tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9613943495664148542024-03-08T20:41:06.792+10:30On Ya BusOmnibus Books, an imprint of Scholastic Australia, is a multi-award-winning children's book publisher.OMNIBUS BOOKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278481063074879692noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961394349566414854.post-54083616344607342702015-05-25T08:07:00.001+09:302015-06-04T10:57:03.025+09:30On ya bus … to Sydney<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For many years, Scholastic has kept its Omnibus imprint running from its original home in Adelaide. Now, after the better part of two decades, the Omnibus Books imprint is to join its fellow imprints (Scholastic Australia, Scholastic Press and Koala Books) at the Scholastic Australia publishing office in Sydney.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">The Adelaide office of Omnibus Books will be open until the end of this year, and books currently in production <u></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">will continue to be expertly curated by the present staff, editors Celia Jellett and Gina Inverarity and art director, Patricia Howes, with administrative support from Beverley Williams.</span><br />
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Omnibus Books looks forward to a continued bright future, and to publishing many more books of quality for young readers.</div>
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OMNIBUS BOOKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278481063074879692noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961394349566414854.post-80545717302923342862015-05-23T06:01:00.000+09:302015-06-04T06:01:55.024+09:30Winners<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #500050;">Omnibus books </span><i style="color: #500050;">Figgy in the World</i><span style="color: #500050;"> by <a href="http://onyabus.blogspot.co.nz/p/tamsin-janu.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Tamsin Janu</a> and </span><i style="color: #500050;">Crossing</i><span style="color: #500050;"> by <a href="http://onyabus.blogspot.co.nz/p/author-photo-author-bio-click-here.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Catherine Norton</a> were joint winners of the Patricia Wrightson Award in the <a href="http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/awards/premiers_awards/nsw_premiers_literary_awards/2015/index.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">NSW Literary Awards</a> this week. Congratulations to the authors and all involved in the production of these two worthy winners.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #500050;">Another winner we have amongst us is our senior editor Celia Jellett who took home the Pixie O’Harris award for </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #141823;">‘distinguished and dedicated service to the development and reputation of Australian children’s books’. Recipients will have ‘worked consistently in children’s literature [and] demonstrated a commitment beyond the call of duty'. Anyone who knows Celia will know this is well-deserved recognition. We’re proud to call her our colleague and friend.</span></span></div>
OMNIBUS BOOKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278481063074879692noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961394349566414854.post-52503938492413003712015-04-20T07:53:00.002+09:302015-04-20T07:53:44.560+09:30April books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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OMNIBUS BOOKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278481063074879692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961394349566414854.post-7433642204581448542015-03-23T09:18:00.001+10:302015-03-23T09:18:23.337+10:30Congratulations, Tamsin!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There were pleased nods and mini happy dances in the Omnibus offices when we heard <i>Figgy in the World</i> is on the <a href="http://www.readings.com.au/collection/readings-childrens-book-prize-2015-shortlist">Readings Children's Book Prize shortlist</a> this year. In very good company, I might add. We've said it before and we'll keep shouting it from the rooftops, this is a delightful book by a <a href="http://onyabus.blogspot.co.nz/p/tamsin-janu.html">talented young author</a>. Well done, Tamsin!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>OMNIBUS BOOKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278481063074879692noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961394349566414854.post-38927195825834530552015-03-17T08:27:00.000+10:302015-03-17T08:27:11.538+10:30March books<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>The Memory Shed</i> by <a href="http://onyabus.blogspot.co.nz/p/author-photo-author-bio-click-here_13.html">Sally Morgan</a> is another in Omnibus Books' new series of chapter books that are perfect for developing reader confidence and also based on Indigenous characters. Illustrated with humour and child appeal by the wonderful <a href="http://onyabus.blogspot.co.nz/p/author-photo-author-bio-click-here_17.html">Craig Smith</a>, this is a family story with an unexpected twist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Out this month from very popular children's author <a href="http://onyabus.blogspot.co.nz/p/phil-cummings.html">Phil Cummings</a> is <i>Ride, Ricardo, Ride</i>, a haunting and evocative tale of war-torn Europe that shows the endurance of the human spirit. Illustrated by <a href="http://onyabus.blogspot.co.nz/p/shane-devries.html">Shane Devries</a>, an artist of rare talent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A reminder that you can download high res author photos, covers, New Title Information Sheets and biographical information and find links to Teacher's Notes on a growing list of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Omnibus authors and illustrators</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> by clicking on the profile links in the column on the right of this blog</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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Just a wee word of warning - our offices will be closing for Christmas on December 19th and will not be reopening until January 5th. In that time we stop all mail deliveries. From about the end of November to the end of January we encourage you to hold off sending us your work as there is a higher than average chance it will not be read.<br />
