The shortlist will be announced on 26 march, and the winners on 16 august. Book week is the longest running childrens festival in australia, beginning in 1945. Cbca book week 2020 will be postponed until term 4, 2020, at a date to be announced. The theme for 2020 is curious creatures, wild minds. The childrens book council of australia has just announced the 2020 cbca shortlist. There is no deadline for books published prior to june 30. Until then, you can browse more book award shortlists, longlists and winner lists. The shortlist will be announced on 31 march, and the winners on 21 august. Merchandise this year has been designed by bob graham. From 2021, the cbca expects that the annual book of the year awards and cbca book week will revert to their normal schedule of the awards announced on the third friday in august, with cbca book week commencing the following day. The first australian childrens book week was held in november 1945, with the theme united through books, and there has been a different theme every year. Curious creatures, wild minds cbca book week 2020 a basic.
Each year, schools and public libraries across australia spend a week celebrating books, and australian authors and illustrators. Book of the year awards announcement friday, 16th october, 2020 at 12. The announcement was made on youtube for the first time in cbca history, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and the cbca national chair, professor margot hillel oam, said. Entries in this category should be outstanding books of the picture book. Entries for the 2021 cbca book of the year awards are open and will remain open, despite the current very difficult circumstances. The notables lists for the 2020 cbca book of the year awards were announced at 7pm on tuesday 25th february. The 2019 childrens book council of australia cbca book week theme is reading is my secret power.
In 2020, childrens book week will enjoy two dedicated weeks of celebration. Shortlist 2018 childrens book council of australia. Childrens book council of australia, stanley place, south brisbane. The notable books list acts as the longlist for the cbca book of the year awards. Supporting the charter of the cbca australia, this branch website is a victoriancentric resource for childrens book information. And guess what you can keep the excitement running in your classroom too for the 2020. Each year across australia, the cbca brings children and books together celebrating cbca book week. I would spend months planning my book week costumes and they became more and more elaborate. The only deadline that will apply is that of november 30, for all entries. Welcome to the childrens book council of australia supporting the cbca charter, this branch website is a western australiancentric resource for childrens book information.
As a member of the cbca you will have access to a range of member only benefits including. Cbca book week each year, schools and public libraries across australia spend a week celebrating books, and australian authors and illustrators. You can order via their estore and sometimes from your local branch. The childrens book council of australia was founded in 1945 and the first australian childrens book of the year award was presented in 1946. Entries in this category should be outstanding books of the picture book genre in which. The winners of the 2020 cbca book of the year awards will be announced on august 21, to coincide with book week. At that time and until 1952, there was a single award category now the cbca book of the year. In 1946 the cbca established annual book awards to promote childrens books of high literary and artistic quality. Each year the childrens book council of australia cbca celebrate the best in australian childrens literature by announcing the cbca book of the year awards external link. Cbca book week ideas 2019 hakea hustler and carl merrison. Book week ipswich district teacher librarian network.
Reading promotion and display ideas find out as much as you can about the shortlisted authors or illustrators and then role play interviewing an author or illustrator with one student taking the role of an authorillustrator and another taking on the. This years childrens book week runs from 1723 august with the theme reading is my secret power. These awards are now the most influential and highly respected in australia. Dear librarian, libraries wishing to apply for funding for book week activities should complete and submit this form by friday 8 may 2020. Cbca vic branch would like to thank you for your support of our work in promoting literature for young australians. The 2020 book of the year winner and honour books announcement will be held on friday august 21 noon aest. An event to acknowledge the winners of the make your own story book competition is held at the fremantle childrens literature centre on the. The awards have grown and now there are five categories in the book of the year awards and numerous other awards presented annually by the national office and cbca branches in each state and territory the winner of the inaugural award received a flower, a. Jack heath has had quite a few books published recently including four in the scream series and the 2016 cbca shortlisted title 300 minutes of danger. Learn how to use shared book reading and books as a tool. It includes categories for picture books and story books. Book of the year awards childrens book council of australia. Make your own story book childrens book council of. Ideas and activities for cbca book week western australia.
