest in a particular category. Some respondents indicated a decline in literary fiction, but many reported that there was no decline for any particular category.
When responding to survey questions on digital rights, most (91%) said that overseas publishers should demand digital rights along with print. Seventythree percent said that retaining geographic/territorial restrictions on ebooks is essential, while 64% also said that obtaining world digital rights is crucial. Almost half (46%) said that in time all geographical restrictions on digital books will have to disappear.
Preferred ways to reach the world market The Frankfurt Book Fair is still Australian rights managers and literary agents’ most preferred way of reaching the world rights market, followed by formal arrangements with overseas rights agents and attendance at the London Book Fair. The Australia Council’s Visiting International Publishers program remains an important way of reaching the rights market and there has been renewed interest in the Bologna’s Children’s Book Fair (see table below). Some respondents also listed the Taipei International Book Fair and Seoul International Book Fair as important conduits for rights sales. On the question of what the Australian government should do to encourage exports, respondents mostly asked for increased funding to allow publishers to attend fairs overseas. Others suggested the government should support author tours in other territories, review the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) system, share information on international distributors, ensure GST is charged on purchases from overseas online retailers such as Book Depository and Amazon, and help small publishers hire in-house export managers.
The top markets for Australian rights sales 2014 By income 1. United States 2. China 3. United Kingdom 4. Germany 5. France 6. Korea 7. Singapore 8. Hong Kong 9. Brazil 10. Poland
(1) (4) (2) (3) (5) (6) (9) (-) (10) (-)
By number of deals 1. United States 2. China 3. Germany 4. Korea 5. United Kingdom 6. Singapore 7. France 8. Taiwan 9. Poland 10. Brazil
(2) (5) (3) (6) (1) (9) (8) (-) (4) (-)
(Last year’s ranking is in brackets.)
Source: Think Australian survey of Australian literary agents and rights managers, July 2014
Future prospects Australian rights managers and literary agents are optimistic about future rights sales. Almost half of respondents (42%) believe the rights market will improve over the next 12 months, which is similar to last year’s figure (47%). The same number (42%) expect the market will stay the same, up from 35% last year. Another 16% believe the market will become slightly worse, up from 12% last year, and none believed it will become much worse, down from six percent last year. When asked why they felt this way about future rights sales, respondents pointed to cautious buyers during a change in the publishing industry, interest from Asian buyers, and improved sales from forthcoming international books. We’ll be back in 12 months to see how they’ve gone.
Most important conduits for selling international rights 2014 1. Frankfurt Book Fair (1) 2. Formal arrangements (2) with overseas rights agents 3. London Book Fair (3) 4. The Australia Council’s Visiting (4) International Publishers program 5. Bologna Book Fair (7) 6. Literary scouts (5) 7. BookExpo America (8) 8. Internet-based rights marketplaces (6) 9. Formal arrangements with (9) sister companies overseas 10. Think Australian export magazine (10) (Last year’s ranking is in brackets.)
Source: Think Australian survey of Australian literary agents and rights managers, July 2014
Past and expected future growth in the rights market
Great improvement A little improvement About the same Slightly worse Much worse
Past 12 months 0% 13% 65% 21% 0%
Next 12 months 0% 42% 42% 16% 0%
Source: Think Australian survey of Australian literary agents and rights managers, July 2014
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auStRaLian BEStSELLERS NONFICTION
FICTION
(illustrated and teXt-Based) 1 The Tournament
133,000
Matthew reilly, Pan ($39.99 hb)
2 The Book Thief (film tie-in)
110,000
Markus Zusak, Picador ($19.99 pb)
3 Eyrie
98,000
tim winton, hamish hamilton ($45 hb)
4 The Winter Sea
90,000
di Morrissey, Macmillan ($32.99 pb)
5 Burial Rites
85,000
hannah kent, Picador ($19.99 pb)
6 Elianne
70,000
Judy nunn, william heinemann ($32.99 pb)
7 Barracuda
70,000
christos tsiolkas, allen & unwin ($32.99 pb)
8 The Rosie Project
57,000
graeme simsion, text Publishing ($29.99 pb)
9 The Narrow Road to the Deep North 54,000 richard Flanagan, vintage ($32.95 pb)