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<br />OMNIBUS BOOKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278481063074879692noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961394349566414854.post-47299247400794194342014-09-30T15:11:00.000+09:302014-10-13T10:35:28.753+10:30A NEW Shout Out - for Novels<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We haven't stopped searching for picture books so you should keep them coming in. (We have turned up four so far that while they need more work do look promising). Meanwhile we are looking for novels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Novels suitable for the 9 to 11-year-old market around 25,000 to 35,000 words and with strong plot and characterisation. We don't have a preference for boy-centered or girl centered works, just fabulous stories. When authors ask me what I want I tend to say 'Give me something as poignant as <i>The Bridge To Terabithia</i> or as funny as <i>Hating Alison Ashley</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been reading a lot of novels lately and not just the ones that turn up at the office. An adult story I read last week stayed with me for its beautiful language and its odd and confronting plot. It's not a new story (<i>The Year of Wonders </i>by Geraldine Brooks in case you are wondering) but its historical setting and its re-imagined take on that was so entertaining I read it in a couple of days. I like historical novels when they don't stray too far from the truth and when the characters feel alive. If I could I'd have an historical novel full of drama and adventure that would suit both boys and girls. But then again I love stories based in the here and now. What I see too much of are novels that have no real point. Stories where the plot is so fantastic it makes no sense or where the family is unbelievable; usually these stories have characters I just don't invest in at all. And there lies the key to a novel that really works - start with a character you love. From there springs the voice, the plot and the resolution.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So come on, everyone. Spread the word. Get those fingers flying over the keyboard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And in case you're wondering why there is a rather random picture of a croissant here - it's because it's a prize-winning croissant! Royal Adelaide Show 2014 - feature country, France. I have another life and it involves baking which may be my next occupation I think; teaching the wonders of cooking with yeast.</span>OMNIBUS BOOKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278481063074879692noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961394349566414854.post-39975995442838260442014-09-15T16:36:00.000+09:302014-09-16T06:28:46.889+09:30The Art of the Picture Book<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After a shout-out for picture book texts we did indeed receive over 1000 texts from hopeful picture book writers all over the world. Now that should make us happy - because our usual success rate is one in a thousand. But this time the statistics have failed us. The manuscripts are still coming in, and although there were some really lovely ideas and a handful that we wrote back to congratulating them on their very original idea, not one was publishable. We haven't given up hope however.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It might be useful to listen in to the podcast of a session I did at Adelaide Writers' Week this year (Sunday 2 March) on The Art of the Picture Book, with <a href="http://www.tohby.com/" target="_blank">Tohby Riddle</a> and <a href="http://www.scholastic.com.au/common/books/contributor_profile.asp?ContributorID=543" target="_blank">Nick Bland</a>. You can find it<a href="http://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/blog/Adelaide_Writers_Week_Podcasts" target="_blank"> here. </a>These two very successful men both write and illustrate and neither of them had a straight line to success.</span><br />
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<br />OMNIBUS BOOKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278481063074879692noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961394349566414854.post-45344613940916012152014-09-15T11:21:00.000+09:302014-09-15T11:22:31.317+09:30September for the Littlies<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Following her CBCA Early Childhood Book of the Year win in 2013, Emma Allen is back this month with a new book called <i>Grandma, the Baby and Me</i> with wonderful illustrator <a href="http://hannahsommerville.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Hannah Sommerville</a>. A new baby in the house is always a challenge for an older sibling and that's when grandmothers can save the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Out of interest, we say in publishing that one in a thousand unsolicited manuscripts hits the mark ... and it's a pretty good rule of thumb.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Watch this space for that one in a thousand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>OMNIBUS BOOKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278481063074879692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961394349566414854.post-48352568366114474472014-07-23T11:41:00.000+09:302014-10-01T10:11:54.872+09:30Picture Book Manuscripts Wanted!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is a big shout-out to all aspiring picture book creators - we are looking for new texts for our 2017 publishing list. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But here is what we DON'T want stories about:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">fairies/pirates/genies/witches/wizards</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">cute dogs/cute kids</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">how an animal/child/creature of any kind discovers it is different and that's okay</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">how much anyone loves anyone else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We DO want stories that:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">are imaginative </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">are original</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">make you think</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">make you smile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of course these are the hardest stories to write. We want you to think outside the box and come up with