At the Allen & Unwin Media Centre, you will be able to find all the information you need about our books, including author photos and cover images.
Media enquiries:
For any enquiries or comments please contact publicity@allenandunwin.com or call 02 8425 0146
Allen & Unwin is excited to annouce that John Long, author of The Big Picture Book of Environments has been shortlisted in the Australian Educational Publishing Awards 2009.
The winners will be annouced at an awards lunch in Melbourne on Wednesday 5th August.
Congratulations John!
Congratulations to the following authors who have been shortlisted for the 2009 Frank O'Connor Award
Petina Gappah - An Elegy for Easterly Published by Faber
Wells Tower - Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned Published by Granta
The Big Fat Duck Cookbook by Heston Blumenthal has won the Food Book of the Year Award at the Guild Writers Awards 2009.
For more informaition on the award visit Guild of Food Writers.
The Australian Book Industry Awards have been annouced and Allen & Unwin is delighted to have taken home the following awards:
Booksellers Choice Award The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas
Illustrated Book of the Year Tales from Outer Suburbia - Shaun Tan
General Fiction Book of the Year The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton
Literary Fiction Book of the Year The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas
Overall Book of the Year The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas
Congratulations to Christos, Kate and Shaun!
The 2009 Ditmar Awards for Australian science fiction, fantasy, and horror were recently announced and we're thrilled to have had two of our titles recognised: Best Novel went to Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan Best Artwork went to Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan Congratulations to Margo and Shaun!
Our Earth is a remarkable place. We need to celebrate its diverse and complex beauty, and save it for future generations.With stunning images and a child-friendly text based on the latest scientific research, The Big Picture Book of Environments explores the effects of changing climate on environments around the world, including the great rivers, deserts, Arctic regions, cities, abyssal depths and forests
Petina Gappah is the voice of Zimbabwe. In this astonishingly powerful debut collection, she dissects with real poignancy the lives of people caught up in a situation over which they have no control, as they deal with spiralling inflation, power cuts and financial hardship - a way of life under Mugabe's regime - and cope with issues common to all people everywhere; failed promises, disappointments and unfulfilled dreams. Compelling, unflinching and tender, An Elegy for Easterly is a defining book, and a stunning portrait of a country in chaotic meltdown.
In this enormous, beautiful book, we hear the full story of the meteoric rise of Heston Blumenthal and The Fat Duck, birthplace of snail porridge and bacon-and-egg ice cream, and encounter the passion, perfection and weird science behind the man and the restaurant. Heston Blumenthal is widely acknowledged to be a genius, and The Fat Duck has twice been voted the Best Restaurant in the World by a peer group of top chefs. is not only the nearest thing to an autobiography from the world's most fascinating chef, but also a stunning, colourful and joyous work of art.