Wild wins 2011 Lady Cutler Award
Margaret Wild is the recipient of the 2011 Lady Cutler Award. South-African born Wild, who moved to Australia in the early 1970s, has written more than 70 children's books as...
Booksellers, libraries celebrate Children’s Book Week 2011
Bookshops, schools and libraries around Australia celebrated Children's Book Week, which wrapped up on the weekend, having run from 20 to 26 August.Organised by the Children’s Book Council of Australia...
2011 CBCA Book of the Year Awards winners announced
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin on Friday 19 August, the winners of this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The...
CBCA winners
The winners of this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced today. The winners and honour books in each of the categories are:...
2011 CBCA Book of the Year Awards winners announced
The winners of this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced today. The winners and honour books in each of the categories are:Older...
2011 CBCA book of the year award winners announced
The winners of this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced today. The winners and honour books in each of the categories are:Older...
Children’s authors, illustrator launch Literature Live!
Five children's book creators have joined together to form Literature Live!, an organisation which provides virtual creative writing and illustration workshops to Australian schools through video conferencing and interactive whiteboards....
2011 CBCA Awards shortlists announced
As reported in a special bulletin of the Weekly Book Newsletter, the shortlists for this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced yesterday,...
2011 CBCA Awards shortlists announced
The shortlists for this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced at a reception in Adelaide today. The shortlisted titles in each of...
2011 CBCA Awards shortlists announced
The shortlists for this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced at a reception in Adelaide today. The shortlisted titles in each of...
In brief
HarperCollins to move in 2011HarperCollins plans to move its Sydney operations to a CBD location by mid-2011. The publisher is currently located in the Sydney suburb of Pymble.New Asia Pacific commercial director for Swets Netherlands-based...
Lessac awarded 2010 Muriel Barwell Award
Australia-based children's author Frane Lessac has been awarded the 2010 Muriel Barwell Award. The Muriel Barwell Award for Distinguished Service to Children's Literature is a biennial award of The Children's...
CBCA Book of the Year 2010 winners announced
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter Special Bulletin on Friday, the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced on 20 August. The winners...
CBCA Book of the Year 2010 winners announced
The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced today. The winners and honour books are:Older ReadersWinner:Jarvis 24 (David Metzenthen, Penguin) Honour books:The Winds of...
CBCA Book of the Year 2010 winners announced
The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced today. The winners and honour books are:Older ReadersWinner:Jarvis 24 (David Metzenthen, Penguin) Honour books:The Winds of...
CBCA Imagine This! Imagine That! conference attracts 400
The two-day conference Imagine This! Imagine That! held on 18 and 19 of June in Sydney, by the NSW branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA), attracted 400...
CBCA awards shortlist
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter Special Bulletin yesterday, the shortlist for the 2010 Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards has been announced.‘With the nation's...
CBCA shortlist
The shortlist for The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards was announced at Queensland's Government House today.‘With the nation's focus on literacy, history and literature...
Albert Ullin wins Leila St John Award
Albert Ullin OAM has received the annual Leila St John Award, presented by Victorian branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA). ‘His outstanding contribution to Children’s Literature in...
Bennett launches Show & Tell Publishing
Former Children's Book Council of Australia national president Bronwen Bennett has entered the publishing world with the launch of the new children's publisher Show & Tell Publishing.The company, based in Melbourne,...