Adrian Beck and Heath McKenzie have released a new book, and with it, a fabulous new trailer!  Click on the image below to watch the hilarious video, bought to us by Beck Power.

For more information about The Alien Zoo… And You! visit Affirm Press.

Hello there!

Lot’s of schools are back today, so welcome! We hope you are settling back into the classroom.

Here in the Booked Out Office we are busily finalizing Book Week engagements, and making sure we are all systems go for the busiest term of the year!

Coming up this Term we have some brilliant interstate visitors coming to Victoria, and we are sending some brilliant people to other states too. Check our tours page to see who is going where.

We are also looking forward to the CBCA Book of the Year Awards announcement – just one month away now!. Check out the CBCA website to see who is on the shortlist.

If you would like to make an enquiry for a special Term 3 visitor, don’t hesitate to let us know. Angela, Erinna, Gemma and Hannah are all here, refreshed after the break, and looking forward to talking to some enthusiastic teachers (hopefully you!).

Here’s to a happy Term 3!

(This is us getting ready for our own Book Week costume parade)

Michael Pryor is one of Australia’s leading Science Fiction and Fantasy authors. He has a count of over a million words on print, with more than 35 books, and over fifty short stories to his name. Michael has been shortlisted seven times for the Aurealis Awards and seven of his books have been CBCA Notable Books. He has a new story coming out in August 2017.

Gap Year in Ghost Town.

Anton Marin and his father are on high alert after violent ghost manifestations in their town reach an all time high. Anton wants to help the ghosts, but Rani Cross wants to slice, dice and put them back into the ground. This duo has to come together to keep their city safe. A smart, snappy, funny and scary ghost-hunting adventure, with lots of action and attitude.

New Zealand born writer, Alan Brough has always loved books, and even from an early age wanted to be a writer. Though he has had a career that spans many different things (dancing, directing and singing, to name a few), he recently decided he still wanted to be an author and hopes that his biography will one day include phrases like ‘bestselling’, and ‘award-winning’. Alan’s new book ‘Charlie an the Karaoke Cockroaches’, sequel book to ‘Charlie and the War Against the Grannies’ comes out on the 27 of June, 2017

Charlie returns to the pages in a more whimsically hilarious adventure than ever before. There are lurkers, strange teachers and orchestral insects. A mysterious box speaks and sings. There’s even a botching burglar. It’s all up to Charlie and Hills to save the day and protect three bugs from dark forces.

As part of Surf Coast Shire’s Surf Power Up Boost campaign, Claire Dunn, Booked Out’s favorite barefoot explorer and author of My Year Without Matches,  recounts her year spent living in the bush as nature’s apprentice.

You can catch the video here.

Last year, screenwriter and inspirational speaker Declan Fay was busy writing the new ABC comedy series Ronny Chieng: International Student.  And this week it’s landing on our TV screens! Check out the trailer on YouTube here.

Suitable for talks, writing workshops, or a combination of the two, Declan’s sessions are hilarious, down to earth and inspirational.
For senior secondary levels, Declan is also happy to offer a double-period writing workshop, including a screening of one of the episodes of Ronny Chieng: International Student, a discussion of the inspiration behind it and then an activity focusing on the students own story ideas.

Call us on 03 98240 0177 to book a session with Declan.

A quick shout out to the fabulous Ailsa Wild and her collaborators,  for taking first place at the 2017 Book Design Awards for her part in the collaborative project, The Invisible War: A Tale on Two Scales.

This outstanding graphic novel, which depicts the invisible war between a field nurse and a lethal strain of bacteria in France, 1916, is a creative collaboration from artists, scientists, historians, and educators. It’s depth and clarity are unlike anything you’ve ever encountered and we are absolutely stoked that it came out on top!
Well done, guys!

Big Booked Out congratulations to Mark Smith and Zana Fraillon for making the shortlist for the the inaugural Readings Young Adult Book Prize!

The prize is awarded to the best new contribution to Australian young adult literature.

We are thrilled to hear that Zana Fraillon’s The Bone Sparrow, and Mark Smith’s The Road to Winter are both in the shortlist of six.

The authors are both making a big splash in schools and festivals around Australia and we are thrilled to hear they are receiving accolades for these two books.

To read more about the prize, visit Readings