Educational Publishing Awards 2023 shortlists announced

The titles shortlisted for the 2023 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) have been announced.

The shortlisted categories include:

Primary: Student Resource—English (Literacy/Literature/Language)

• Australian Primary Oxford Integrated Dictionary & Thesaurus 4E (Mark Gwynn et al, OUP)
• History of the First Australians Set 5 & Teacher Resource (Sharlene G Coombs, Knowledge Books)
• PM Emerald, Ruby and Post-Level 30 (Jill McDougall et al, Nelson Primary)
• PM Writing (2nd edition) (Annette Smith et al, Cengage)

Primary: Educational Picture Book

• Be Careful, Xiao Xin! (Alice Pung & Sher Rill Ng, Working Title)
• City of Light (Julia Lawrinson & Mark Jackson, illus by Heather Potter, Wild Dog)
• Dancing with Memories (Sally Yule & Ralph Martins, illus by Cheryl Orsini, ABC Books)
• luwa tara luwa waypa (Dave mangenner Gough, Aboriginal Studies Press)
• Peregrines in the City (Andrew Kelly & Sue Lawson, illus by Dean A Jones, Wild Dog)
• We Are Australians (Duncan Smith & Nicole Godwin, illus by Jandamarra Cadd, Wild Dog)

Primary: Educational Chapter Book

• Berani (Michelle Kadarusman, A&U)
• Kit and Arlo Find a Way: Teaching consent to 8–12 year olds (Ingrid Laguna & Vanessa Hamilton, ACER Press)
• Mia: Through My Eyes: Australian Disaster Zones (Dianne Wolfer & Lyn White, A&U)
• The Goodbye Year (Emily Gale, Text)

Primary: Student Resource—Arts/Science/Humanities/Social Sciences/Technologies/Health and Physical Education

• GeoFoundations (Katrina Davey, Geography Teachers)
• REDeLEARN K-2 Junior Module (REDeLEARN)
• Walkabout Wellbeing Activity Cards & Teacher Resource (Trevor Fourmile & Sharlene Coombs, Knowledge Books)

Primary: Teaching or Reference Resource

• A New Literature Companion for Teachers, 3rd edition (Lorraine McDonald, PETAA)
• PAT Teaching Resources Centre (ACER)
• The Potential of the Visual: Teaching Literacy With Multimodal Texts (Jennifer Asha, PETAA)

Scholarly Book of the Year

• Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia (Frank Bongiorno, Black Inc.)
• Humanity’s Moment (Joëlle Gergis, Black Inc.)
• My People’s Songs: How an Indigenous Family Survived Colonial Tasmania (Joel Stephen Birnie, Monash University Publishing)
• The Good Death Through Time (Caitlin Mahar, MUP)

Secondary: Student Resource—Senior—Mathematics/Science/Technologies

• Food for VCE: Food Studies series (Sally Lasslett et al, CUP)
• Heinemann Chemistry 1, 6th edition and Heinemann Physics 11, 5th edition (Melissa MacEoin et al, Pearson)
• Jacaranda Psychology VCE Units 1-4 (John Grivas, Jacaranda)
• Jacaranda VCE Mathematics series (Mark Barnes, Jacaranda)

Secondary: Teaching or Reference Resource

• Cambridge Senior Science Psychology VCE Units 1&2 and Units 3&4 Online Teaching Suite (Kate Gallagher, et al CUP)
• NAPLAN Writing Success (Hannah Thomas & Jen McVeity, Highlighting Writing)
• Practical Writing Strategies: Engaging Activities for Secondary Students (Benjamin White, Amba Press)

Tertiary (Adaptations) Teaching and Learning Resource—Print or Blended Learning

• Exploring Management, 1st Asia-Pacific Edition (Peter Woods et al, Wiley)
• Financial Planning & Personal Finance 1e (E Thomas Garman et al, Cengage)
• Principles of Economics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Principles of Microeconomics (Richard Holden et al, Macmillan Learning)

Tertiary (Wholly Australian) Teaching and Learning Resource—Print or Blended Learning

• Accounting: Business Reporting for Decision Making, 8th Edition (Jacqueline Birt et al, Wiley)
• Auditing Theory and Practice 1e (Mike Pratt et al, Cengage)
• Australian Property Law: Principles to Practice (Michael Nancarrow, CUP)
• Health and Physical Education, 4th edition (Judith Miller et al, CUP)
• Preparing for Nursing Practice 1e (Helen Donovan, Cengage)

For more information see the awards website here. The winners, including the publisher of the year, will be announced in Melbourne at The Edge, Federation Square on 7 September.

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