After the announcement of the CBCA Notables yesterday evening, we would like to congratulate all of our authors who were nominated. With many of our authors now up for the prize, head over to the CBCA website to find the list of Notables 2022.

Congratulations to:

Leanne Hall for The Gaps

Jessica Walton for Stars in their Eyes

Rebecca Lim for Tiger Daughter

Gary Lonesborough for The Boy from the Mish

Morris Gleitzman for Always

Nicki Greenberg for The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel

Wendy Orr for Cuckoo’s Flight

Nova Weetman for The Edge of Thirteen

Emily Gale and Nova Weetman for Elsewhere Girls

Huda Hayek for Huda & Me

Anna Zobel for Little Gem

Jackie French for Night Ride into Danger

Katrina Nannestead  for Mim and the Baffling Bully and Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

Sherryl Clark for Mina and the Whole Wide World

Susannah McFarlane for Grumble Boats

Jane Godwin for Little One

Ursula Dubosarsky for The March of the Ants

Davina Bell for Tomorrow is a Brand New Day

Anna Walker and Jane Godwin for Don’t Forget

Claire Saxby for Iceberg (up for two awards)

Craig Smith for Saving Seal

We would also like to take the time to congratulate the CBCA for their 75th anniversary, celebrated last year in 2021, and commend all amazing work they do for Australian authors.

This Valentines Day, we encourage everyone show love and support for your local libraries. While Valentines come and go, your local library is always there to provide you with community, support and of course books! 📘 Today, for Library Lovers’ day, the team here at Booked Out are reminiscing upon our favorite libraries – what’s yours? 💘💘

After the announcement of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards last Thursday, the team here at Booked Out would like to congratulate all the winners, and commend our speakers for their shortlists!

These included Randa Abdel-Fattah for her non-fiction book Coming of Age in the War on Terror, Maxine Beneba Clarke for her poetry collection How Decent Folk Behave, Rebecca Lim for her young adult novel Tiger Daughter, Leanne Hall for her young adult novel The Gaps and Gary Lonesborough for his novel The Boy from the Mish.

We highly recommend these reads, so let us know what you think of them! You can find us on Instagram at @bookedoutagency and on Facebook at @BookedOutAgency.

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Big news! The Booked Out office will now be closed on Fridays 🗓️

This is in response to Covid-19, where as we are working part-time, we have coordinated this day to fall on a Friday for all staff.

We will still be checking emails and will get back to you first thing on Monday 📞

If you have a booking emergency on a Friday, please call our Director Lauris Pandolfini on her mobile: 0412 505 783.

We look forward to touching base with you from Monday to Thursday in 2022 ✨

As a part of the new push for children’s vaccination, the Department of Health has launched a new video campaign. 🎥🎥

Many of our speakers, including Nat Amoore, Tristan Bancks, Oliver Phommavanh, Huda Hayek, Maxine Beneba Clark and Andy Griffiths, have created videos to be shown in vaccination hubs, encouraging and congratulating Victorian children on their courage, and entertaining them while they wait! 🌟🌟

Watch out for these gorgeous videos, and tag us in any photos! You can find us on Instagram at @bookedoutagency and Facebook at @BookedOutAgency

Happy 2022! 🌟🎉🎆

We hope you had a wonderful summer break, with a chance to relax and make some progress on your to-be-read list 📚

We’re so excited for a big year ahead, full of school visits, library events, festivals and more. We’re back in the office and looking forward to helping you with your big 2022 plans.

You can get in touch about a speaking engagement, either by sending us an email or giving us a call on (03) 9824 0177.

What a year! Here at Booked Out we’re feeling excited for a break and a chance to enjoy some lovely sunshine ⛱

We’d also like to take a moment to say a big thank you and congratulations to our amazing speakers for all their work over the year. 

Our office is closing today, but we’ll be back again on Monday 17th January, refreshed and ready to organise bookings galore for 2022.

In the meantime, we wish you  a very safe, restful and happy summer break, and see you again in 2022!

Drumroll please… We are super excited to announce the long-awaited return of touring authors in 2022!

After two years of lockdowns and closed borders, we can’t wait for a fresh start in 2022, and what better way to celebrate than to fill the calendar with an extravaganza of school visits from travelling speakers. You can see a list of scheduled tours here – have a look at who’ll be touring to your state, and get in quick to make a booking. Watch this space as we’ll be updating you with more touring authors soon!

You can contact us on (03) 9824 0177 or send us an email  to get the ball rolling on an enquiry before the year ends. We’ll be on break from the 16th December and back on deck on the 17th January to help you book an author visit in 2022 🎉

There’s some good news for all our schools in New South Wales! Though one of the main speaking agencies in NSW for authors and illustrators has made the decision to close, Booked Out will now be representing many new NSW based speakers 💛🎉✨

Some faces will be familiar – Oliver Phommavanh, Nat Amoore, Tim Harris,  Deb Abela and Jacqueline Harvey to name a few – and we’re very excited to introduce some wonderful new speakers too! First cab off the rank is Mick Elliott,  who can give talks about his hilarious kids’ books and run both writing and cartooning workshops to inspire your students to dive into their own creative projects.

Through the year, we’ll also be touring many well-known interstate authors in Sydney – watch this space! 🤩

We’re looking for a new superstar part-time Booking Coordinator to join the friendly Booked Out team at our office in the heart of Fitzroy (with some days WFH). ⁣
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If you love books, authors and publishing, this is a special opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of words by helping organise speaker events, mainly for authors and illustrators to visit primary & secondary schools 📚💚⁣
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Our speakers hail from a broad range of disciplines, but are all tied together by the written word and a passion for progress.⁣
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We work nation-wide with hundreds of talented and famous authors, including Morris Gleitzman, Tristan Bancks, Jackie French and Alice Pung. ⁣
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To apply, please read the full position description here: https://www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/bookedout/booking-coordinator-1 ✨⁣
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We welcome all applications, and if you think you know someone who might be perfect for this role, please feel free to let them know we are hiring.⁣
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We look forward to hearing from you! 🙌