CBCA 2025 Shortlist

CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST - 2025

CBCA BOOK WEEK: AUGUST 16-23 2025

Theme: Book an Adventure!

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.


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Always Was, Always Will Be 9781922777614

Always Was, Always Will Be

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Design & Building on Country 9781760763565

Design & Building on Country

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Flora: Australia's Most Curious Plants 9781922507716

Flora: Australia's Most Curious Plants

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I am a Magpie, I am a Currawong 9780645713725

I am a Magpie, I am a Currawong

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Making the Shrine: Stories from Victoria’s War Memorial 9781763515604

Making the Shrine: Stories from Victoria’s War Memorial

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South With the Seabirds 9781761068645

South with the Seabirds

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