10 Questions of Travel
54,000
Michelle de kretser, allen & unwin ($22.99 pb)
11 The Book Thief
43,000
Markus Zusak, Picador ($19.99 pb)
12 Bittersweet
42,000
colleen Mccullough, harpercollins ($39.99 hb)
13 The Light between Oceans
33,000
M l stedman, vintage ($19.99 pb)
14 The Tailor’s Girl
24,000
Fiona Mcintosh, Michael Joseph ($29.99 pb)
15 Murder and Mendelssohn
21,000
kerry greenwood, allen & unwin ($22.99 pb)
16 Time Will Tell
19,000
Fiona Mccallum, Mira ($29.99 pb)
17 The Prey
18,000
tony Park, Macmillan ($29.99 pb)
18 The English Girl
17,000
daniel silva, harpercollins ($29.99 pb)
19 Crimson Dawn
16,000
Fleur Mcdonald, arena ($29.99 pb)
20 Gone Fishing
15,000
susan duncan, random house ($32.99 pb)
1 Ponting: At the Close of Play
96,000
ricky Ponting, harpersports ($49.99 hb)
2 The Crossroad
83,000
Mark donaldson, Macmillan ($39.99 hb)
3 The New Classics
77,000
donna hay, harpercollins ($59.99 hb)
4 I Quit Sugar for Life
66,000
sarah wilson, Macmillan ($34.99 pb)
5 Ned Kelly
63,000
Peter Fitzsimons, random house ($49.99 hb)
6 I Quit Sugar
60,000
sarah wilson, Macmillan ($34.99 pb)
7 Game of Knowns
40,000
karl kruszelnicki, Macmillan ($32.99 hb)
8 Healthy Every Day
30,000
Pete evans, Plum ($39.99 pb)
9 4 Ingredients Diabetes
30,000
kim Mccosker, 4 ingredients ($19.99 pb)
10 Love to Cook
28,000
valli little, aBc Books ($39.99 pb)
11 Casey Stoner: Pushing the Limits 27,000 casey stoner & Matthew roberts, hachette ($45 hb)
12 Underneath the Southern Cross
26,000
Michael hussey, hardie grant ($49.95 hb)
13 Horrie the War Dog
26,000
roland Perry, allen & unwin ($27.99 pb)
14 The Stalking of Julia Gillard
26,000
kerry-anne walsh, allen & unwin ($29.99 pb)
15 A Long Way Home
26,000
saroo Brierley, viking ($29.99 pb)
16 The Happiest Refugee
25,000
anh do, allen & unwin ($32.99 pb)
17 The Great Australian Bake-off
22,000
ebury ($45 hb)
18 Superfoods Cookbook
22,000
Michelle Bridges, viking ($29.99 pb)
19 Fast, Fresh and Unbelievably Delicious 22,000 Matt Preston, Plum ($39.99 pb)
20 The Good Life hugh Mackay, Pan ($29.99 pb)
22,000
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JuLy 2013 – JunE 2014 CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS
CHILDREN’S FICTION
YOUNG ADULT BOOKS
(illustrated and teXt-Based) 1 Where is the Green Sheep?
29,000
Mem Fox & Judy horacek, Puffin ($14.95 hb)
2 Possum Magic
27,000
Mem Fox, omnibus ($15.99 pb) Mem Fox, Puffin ($16.95 hb)
18,000 14,000 14,000 13,000 13,000
44,000
6 Once upon a Slime 7 The Year My Life Broke
12,000
29,000
12,000
29,000
andy griffiths, Pan ($12.99 pb)
Mandy Foot, hachette ($12.99 hb)
4 Between the Lives
5000
5 Halo
4000
6 The Dead of the Night
4000
John Marsden, Pan ($18.99 pb)
16,000
7 Hades
3000
alexandra adornetto, harpercollins ($24.99 pb)
15,000
Jacqueline harvey, random house ($15.99 pb)
10 Just Doomed!
5000
alexandra adornetto, harpercollins ($24.99 pb)
8 Falling for It and the Kangaroo Key 15,000 9 Alice-Miranda at School
3 A Waltz for Matilda
Jessica shirvington, harpercollins ($19.99 pb)
Paul Jennings, allen & unwin ($12.99, pb)
antonia Pesenti & hilary Bell, unsw Press ($22.99 hb)
10 Old MacDonald Had a Farm
5 The Royal Ranger
6000
Jackie French, harpercollins ($19.99 pb)
John Marsden, Pan ($12.99 pb)
nick Bland, scholastic ($14.99 pb)
9 Alphabetical Sydney
76,000
andy griffiths, Pan ($12.99 pb)
andy griffiths, Pan ($6.99 pb)
8 The Very Cranky Bear
4 WeirDo
2 Empower Jessica shirvington, hachette ($24.99 pb)
John Flanagan, random house ($17.99 pb)
shaun tan, hachette ($24.99 hb)
7 Ed and Ted and Ted’s Dog Fred
3 The 26-Storey Treehouse
1 Tomorrow, When the War Began 10,000 John Marsden, Pan ($18.99 pb)
91,000
anh do, scholastic ($14.99 pb)
nick Bland, scholastic ($16.99 hb)
6 Rules of Summer
2 The 13-Storey Treehouse
andy griffiths, Pan ($12.99 pb)
alison lester, viking ($19.99 hb)
5 The Very Brave Bear
181,000
andy griffiths, Pan ($12.99 pb) andy griffiths, Pan ($9.99 pb)
3 Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes 25,000 4 Kissed by the Moon
1 The 39-Storey Treehouse
15,000
8 These Broken Stars
3000
amie kaufman & Meagan spooner, allen & unwin ($18.99 pb)
9 Heaven
3000
alexandra adornetto, harpercollins ($24.99 pb)
10 Two Wolves
3000
tristan Bancks, random house ($16.99 pb)
A NOTE ON PRICES
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All prices given are the recommended retail price (RRP) set by publishers. Under Australian law, this is only a recommended price and retailers are free to discount (or in some cases mark up) prices at their discretion. At the time of writing, one Australian dollar is worth approximately 0.72, US$0.93 and £0.58.
