Notables 2013

  • The Book of the Year: Early Childhood
    The Terrible Suitcase
    Emma Allen (Illust: Freya Blackwood)
    Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781862919402
    Pooka
    Carol Chataway (Illust: Nina Rycroft)
    Working Title Press
    ISBN: 9781921504372
    With Nan
    Tania Cox (Illust: Karen Blair)
    Windy Hollow Books
    ISBN: 9781921136122
    The Pros and Cons of Being a Frog
    Sue deGennaro
    Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781742830636
    Too Many Elephants in the House
    Ursula Dubosarsky (Illust: Andrew Joyner)
    Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780670075461
    What's the matter, Aunty May?
    Peter Friend (Illust: Andrew Joyner)
    Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont
    ISBN: 9781921714535
    Ships in the Field
    Suzanne Gervay (Illust: Anna Pignataro)
    Ford Street Publishing
    ISBN: 9781921665233
    Today we have no plans
    Jane Godwin (Illust: Anna Walker)
    Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780670075201
    It's a miroocool!
    Christine Harris (Illust: Ann James)
    Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont
    ISBN: 9781921541018
    Bog Frog Hop
    Kyle Mewburn (Illust: Rebecca Cool)
    Hardie Grant Egmont
    ISBN: 9781921714580
    I WIsh there were Dinosaurs
    Amanda Niland (Illust: Christina Booth)
    Windy Hollow Books
    ISBN: 9781922081049
    The Red Wheelbarrow
    Briony Stewart
    University of Queensland Press
    ISBN: 9780702249259
    Peggy
    Anna Walker
    Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781742832708
  • The Book of the Year: Older Readers
    Cinnamon Rain
    Emma Cameron
    Walker Books Australia
    ISBN: 9781921720451
    Black Spring
    Alison Croggon
    Walker Books Australia
    ISBN: 9781921977480
    The Girl from Snowy River
    Jackie French
    Angus & Robertson, HarperCollins Australia
    ISBN: 9780732293109
    The Ink Bridge
    Neil Grant
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781742376691
    Mountain Wolf
    Rosanne Hawke
    Angus & Robertson, HarperCollins Australia
    ISBN: 9780732293871
    Sea Hearts
    Margo Lanagan
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781742375052
    The Shiny Guys
    Doug MacLeod
    Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780143565307
    The Convent
    Maureen McCarthy
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781742375045
    The Voyage of the Unquiet Ice
    Andrew McGahan
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781742378220
    A Corner of White
    Jacklyn Moriarty
    Pan Macmillan Australia
    ISBN: 9781742611396
    Into That Forest
    Louis Nowra
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781743311646
    Fog a Dox
    Bruce Pascoe
    Magabala Books
    ISBN: 9781921248559
    City
    James Roy
    University of Queensland Press
    ISBN: 9780702249266
    Creepy & Maud
    Dianne Touchell
    Fremantle Press
    ISBN: 9781921888953
    Friday Brown
    Vikki Wakefield
    Text Publishing
    ISBN: 9781921922701
    The Wrong Boy
    Suzy Zail
    Black Dog Books, Walker Books Australia
    ISBN: 9781742031651
  • The Book of the Year: Younger Readers
    Dragon Hunter
    Nazam Anhar
    Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781742830308
    Nobpdy's Boy
    Diane Bates
    Celapene Press
    ISBN: 9780987255600
    Star
    Catherine Bateson
    Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781862919815
    Violet Mackerel's Personal Space
    Anna Branford (Illust: Sarah Davis)
    Walker Books Australia
    ISBN: 9781921529207
    Trust Me Too
    Paul (ed) Collins
    Ford Street Publishing
    ISBN: 9781921665585
    Louis Beside Himself
    Anna Fienberg
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781742379944
    Other Brother
    Simon French
    Walker Books Australia
    ISBN: 9781921720833
    Pennies for Hitler
    Jackie French
    Angus & Robertson, HarperCollins Australia
    ISBN: 9780732292096
    After
    Morris Gleitzman
    Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780670075447
    The Children of the King
    Sonya Hartnett
    Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780670076130
    Pookie Aleera is Not My Boyfriend
    Steven Herrick
    University of Queensland Press
    ISBN: 9780702249280
    Sophie Scott goes South