something that is going to knock our socks off. A really child-friendly picture book has something very special at its heart. It is instantly accessible. It has a universal truth to it. It sings somehow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Please don't try to rhyme if you're not good at it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don't overwrite - 300 words is pretty perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Picture books that someone else published that we think are pretty close to perfect would be:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Stick Man</i> by Julia Donaldson</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>The Tiger Who Came To Tea</i> by Judith Kerr</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Where the Wild Things Are</i> by Maurice Sendak</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Hairy Maclary From Donaldson's Dairy</i> by Lynley Dodd</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>The Story About Ping</i> by Marjorie Flack</span><br />
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OMNIBUS BOOKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278481063074879692noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961394349566414854.post-32062977408586021032014-07-21T09:00:00.000+09:302014-07-21T09:00:50.954+09:30Fan mail<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Omnibus illustrator Martin McKenna recently received some lovely feedback on his new picture book <i><a href="http://www.readings.com.au/search/results?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=octopuppy&books=1&music=1&film=1" target="_blank">Octopuppy</a></i>. Thank you so much, Ms Bicknell, for getting in touch and sharing the children's work! </span>
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<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My prep class (6 year olds) have been so excited to be reading Octopuppy this week. They cheer every time I get it out to read to them. They have loved every minute of our reading lessons this week. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have attached some pictures of the 'Lost' posters that they made. We hung them up around the school before turning them into a classroom display. The kids had to create a poster to help find Jarvis by picking something that he could do that a 'normal' puppy couldn't. It was a great activity. I hope you enjoy seeing some of the amazing learning that has happened through the use of your hilarious book. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ella Bicknell </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My butcher loves to put signs up all over his shop touting his meat. He can't spell <i>or</i> punctuate which used to be guaranteed to make me reach for a texta. He tries to tell me he does this deliberately just to get his customers talking. I doubt it. He has clearly never come across <a href="http://sobadsogood.com/2011/10/28/13-unique-punctuation-marks-you-never-knew-existed/" target="_blank">these</a> and neither had I until recently. Personally I intend to celebrate <a href="http://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/" target="_blank">National Punctuation Day</a> even if it is an American affectation. I shall make a waffle, top it with bacon and maple syrup and think pure punctuation thoughts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My son's best friend has a misspelled tattoo that made me laugh out loud when I saw it. There are some absolute masterpieces <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/4jadecat/bad-grammar-punctuation-etc/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What is it about grammar and spelling that makes some of us so sensitive? Does it really matter any more? We have authors who can't spell – we do it for them. A little while ago the Oxford comma was pronounced <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-university-the-angry-writers-and-the-alleged-death-of-the-oxford-comma-2305194.html" target="_blank">dead</a> but then like Lazarus it rose again. (I was afraid to use a comma anywhere in that sentence. The nuns used to red circle my commas without explanation and to this day I feel unsure and unhappy when I meet one. A comma, and a nun for that matter.) I remember when I got my first manuscript back from the editor and saw that I had spelled the simplest of words incorrectly half a dozen times. Not even a possible typo just a straight out mistake. I cringed. I realised I'd probably spelled that particular word wrongly all my life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My children were hounded relentlessly about their spoken and written language as they grew up. Thinking back it is clear that this was what my own mother did and so did those nuns so it was little wonder I followed suit. But now a certain ennui is setting in. Those same kids send me texts and Facebook posts littered with misspelled words or indecipherable contractions that require me to ask for explanations. I still can't wrap my head around the whole concept of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme" target="_blank">meme</a> though I do like this picture which I am reliably told is itself a meme. I have no clue why it's a meme however and welcome any explanation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My clever clogs children like to point out things are different now. They suggest I fit this <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/grammar-nazi" target="_blank">category</a>. Possibly. But trust me; I am not <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ROTFL" target="_blank">rotfl</a>. </span><br />
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OMNIBUS BOOKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278481063074879692noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961394349566414854.post-47953544063059028032014-07-02T15:48:00.000+09:302014-07-02T15:54:10.481+09:30Tales from the Half-Continent<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thank you, <a href="http://readingtime.com.au/tales-half-continent/" target="_blank">Reading Time</a>, for the lovely review of David Cornish's new companion book to the Monster Blood Tattoo series, <i>Tales from the Half-Continent</i>. '<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24.14099884033203px;">Dickensian in style and tone and peopled by a host of strong, eccentric and memorable characters' is high praise indeed.</span></span><br />
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