Earlier today the Children’s Book Council of Australia announced the shortlisted books for their much coveted Book of the Year Awards.
Booked Out would like to offer a big congratulations to the following authors:
Book of the Year (Older Readers)
Book of the Year (Younger Readers)
Book of the Year (Early Childhood)
Picture Book of the Year
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
And congratulations to all our authors whose books were chosen for the Notables list: Randa Abdel-Fattah, Robyn Bavati, Anthony Eaton, Jackie French, Scot Gardner, Leanne Hall, Nette Hilton, Kirsty Murray, Michael Pryor, Catherine Bateson, Sherryl Clark, Justin D'Ath, Julia Lawrinson, Glenda Millard, Jane Godwin, Anna Walker, Sue DeGennaro, David Miller, Felicity Marshall, Sally Rippin, Gabrielle Wang, Anne Spudvilas and Mark Wilson.
Booked Out would like to offer a big congratulations to the following authors:
Book of the Year (Older Readers)
- Cath Crowley, Graffiti Moon
- Joanne Horniman, About a Girl
- Doug Macleod, The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher
- Melina Marchetta, The Piper’s Son
- Fiona Wood, Six Impossible Things
Book of the Year (Younger Readers)
- Michael Gerard Bauer, Just a Dog
- Isobelle Carmody, The Red Wind
Book of the Year (Early Childhood)
- Mitch Vane, illus. The Deep End
- Leonie Norrington, Look See, Look at Me!
- Freya Blackwood, illus. Maudie and Bear
Picture Book of the Year
- Nicki Greenberg, Hamlet
- Kim Kane, The Family Forest
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
- Terry Denton, illus. Wicked Warriors & Evil Emperors: The True Story of the Fight for Ancient China
And congratulations to all our authors whose books were chosen for the Notables list: Randa Abdel-Fattah, Robyn Bavati, Anthony Eaton, Jackie French, Scot Gardner, Leanne Hall, Nette Hilton, Kirsty Murray, Michael Pryor, Catherine Bateson, Sherryl Clark, Justin D'Ath, Julia Lawrinson, Glenda Millard, Jane Godwin, Anna Walker, Sue DeGennaro, David Miller, Felicity Marshall, Sally Rippin, Gabrielle Wang, Anne Spudvilas and Mark Wilson.