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award winners
and the winner is… australia has many book awards, and every year there are standout titles that collect multiple prizes. Hilary Simmons highlights some of the most awarded australian books in 2013 and 2014. FICTION
NONFICTION
CHILDREN’S
BURIAL RITES
BOY, LOST: A FAMILY MEMOIR
MY LIFE AS AN ALPHABET
(Hannah Kent, Picador)
(Kristina Olsson, UQP)
(Barry Jonsberg, Allen & Unwin)
Awards include: • indie award for debut Fiction • victorian Premier’s literary award People’s choice award • Faw christina stead award for Fiction • aBia literary Fiction Book of the year • aBia Booktopia People’s choice award • aBa nielsen Bookdata Booksellers choice award • victorian Premier’s literary award for Fiction (shortlisted) • stella Prize (shortlisted) • als gold Medal (shortlisted)
Awards include: • nsw Premier’s douglas stewart Prize for nonfiction • Queensland literary awards nonfiction award • nita B kibble literary award • victorian Premier’s literary award for nonfiction (shortlisted) • western australian Premier’s Book award for nonfiction (shortlisted) • stella Prize (shortlisted) • Queensland literary awards People’s choice award (shortlisted) • human rights literature award (shortlisted)
Awards include: • victorian Premier’s literary award for young adult writing • territory read award for children’s literature/young adult Fiction • gold inky award • children’s Peace literature award for older readers • western australian Premier’s Book award for young adult writing (shortlisted) • children’s Book council of australia (cBca) younger readers Book of the year (shortlisted) • nsw Premier’s ethel turner Prize for young People’s literature (honour Book) • adelaide Festival award for children’s literature (shortlisted)
THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH (Richard Flanagan, Vintage) Awards include: • indie Book of the year award • Man Booker Prize (shortlisted) • Miles Franklin literary award (shortlisted) • nsw Premier’s christina stead Prize for Fiction (shortlisted) • western australian Premier’s Book award for Fiction (shortlisted)
ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING (Evie Wyld, Vintage) Awards include: • Miles Franklin literary award • western australian Premier’s Book award for Fiction (shortlisted) • stella Prize (longlisted)
COAL CREEK (Alex Miller, A&U) Awards include: • victorian Premier’s literary award for Fiction • western australian Premier’s Book award for Fiction (shortlisted) • indie award for Fiction (shortlisted) • als gold Medal (shortlisted)
GIRT: THE UNAUTHORISED HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA (David Hunt, Black Inc.) Awards include: • indie award for nonfiction • aBa nielsen Bookdata Booksellers choice award (shortlisted) • nsw Premier’s douglas stewart Prize for nonfiction (shortlisted)
THE FORGOTTEN REBELS OF EUREKA (Clare Wright, Text) Awards include: • stella Prize • nsw Premier’s australian history Prize (shortlisted) • western australian Premier’s Book award for nonfiction (shortlisted)
THE 39-STOREY TREEHOUSE (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan) Awards include: • aBia Book of the year for younger children • aBia Booktopia People’s choice award • indie award for children’s Books (shortlisted) • speech Pathology australia Book of the year awards (shortlisted)
KISSED BY THE MOON (Alison Lester, Viking) Awards include: • indie award for children’s & ya • wilderness society environment award for children’s literature (shortlisted) • speech Pathology australia Book of the year awards (shortlisted) • aBia Book of the year for younger children (shortlisted) • aBa nielsen Bookdata Booksellers choice award (shortlisted)
These are just a few of the many award-winning books published in Australia each year. To keep track of all the awards and award winners, see www.booksandpublishing.com.au and search for ‘awards’.
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