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To the Lighthouse by Cristy Burne and Dungzilla by James Foley have been shortlisted for the 2019 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA).
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Anzac Day marks the anniversary of Australia’s first major military action and is also a national day of remembrance that commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations. From women war artists to home-front heroes, memoir to picture books, we’ve put together a list of 10 books that recognise the contribution and suffering of all those who served or who lived through those turbulent times.
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Submissions for the inaugural Fogarty Literary Award are now open. One of Australia’s richest literary awards for young writers, the Fogarty Literary Award is a biennial prize awarded to an unpublished manuscript by a Western Australian author aged between 18 and 35 for a work of fiction, narrative non-fiction or young adult fiction. The winner receives a cash prize of $20,000 and a publishing contract with Fremantle Press.
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Teach Australia’s colonial history through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy embroiled in one of the greatest criminal underworlds in the Gold Rush era. Or start a discussion around grief and loss in young people with a beautifully written literary novel.
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We’ve got two prizes to give away in our Pass it on! Competition for 2019. Win a visit from graphic novelist James Foley to your school or a set of 10 Fremantle Press books. How do you enter? It’s easy.
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On your marks, get set, submit! The Fogarty Literary Award is now open for submissions.
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Author and illustrator Kelly Canby will be pulling on her PJs on Monday 25 March for a picture book launch with a difference.
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New year, new opportunities, and 2019 has plenty to offer when it comes to writing competitions for children and young adults.
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It may be the Chinese Year of the Pig, but for debut author Kathryn Lefroy it is very much the year of the alpaca. Here she tells us about her debut children’s book Alex and the Alpacas Save the World, and what it’s like to come from a literary family.
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Last year we ran a competition to see who could be the most creative with one of our books in the classroom and now it’s time to announce the winner (drumroll please) …
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