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The Children’s Book Council of Australia has announced their shortlist for the 2026 CBCA Book of the Year Awards.
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Book of the year: Older readers (13-18 years)
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Book of the year: Younger readers (7-12 years)
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Book of the year: Early childhood (0-6 years)
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Picture Book of the year (0-18 years)
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Eve Pownall Award
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Award for new illustratorBeing Indy / Estee SarsfieldBeyond the Shore / Mark Chester HardingA Farm by the Sea / Jillian PackerA Loo of One’s Own / Eleri HarrisPrayer for a River / Uncle Glenn LoughreySave the Gum Trees, Bees and Big Blue Seas / Luke John Matthew Arnold
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Create NSW has launched a new affordable residency program for writers and illustrators. You can see more information here.
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The Queensland Literary Awards will now be a part of the 2026 Brisbane Writers Festival.
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The Hunter Writers’ Centre has announced the winners of the Newcastle Poetry Prize for 2026. You can see the winners here.
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The program for Words on Waves Writers Festival has been announced. The festival runs from 27 May to 1 June and features many well known authors. You can see the full program here.
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The International Booker Prize shortlist for 2026 has been announced:
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The 2026 longlist for the Australian School Library Association (DANZ) Children’s Book Awards have been announced.
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Picture Books
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Chapter Books
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Middle Grade
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Australia Reads has been nominated for the 2026 Innovation in Publishing Award hosted by the International Publishers Association. The winners will be announced in July at the International Publishers Congress in Kuala Lumpar.
Books in the Media
National
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Baldwin: A love story / Nicholas Boggs (Biography)
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Frogsong / Melissa Manning (Fiction)
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Son of Nobody / Yann Martel (Fiction)
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The Trap / Fiona Kelly McGregor (Fiction)
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Transcription / Ben Lerner (Fiction)
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Under Water / Tara Menon (Fiction)
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When I Am Sixty-Four / Debra Adelaide (Fiction)
NSW, VIC, WA
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The Secret Landscapes: On not pleasing your mother / Clara Brack (Narrative Nonfiction)
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Son of Nobody / Yann Martel (Fiction)
QLD
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The Endling / Keely Jobe (Fiction)
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The Secret Landscapes: On not pleasing your mother / Clara Brack (Narrative Nonfiction)
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Rasputin: And the downfall of the Romanovs / Antony Beevor (World History)
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Royal Spin / Omid Scobie & Robin Benway (Fiction)
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Son of Nobody / Yann Martel (Fiction)
SA
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The Endling / Keely Jobe (Fiction)
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Rasputin: And the downfall of the Romanovs / Antony Beevor (World History)
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Royal Spin / Omid Scobie & Robin Benway (Fiction)
TAS
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Billy Summers / Stephen King (Fiction)
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The Endling / Keely Jobe (Fiction)
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The Hobart Hotel / Mary-Lou Stephens (Fiction)
Information gathered from Books+Publishing
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