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  • CBCA Judges and the Book of the Year Awards Judging Process

    The Children's Book Council of Australia fully supports the decisions of its judges and the judging processes used to determine the CBCA Book of the Year Awards.

    The annual CBCA Awards, first …

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  • Happy CBCA Book Week 2020!

    This year CBCA Book Week runs from 17 to 23 October and the theme is Curious Creatures, Wild Minds.

    For more information on CBCA Book Week see our website HERE

    For some fabulous free resources see …

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  • Announcing the CBCA 2020 Shortlist!

    Watch the 2020 CBCA Shortlist presentation on our YouTube channel 

    Get the full Shortlist here - https://cbca.org.au/shortlist-2020

    The mysterious ‘Yahoo’, a compendium of weird and wonderful …

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  • Announcing the 2020 CBCA Notables!

    A record number of entries has again confirmed the strength of children’s books in Australia as the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) announces its Book of the Year Awards Notables List. …

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  • Vale Steph Bowe

    We were deeply saddened to learn of Australian YA author Steph Bowe's death at age 25 due to complications from an aggressive form of leukemia. Bowe published her debut novel Girl Saves Boy in 2010 …

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