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Wednesday December 4.
Don't miss out on the annual Melbourne fundraising Trivia Night for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. This event, compared by Brian Nankervis, is a heap of fun for a worthwhile cause! Book now
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CBCA AWARDS FOUNDATION SILENT AUCTION
The closing date for bids is November 22 !
Lionel is a really unique illustrated bear, illustrated in the Bigambul style of art work by Dub Leffler, who won the 2019 CBCA Book of the Year, Eve Pownall category for Sorry Day. Lionel will be a true collector’s item.
Over twenty Illustrated Bears have been created by many of Australia’s award-winning illustrators over the last few year to be auctioned to raise funds for the CBCA Awards Foundation, which funds the monetary prizes for the annual
CBCA Book of the Year Awards.
All bids should be emailed to: admin@cbca.org.au with the subject AUCTION.
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Story Time
Australian Chilldren's Literature
Showing at the National Library of Australia until February 9, 2020
Story Time, an exhibition of Australian children’s literature from the
colonial period through to the present day, will appeal to anyone
who has experienced the magic of these stories.
Special events and information
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Awards
Congratulations to Australian authors, publishers and particularly illustrators who are represented in a number of recent, and very varied, 2019 awards!
• Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Literature - picture book The All New Must have Orange 430 (Michael Speechley, Viking); junior fiction Maxi the Lifeguard: The Stormy Protest(Trent Maxwell & David Lawrence, illus by Peter Baldwin, Affirm); and children’s nonfiction Bouncing Back: An Eastern Barred Bandicoot Story (Rohan Cleave & Coral Tulloch, CSIRO Publishing).
Information on this award
• The White Ravens catalogue serves publishers, booksellers, librarians and anyone interested in international children's books as a compass for the vast children's and youth book market and is a treasure trove for literary discoveries.
The Australian titles included in the 2019 catalgue are -
Amelia Westlake by Erin Gough
Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin & Ezekiel Kwaymullina
Cicada by Shaun Tan
Midnight in the Library by Ursula Dubosarsky
The Things That Will Not Stand by Michael Gerard Bauer
Information on this Catalogue
• Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year awards
Birth to three years:
· Let’s Go Strolling (Katrina Germein, illus by Danny Snell, Little Book Press)
Three to five years:
· Tricky’s Bad Day (Alison Lester, Affirm)
Five to eight years:
· The Oo in Uluru (Judith Barker, illus by Janie Frith, Little Steps)
Eight to 10 years:
·The Dog with Seven Names (Dianne Wolfer, Random House Australia Children’s)
Indigenous children:
·Dreaming Soldiers (Catherine Bauer, illus by Shane McGrath, Big Sky).
information on this Award
•Children’s Peace Literature Award, Australia
Winner was Sue deGennaro’s picture book Missing Marvin (Scholastic)
Information on this award
•The Northern Lights Book Award
Won by Picture book Message in a Sock (Kaye Baillie, illus by Narelda Joy, MidnightSun)
This award considers children's books to be an art form and honors books that excel in aesthetic and literary qualities with an emphasis on permanency. It accepts submissions from around the world.
• Kate Greenaway Medal Nominations
Nominated for the 2020 prestigious UK Kate Greenaway medal for distiinguished illustration in a book for chilkdren and young people are Grahame Baker Smith (Wisp: A Story of Hope, written by Zana Fraillon, Lothian), Remy Lai (Pie in the Sky, Walker) and Shaun Tan (Tales from the Inner City, A&U)
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The Australian Children's Laureate Calendar: November
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Visit the Australian Children's Laureate website
for Morris Gleitzman's thoughts on the theme and for
some great reading suggestions and book related ideas.
From Morris in November - This month's laureate calendar activities are a little different. This month, yes, we are celebrating. But it's the sort of celebration that involves going out and showing just how excited you are about something by saving it from extinction.
Read to find out what you can save ...
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