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CBCA Notables 2024: ‘Our Mob’ and ‘Country Town’
Congratulations! Our Mob and Country Town have been named Notable Books in the 2024 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. Book of the Year: Early Childhood Our Mob by Jacinta Daniher and Taylor Hampton, illustrated by..
Paul Collins Named 2021 Leila St John Award Recipient
PRESS RELEASE March 23, 2022 Paul Collins 2021 Leila St John Award Recipient The Victorian Branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) is thrilled to announce Paul Collins as the 2021 recipient of..
Jump! wins the 2021 Little Pink Dog Books Authorstrator Prize
Congratulations to author-illustrator Andrew Plant on winning the 2021 Little Pink Dog Books Authorstrator Prize for Jump! The Authorstrator Prize recognises creators whose ‘remarkable skills blend both words and pictures into an aesthetic journey of..
The Thing That Goes Ping! wins Book of the Year!
The Thing That Goes Ping!, by Mark Carthew and illustrated by Shane McG, has been awarded Book of the Year (for ages 5-8) at the 2021 Speech Pathology Awards. Congratulations Mark and Shane!
Ford Street Publishing extends Storytime Agreement
Ford Street Publishing will extend support of the Storytime Agreement due to continuing lockdowns. The agreement permits teachers, librarians and booksellers to make use of our books in online recordings and livestreams without a breach..
I NEED a Parrot Wins CBCA Picture Book of the Year
Congratulations to Chris McKimmie for winning the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Picture Book of the Year award with I NEED a Parrot! This is a book about wanting and needing – what a child..
The Dingle Dangle Jungle shortlisted in the Educational Publishing Awards
Congratulations to Mark Carthew and Dave Atze! The Dingle Dangle Jungle has been shortlisted in the Educational Picture or Chapter Book category in the Educational Publishing Awards Australia 2020. The Dingle Dangle Jungle
School Libraries: A Place for Friends by Liz Ledden
My primary school’s library was small, dark and dingy, located on the lower floor of a former convent building. In my nine-year-old mind, it was most definitely haunted (and this was a very exciting thing)...
Shortlisted Ford Street titles in 2019
Congratulations to the following Ford Street titles shortlisted for the 2019 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards and the Australian Family Therapists’ Award. Speech Pathology Australia Awards shortlist Grace’s Mystery Seed by Juliet..
Blog: What I have learned about the publishing industry through interning
Reading works in progress helps me as a student (And hopefully improves my marks, too.) Interning at Ford Street Publishing has helped me strengthen the skills and techniques that I am currently learning at university...
August at Ford Street
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Blog: A Concerning Consequence of Censorship
by Paul Collins When children lose interest in reading, we need to look for reasons why. I believe the Internet is the main contributor to this problem. Social Justice Warriors were once dim voices, which..