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.


CBCA 2025 Book of the Year: Shortlist Mega Bundle

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CBCA 2025 Book of the Year: Older Readers Shortlist Bundle

CBCA 2025 Book of the Year: Older Readers Shortlist Bundle

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A Wreck of Seabirds 9781760993924

A Wreck of Seabirds

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Birdy 9781922790606

Birdy

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Comes the Night 9781760294762

Comes the Night

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I'm Not Really Here 9781761180767

I'm Not Really Here

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Into the Mouth of the Wolf 9781760507558

Into the Mouth of the Wolf

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The Skin I'm In 9781760984977

The Skin I'm In

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