Book Links 2024 Award for Children’s Historical Fiction longlist announced
Thursday, 2 May 2024 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
Book Links The Centre for Children’s Literature has announced the longlist for the 2024 Award for Children’s Historical Fiction.
The seven longlisted titles are:
- Bidhi Galing (Big Rain) (Anita Heiss & Samantha Campbell, S&S)
- The Fortune Maker (Catherine Norton, HarperCollins)
- Inkflower (Suzy Zail, Walker Books)
- Running with Ivan (Suzanne Leal, HarperCollins)
- Secret Sparrow (Jackie French, HarperCollins)
- Spies in the Sky (Beverley McWilliams, Pantera)
- Two Sparrowhawks in a Lonely Sky (Rebecca Lim, A&U Children’s).
Established in 2020, this annual award aims ‘to increase the understanding and appreciation of history by children’ aged up to 14 years, with a prize of $1000 awarded to the winner.
The 2024 shortlist will be announced on 1 June, with the winner to be announced on 18 July.
Last year’s winner was Waiting for the Storks by Katrina Nannestad (ABC Books).
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