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THE BOOK BONDING MONTHLY NEWSLETTER Please find below the link to our most recent store newsletter attached as a pdf document. Happy reading! If our newsletter appeals to you, you can sign up to receive it monthly as a direct send to your email. Just let us know by writing to info@bookbonding.com.au. 2012 Book Bonding 02 February Newsletter
KIDS READING GUIDE 2011-2012 Every year the Australian Booksellers Association releases its Kids' Reading Guide. Check out the link below for all thier fabulous recommendations. And if you want to buy some, drop us a line or pop into store to pick up your favourite book. Hard copy of the guide also available in store. THE INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLER TOP 10 SELLERS (results compiled by Nielsen Bookscan's panel of Indie booksellers) Results as of 21st January 2012
AWARD WINNERS NATIONAL2011 MILES FRANKLIN WINNER Kim Scott- That Deadman Dance (PanMacmillan)2011 AUSTRALIAN VOGEL AWARD (DEBUT NOVEL UNDER 35) The Roving Party - Rohan Wilson (Allen and Unwin) 2011 BARBARA JEFFERIS AWARD WINNER (as appointed by the Australian Society of Authors) Come Inside by GL Osborne 2011 KIBBLE AWARD (recognises the work of an established Australian female writer) Reading by Moonlight by Brenda Walker 2011 DOBBIE AWARD (recognises the work of a debut Australian female writer) Night Street by Kristel Thornell 2011 INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS AWARD (INDIES) Anh Do - The Happiest Refugee (Non Fiction - Allen and Unwin) ** OVERALL WINNER OF BOOK OF THE YEAR Chris Wommersley - Bereft (Fiction - Scribe) Jon Bauer -Rocks in the Belly (Debut Fiction - Scribe) Jeannie Baker -Mirror (Children's - Walker Books) 2011 PRIME MINSTER'S AWARD FOR FICTION Traitor by Stephen Daisley 2011 ABIA (AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS) The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do - BOOK OF THE YEAR, NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR AND COMBINED BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly COMBINED BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR Bereft by Chris Woomersley LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR The Distant Hours by Kate Morton GENERAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR Our Family Table by Julie Goodwin ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR True Spirit by Jessica Watson GENERAL NON FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR Noni the Pony by Alison Lester BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN Conspiracy 365 By Gabrielle Lord BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR OLDER READERS Lloyd O'Neil award for outstanding service to the industry - Margaret Fulton. Pixie O'Harris award for service to development of children's books - Elizabeth O'Donnell 2011 THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR Indelible Ink by Fiona McGregor 2011 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S PRIZE That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott 2011 NED KELLY AWARD (for Australian crime writing) The Diggers Rest Hotel by Geoffrey McGreachin (Viking) 2011 INKYS AWARD (YA book award voted for by teens online) Gold Inky (Australian Title) Silvermay by James Moloney (Harper) and Silver Inky (International Title) Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (walker Books) 2011 Speech Pathology Award Hairy Nose Itchy Butt by Elizabeth Frankel and Garry Duncan (JCP Publishing)
INTERNATIONAL 2011 NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer 2011 PULTIZER PRIZE FOR FICTION A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan 2011 ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION The Tiger's Wife - Tea Obreht (Hachette) 2011 JOHN NEWBERRY MEDAL Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool 2011 MAN BOOKER WINNER The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 2011 COMMONWEALTH WRITER'S PRIZE Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna 2010 AMERICAN INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS DEBUT BOOK OF THE YEAR The Help by Kathryn Stockett 2010 AMERICAN INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese 2010 US NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon 2010 COSTA AWARD Pure by Juliana Baggott (BEST BOOK - NOVEL) |
