CBCA 2023 Shortlist

CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST - 2023

CBCA BOOK WEEK: AUGUST 19-25 2023

Theme: Read, Grow, Inspire

Older Readers
Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers in their secondary years of schooling. Ages 13-18 years.
Note: Books in this category are for mature readers and some may deal with particularly challenging themes including violence and suicide. Parental guidance is recommended.

Younger Readers
Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years. 7-12 years.
Note: Some of the titles in this category may only be suitable for readers who are in the upper primary years as they contain mature themes, including violence. Parental guidance is recommended.

Early Childhood
Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for children who are at pre-reading or early stages of reading. Ages 0-6 years.

Picture Books
Entries in this category should be outstanding books of the Picture Book genre in which the author and illustrator achieve artistic and literary unity or, in wordless picture books, where the story, theme or concept is unified through illustrations. Ages 0-18 years.
Note: Some of these books may be for mature readers.

Information Books (Eve Pownall Award)
Entries in this category should be books which have the prime intention of documenting factual material with consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and variation of style. Ages 0-18 years.
Note: Books in this category are for mature readers and some may deal with particularly challenging themes including violence and suicide. Parental guidance is recommended.

New Illustrator
This Award aims to recognise and encourage new talent in the field of Australian children's book illustration. Ages 0-18 years.


Ask No Questions 9781922571342

Ask No Questions

Regular price $25.00
Completely Normal (and Other Lies) 9781760508746

Completely Normal (and Other Lies)

Regular price $21.99
The Greatest Thing 9781761067655

The Greatest Thing

Regular price $22.99
Neverlanders 9781761049071

Neverlanders

Regular price $22.99
The Other Side of Tomorrow 9781760976453

The Other Side of Tomorrow

Regular price $15.99
What We All Saw 9781761045936

What We All Saw

Regular price $19.99
August & Jones 9780734420350

August & Jones

Regular price $16.99
Evie and Rhino 9781760654207

Evie and Rhino

Regular price $18.99
The Raven's Song 9781761065798

The Raven's Song

Regular price $17.99
Runt 9781761067846

Runt

Regular price $24.99
The Way of Dog 9780702265563

The Way of Dog

Regular price $16.99
Jigsaw: A Puzzle in the Post 9781529503319

Jigsaw: A Puzzle in the Post

Regular price $27.99
Lionel and Me 9781922326607

Lionel and Me

Regular price $26.99
Market Day 9781760504076

Market Day

Regular price $24.99
Snap! 9781922585387

Snap!

Regular price $24.99
Dirt by Sea 9781760894061

Dirt by Sea

Regular price $24.99
Farmhouse 9780734421654

Farmhouse

Regular price $24.99
Frank's Red Hat 9781760654283

Frank's Red Hat

Regular price $25.99
My Strange Shrinking Parents 9781760761233

My Strange Shrinking Parents

Regular price $26.99
Our Dreaming 9781742995113

Our Dreaming

Regular price $26.99
Paradise Sands: A Story of Enchantment 9781406383942

Paradise Sands: A Story of Enchantment

Regular price $29.99
A Is for Australian Reefs 9781760652258

A Is for Australian Reefs

Regular price $26.99
Amazing Animal Journeys 9780734421432

Amazing Animal Journeys

Regular price $26.99
Come Together: Things Every Aussie Kid Should Know about the First Peoples 9781741178166

Come Together: Things Every Aussie Kid Should Know about the First Peoples

Regular price $24.99