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CBCA Awards 2015 shortlists announced

14 April 2015   Books+Publishing
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The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced.

The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are:

Older Readers

  • Nona & Me (Clare Atkins, Black Inc.)
  • Intruder (Christine Bongers, Woolshed Press)
  • Are You Seeing Me? (Darren Groth, Woolshed Press)
  • The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl (Melissa Keil, Hardie Grant Egmont)
  • The Minnow (Diana Sweeney, Text)
  • The Protected (Claire Zorn, UQP)

 

Younger Readers

  • Two Wolves (Tristan Bancks, Random House)
  • The Simple Things (Bill Condon, illus by Beth Norling, A&U)
  • The Cleo Stories: The Necklace and the Present (Libby Gleeson, illus by Freya Blackwood, A&U)
  • Bleakboy and Hunter Stand out in the Rain (Steven Herrick, UQP)
  • Figgy in the World (Tamsin Janu, Omnibus)
  • Withering-by-Sea: A Stella Montgomery Intrigue (Judith Rossell, ABC Books)

 

Early Childhood

  • Pig the Pug (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic)
  • Scary Night (Lesley Gibbes, illus by Stephen Michael King, Working Title Press)
  • Go to Sleep, Jessie (Libby Gleeson, illus by Freya Blackwood, Little Hare)
  • A House of Her Own (Jenny Hughes, illus by Jonathan Bentley, Hardie Grant Egmont)
  • Snail and Turtle are Friends (Stephen Michael King, Scholastic)
  • Noni the Pony goes to the Beach (Alison Lester, A&U)

 

Picture Book of the Year

  • Rivertime (Trace Balla, A&U)
  • My Two Blankets (Irena Kobald, illus by Freya Blackwood, Little Hare)
  • One Minute’s Silence (David Metzenthen, illus by Michael Camilleri, A&U)
  • The Duck and the Darklings (Glenda Millard, illus by Stephen Michael King, A&U)
  • The Stone Lion (Margaret Wild, Ritva Voutila, Little Hare)
  • Fire (Jackie French, illus by Bruce Whatley, Scholastic)

 

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

  • A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land (Simon Barnard, Text)
  • Coming of Age: Growing up Muslim in Australia (ed by Demet Divaroren & Amra Pajalic, A&U)
  • Mary’s Australia: How Mary Mackillop Changed Australia (Pamela Freeman, Black Dog Books)
  • Tea and Sugar Christmas (Jane Jolly, illus by Robert Ingpen, NLA)
  • Emu (Claire Saxby, illus by Graham Byrne, Walker Books)
  • Audacity: Stories of Heroic Australians in Wartime (Carlie Walker, illus by Brett Hatherly, Department of Veterans’ Affairs)

 

Crichton Award for New Illustrators

  • Rivertime (Trace Balla, A&U)
  • Kick with My Left Foot (Karen Briggs, text by Paul Seden, A&U)
  • One Minute’s Silence (Michael Camilleri, text by David Metzenthen, A&U)
  • Little Dog and the Christmas Wish (Robin Cowcher, text by Corinne Fenton, Walker Books)
  • Meet Douglas Mawson (Snip Green, text by Mike Dumbleton, Random House)
  • The Lost Girl (Leanne Tobin, text by Ambelin Kwaymullina, Walker Books).

 

The winners of this year’s awards will be announced on 21 August ahead of Children’s Book Week on 22-28 August. The theme for this year’s Book Week is ‘Books light up our world’.

The CBCA has also released its list of Notable Books, which is available on the CBCA website here.

CBCA national president Angela Briant described this year’s entries as ‘very strong across all categories and particularly in the Eve Pownall award’. ‘It’s exciting to see an increase in the number of entries and also observe the genre developing,’ said Briant. ‘Publishers entered many intriguing books that convey information in a format that will engage children. One trend was stories that recreate a particular time in Australian history, with endearing and captivating characters teaching children about life during that time.’

 

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