    Alison Lester
    Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780670880683
    Phyllis Wong and the Forgotten Secrets of Mr Okyto
    Geoffrey McSkimming
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781742378213
    The Tender Moments of Saffron Silk
    Glenda Millard (Illust: Stephen Michael King)
    ABC Books, HarperCollins Publishers Australia
    ISBN: 9780733329838
    Lightning Jack
    Patricia Mullins (Text: Glenda Millard)
    Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781741693911
    The Beginner's Guide to Revenge
    Marianne Musgrove
    Random House Australia
    ISBN: 9781742750866
    Red Dirt Diary 2: Blue about Love
    Katrina Nannestad
    ABC Books, HarperCollins Publishers Australia
    ISBN: 9780733330698
    Punchlines
    Oliver Phommavanh
    Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780143306511
    The Horses Didn't Come Home
    Pamela Rushby
    HarperCollins Publishers Australia
    ISBN: 9780732293543
    Dragonkeeper book four: Blood Brothers
    Carole Wilkinson
    Black Dog Books
    ISBN: 9781742031897
  • The Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
    Australia's Greatest Inventions & Innovations
    Christopher Cheng & Linsay Knight & Powerhouse Museum
    Random House Australia
    ISBN: 9781742755649
    Python
    Christopher Cheng (Illust: Mark Jackson)
    Walker Books Australia
    ISBN: 9781921529603
    The Word Spy Activity Book
    Ursula Dubosarsky (Illust: Tohby Riddle)
    Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780143306139
    Portrait of Spain for kids
    Queensland Art Gallery Gallery of Modern Art
    Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art
    ISBN: 9781921503467
    Lyrebird! A True Story
    Jackie Kerin (Illust: Peter Gouldthorpe)
    Museum Victoria
    ISBN: 9781921833045
    Sophie Scott Goes South
    Alison Lester
    Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780670880683
    Australian Backyard Naturalist
    Peter Macinnis
    National Library of Australia
    ISBN: 9780642277428
    Topsy Turvy World: How Australian Animals Puzzled Early Explorers
    Kirsty Murray
    National Library of Australia
    ISBN: 9780642277497
    Tom the Outback Mailman
    Kristin Weidenbach (Illust: Timothy Ide)
    Hachette Australia
    ISBN: 9780734412249
  • The Picture Book of the Year
    The Terrible Suitcase
    Emma Allen (Illust: Freya Blackwood)
    Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781862919402
    The Dreadful Fluff
    Aaron Blabey
    Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780670075997
    The Coat
    Ron Brooks (Text: Julie Hunt)
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781741146059
    Lone Pine
    Susie Brown & Margaret Warner (Illust: Sebastian Ciaffaglione)
    Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont
    ISBN: 9781921541346
    The Pros and Cons of Being a Frog
    Sue deGennaro
    Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781742830636
    Too Many Elephants in the House
    Ursula Dubosarksy (Illust: Andrew Joyner)
    Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780670075461
    In the Lion
    James Foley
    Walker Books Australia
    ISBN: 9781921720321
    Ships in the Field
    Suzanne Gervay (Illust: Anna Pignataro)
    Ford Street Publishing
    ISBN: 9781921665233
    Tanglewood
    Vivienne Goodman (Text: Margaret Wild)
    Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781862915701
    Herman and Rosie
    Gus Gordon
    Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780670076031
    It's a Miroocool!
    Christine Harris (Illust: Ann James)
    Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont
    ISBN: 9781921541018
    Sophie Scott Goes South
    Alison Lester
    Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780670880683
    Lightning Jack
    Patricia Mullins (Text: Glenda Millard)
    Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781741693911
    Unforgotten
    Tohby Riddle
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781742379722
    Lily and the Fairy House
    Jane Tanner
    Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780670075102
    Peggy
    Anna Walker
    Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781742832708
    A Day to Remember
    Mark Wilson (Text: Jackie French)
    Angus & Robertson, HarperCollins Australia
    ISBN: 9780732293604