It’s CBCA time
The countdown to Book Week has begun, with the announcement this morning of the Notable Books in all categories of the Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards. Short lists drawn from these notable titles contain the eventual winners, to be announced during August Book Week celebrations.
The Notable Books are in effect a long list of the very best titles presented to the judges from all the books published in 2007, so are definitely worth considering for your library collections. Reviews of most titles on the Notables list can be found on the CMIS Resource Bank.
Book Week 2008 runs from 15-22 August, with this year’s theme ‘Fuel Your Mind’.
The short list for each category usually produces disappointment, with titles missing out that many consider worthy. The judges can’t please everyone, even with their final notables lists, so comment here about titles that made it and those that didn’t is certainly encouraged.
Older Readers Shortlist 2008
- Jackie French - Pharaoh : the boy who conquered the Nile
- Sonya Hartnett - The ghost’s child
- John Heffernan - Marty’s shadow
- Meme McDonald - Love like water
- David Metzenthen - Black water
- Leonie Norrington - Leaving Barrumbi
We are delighted that Matt Ottley’s Requiem for a Beast, our cover book for Issue 3, 2007, has been short listed in the Picture Book of the Year category.