The childrens book council of australia awards was started by the childrens book council of australia cbca in 1946 with one category. See more ideas about books, book week and childrens books. All the books on the cbca 2020 shortlist i think the. You can find all the latest news about the cbca wa branch, event information, interesting articles, book launches and important milestones in the world of childrens. Information regarding events surrounded these dates, and the merchandise for book week will be posted to both the news page and the merchandise page in due course. The cbca wa branch markets a number of items on behalf of the national executive for sale to wa members. At a time like this, as we all know, books are really important and i hope you find some wonderful new books there to. For more information about the cbca awards and childrens book week, visit the cbca website.
The cbca produces a range of promotional items, including stickers for publishers to place on winning and honour books, and support materials for teachers, teacher librarians and public librarians. On a national level, the organisation of the annual childrens book of the year awards and childrens book week together with a biennial national conference focussing on childrens literature are important ways of achieving this aim. These may include talks in schools and public libraries in metro, outermetro and country areas. Each year, schools and public libraries across australia spend a week celebrating books. Cbca book week will run from august 22 to august 28 2020. Each year across australia, the cbca brings children and books together to celebrate cbca book week. Since 1987 there has been a national theme chosen by the cbca national board. Cbca book week childrens book council of australia. The theme for book week 2019 is reading is my secret power and there are so many ways you could interpret this theme for display ideas traditionally, i decorate our circulation desk window four, large tinted windows that sit behind out prominent circulation desk with some interpretation of the cbca artwork. Message concerning covid19 coronavirus and the book of the year awards. So winning the honour book for black cockatoo magabala 2018 in the 2019 cbca awards kind of made us a little more excited about book week forever. During this time schools, libraries, booksellers, authors.
Cbca book week is celebrated in late august each year. The awards aim to promote childrens books of high literary and artistic quality, and the annual awards are now one of the most influential and highly respected in australia. Charles latrobe college, cnr waoria road and kingbury drive, macleod. The board made this decision taking into account all. Congratulations to all cbca shortlisted authors, illustrators and publishers. The board made this decision taking into account all of our stakeholders. The cbca book week has had a slogan since 1945, but until 1987 each branch created their own posters to illustrate the themes and promote events.
For more information about the cbca awards, see the cbca website. Cbca is listed in the worlds largest and most authoritative dictionary database of abbreviations and acronyms. Ipswich district teacherlibrarians network the james n kirby foundation kinrosswolaroi school koala books the library board of queensland robin morrow angela namoi the. A cbca vic branch event, supported by speech pathology australia and story box library families, early year centres, preschools and primary schools. Cbca brings children and books together through its annual book week and book of the year awards. Teachers and librarians conduct activities relating to a theme to highlight the importance of reading. Older readers award in 1952 a category for the picture books was created, a younger readers category in 1982, the eve pownall award for nonfiction in 1993. Support the appointment of judges to the cbca book of the year awards panel. Winners will be announced at an award ceremony, the date of which will be decided once new dates for childrens book week.
Major sponsors of cbca book week in western australia. Celebrating childrens book week with the cbca scis. The perfect secret power who would ever suspect the kid with a book. The cbca book week 2020 merchandise range featuring original artwork by gwyn perkins will be launched in early 2020.
Cbca book week resources the childrens book council of australia. Established in 1945, the childrens book council of australia cbca is a notforprofit, volunteer run organisation which aims to engage the community with literature for young australians the cbca presents annual awards to books of literary merit, for outstanding contribution to australian childrens literature. Congratulations to all the cbca shortlisted authors, illustrators and. Between the release of the cbca book of the year awards shortlist in march and the announcement of winning and honour books at the start of childrens book week in august, the wa judges will conduct a series of talks on the shortlisted books. The childrens book council is an australiawide organisation which aims to foster childrens enjoyment of books. Book week 2015 will run from august 22 28 with the theme books light up our world. Welcome to the childrens book council of australia, victorian branch. Book week 2020, which normally runs in august, will now be held between saturday 17 october and friday 23 october 2020. Book week merchandise childrens book council of australia.
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