Congratulations to our speakers who have been shortlist in this year's CBCA awards!

Freya Blackwood (illus.) – Clancy & Millie And The Very Fine House (Little Hare Books)
(Book Of The Year - Early Childhood Short List 2010)

Danielle Clode – Prehistoric Giants: The Megafauna of Australia (Museum Victoria)
(Book of the Year - Information Book of the Year Shortlist 2010)

John & Stella Danalis – Schumann the Shoeman (UQP)
(Book of the Year - Picture Book Short List 2010)

Glenda Millard – A Small Free Kiss In The Dark (Allen & Unwin)
(Book of the Year - Older Readers Short List 2010)

Glenda Millard – Isabella's Garden (Walker Books)
(Book of the Year - Picture Book Short List 2010)

Narelle Oliver – Fox and Fine Feathers (Omnibus, Scholastic)
(Book of the Year - Picture Book Short List 2010)

Booked Out wishes them all the best of luck — we can't wait until Book Week to see who wins!

Congratulations also to those whose books made the notable categories:

NOTABLE BOOKS - OLDER READERS
Phillip Gwynne – Swerve (Penguin)
Doug MacLeod – Siggy and Amber (Penguin) (A staff favourite, this book!)
Michael Pryor – Time of Trial: The Fourth Volume of The Laws of Magic (Random House)
Penni Russon – Little Bird (Allen & Unwin)
Gabrielle Williams – Beatle Meets Destiny (Penguin)

NOTABLE BOOKS - YOUNGER READERS
Deborah Abela – The Remarkable Secret of Aurelie Bonhoffen (Random House)
Michael Gerard Bauer – Dinosaur Knights (Omnibus / Scholastic)
Phillip Gwynne (illus, Terry Denton) – A Chook Called Harry (Pufifn, Penguin)
Glenda Millard (illus. Annie White) – Mbobo Tree (Scholastic)
James Moloney – The Book From Baden Dark (HarperCollins)
Sally Rippin – Just One Wish (Puffin, Penguin)
Gabrielle Wang – A Ghost In My Suitcase (Penuin )

NOTABLE BOOKS - EARLY CHILDHOOD
Meredith Costain (illus. Mitch Vane) – Bed Tails (Viking, Penguin)
Megan de Kantzow (illus. Sally Rippin) – Me, Oliver Bright (Omnibus, Scholastic)
Lee Fox (illus. Shane McGowan) – Ten Little Hermit Crabs (Allen & Unwin)
Margaret Wild (illus. Freya Blackwood) – Harry & Hopper (Omnibus, Scholastic)

NOTABLE BOOKS - PICTURE BOOKS
Megan de Kantzow (illus. Sally Rippin) – Me, Oliver Bright (Omnibus, Scholastic)
Freya Blackwood (illus.) – Clancy & Millie And The Very Fine House (Little Hare Books)
Mark Wilson – My Mother’s Eyes: The Story of a Boy Soldier (Lothian/Hachette)