The CBCA Book of the Year Awards
This year's winners!
The 2011 CBCA Award winners have just been announced! Congratulations to all the winning, Honour and shortlisted titles!
2011 CBCA Winners and Honour Books (PDF)
CBCA Awards
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Every year millions of kids in Australia hang out for The CBCA Book of the Year Awards. So do their parents, teachers and librarians - not to mention authors, illustrators and publishers!
There are categories for every type of reader and for every age group. The judges take enormous care to select works that are relevant, well written, engaging, and often challenging.
Judge's Talk
Interested in hearing a talk from the 2011 judge? The 2011 Judge’s Talk on the Short Listed and Notable Books for the Book of the Year Awards will be held as part of Books to Keep Kids Reading conference. Details can be found here.For a complete list of this year's Short List and winners - and for information about past prize winners - go to the national website of The Children's Book Council of Australia.
These awards are funded by generous donations to the CBCA Awards Foundation.
Go to our national website for more information about the awards.
Or learn about the $1 million Awards Foundation.
Two of the 2011 shortlisted titles.