Cheng receives 2009 Lady Cutler Award
Christopher Cheng is the winner of the 2009 Lady Cutler Award. The Award recognises distinguished service to children's literature, primarily in NSW and is administered by the NSW branch of...
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Australia Post bans three Popular Penguin titlesAustralia Post has banned the sale of Popular Penguin titles Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov), The History of S-xuality (Michel Foucault) and Delta of Venus (Anais Nin) at its...
CBCA Book of the Year winners announced
The winners of this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) awards have been announced. The winning and honour books are: Book of the Year: Older Readers Tales from Outer...
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Gordon & Gotch revenue upPMP, the parent company of Gordon & Gotch (which acquired the Scribo Group last year), has announced its annual results. It reported that revenue for Gordon...
NSW CBCA announces 2010 conference
The New South Wales Branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced it will be holding a two-day conference in Sydney on 18 and 19 June 2010....
CBCA 2009 shortlist announced
As reported in a special WBN bulletin yesterday, the shortlist for this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year awards has been announced. To view the...
CBCA 2009 shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year awards was announced today. The shortlist for each category is: Older ReadersMonster Blood Tattoo Book...
CBCA 2009 shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year's Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year awards was announced today. The shortlist for each category is: Older ReadersMonster Blood Tattoo Book 2:...
CBCA 2010 national conference cancelled
The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced that its planned 2010 conference has been cancelled. CBCA national executive president Marj Kirkland said the decision was made with ‘the...
New alliance to push for Children’s Laureate
The Australian Children's Literature Alliance (ACLA) was established on 19 November. The group consists of representatives from the Australian Booksellers Association, Australian Publishers Association, Australian Society of Authors, Children's Book...
Bates to receive 2008 Lady Cutler Award
The Lady Cutler Award, which recognises distinguished service to children's literature, primarily in NSW, has been awarded in 2008 to Di Bates. ‘I was so overcome when the phone call...
Furore over CBCA winner is ‘sensationalist reporting’, says Ottley
Matt Ottley has responded to criticism of his Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Picture Book of the Year Requiem for a Beast (Hachette Livre Children's Books), saying that the...
Children’s Book Week wraps up
This year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Children's Book Week wound up on Friday 22 August, having run from 16 August. This year's Book Week, which ran under the...
CBCA winners announced
As reported in a WBN special bulletin on Friday, the winners of this year's CBCA (Children's Book Council of Australia) Book of the Year awards have been announced. To view...
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CBCA Book Week kicks offThe 2008 CBCA Children's Book Week kicked off last week with the announcement of the CBCA Book of the Year award winners. The theme of this...
CBCA award winners announced
The winners of this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) awards have been announced. The winning and honour books are: Book of the Year: Older ReadersThe Ghost's Child (Sonya...
CBCA conference a success, but turnout lower than hoped for
The 9th Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) National Conference and Expo wound up on Sunday, having run from 2 May. Held at the Melbourne Convention Centre, the conference featured...
CBCA shortlist announced
As first reported in a WBN Special Bulletin, the shortlisted titles in this year's Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year awards have been announced. The shortlist for...
CBCA Book of the Year shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year's Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year awards was announced today. The shortlist for each category is: Book of the Year: Older ReadersBlack...
Hartnett to open 2008 CBCA national conference
The 9th national conference of the Children's Book Council of Australia, to be held in Melbourne from 2 to 4 of May, will be opened by Astrid Lindgren award-winner Sonya...