More good reads…..
Australian Book Industry Awards
These awards are decided by industry experts who select the best titles published in Australia each year. Last year the top award for Book of the Year went to the childrens’ book The 52-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton. This year’s winners include:
Book of the Year and Biography: Reckoning – Magda Szubanski.
General Non Fiction: Island home – Tim Winton.
Literary Fiction: The other side of the world – Stephanie Bishop.
Book of the Year for Younger Children: The 65-storey treehouse – Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton.
Book of the Year for Older Children: Illuminae – Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff.
Publisher of the Year: Allen & Unwin.
Independent Bookseller of the Year: Readings.
http://abiawards.com.au/current-winners/
http://abiawards.com.au/general/announcing-the-abia-book-shortlist/
Australian Book Industry Innovation Award
Winner: The Best of Friends Social and Emotional Learning Program. The program is aimed at primary school students, with stories and illustrations by Connah Brecon, Barbara Gonzalez and Lisa Diebold. Topics include making friends, social expectations, compromise, empathy, peacemaking, conflict resolution.
The program is part of Quirky Kid Psychology Clinic http://childpsychologist.com.au/
Lots of good fact sheets and info re child psychology and wellbeing: http://childpsychologist.com.au/resources/
Books and resources: https://therapeuticresources.com.au/
7 books to read before they hit the screens
The girl on the train – Paula Hawkins. Last year’s bestselling mystery – a woman watches a couple on the train each morning and one day sees something shocking. Emily Blunt to star. Opens September.
Me before you – Jojo Moyes. A young woman becomes a carer for a young man and their lives are changed forever. Emilia Clarke to star. Opens June.
The light between oceans – M. L. Stedman. The award-winning tale of a lighthouse keeper and his wife who rescue a baby adrift in a boat and raise her as their own, with unforeseen consequences. Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander to star. Opens September.
Inferno – Dan Brown. Symbologist Robert Langdon must decipher codes within Renaissance artworks in order to save the world. Tom Hanks to star. Opens October.
Fantastic beasts and where to find them – J.K.Rowling. Set 70 years before Harry Potter; the adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York’s secret community of witches and wizards. Eddie Redmayne to star. Opens December.
The BFG – Roald Dahl. The adventures of Sophie and the giant will be released as a film in June, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Mark Rylance. Opens July.
Big little lies – Liane Moriarty. The lives of a group of middle class women and their partners start to unravel and many secrets are revealed. The HBO series comes out in 2017, starring Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon.
http://www.betterreading.com.au/book_list/seven-books-to-read-before-they-hit-screens-near-you/