Presenting the 2023 CBCA Book of the Year Award, Winner and Honour books
Congratulations to all CBCA Winner and Honour Authors, Illustrators and Publishers!
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Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers in their secondary years of schooling. Ages 13-18 years.
Note: Books in this category are for mature readers and some may deal with particularly challenging themes including violence and suicide. Parental guidance is recommended
Winner
Neverlanders
Tom Taylor
ill. Jon Sommariva
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781761049071
Honour
Completely Normal (and Other Lies)
Biffy James
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760508746
Honour
The Other Side of Tomorrow
Hayley Lawrence
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760976453
Sun Project: Shadow Judging Winner
Completely Normal (and Other Lies)
Biffy James
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760508746
Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years. 7-12 years.
Note: Some of the titles in this category may only be suitable for readers who are in the upper primary years as they contain mature themes, including violence. Parental guidance is recommended.
Honour
Evie and Rhino
Neridah McMullin
ill. Astred Hicks
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760654207
Honour
The Raven's Song
Zana Fraillon & Bren MacDibble
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781761065798
Sun Project: Shadow Judging Winner
August & Jones
Pip Harry
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420350
Winner
Where the Lyrebird Lives
Vikki Conley
ill. Max Hamilton
Windy Hollow Books
ISBN: 9780645323566
Honour
Bev and Kev
Katrina Germein
ill. Mandy Foot
Little Book Press
ISBN: 9780645027051
Sun Project: Shadow Judging Winner
Lionel and Me
Corinne Fenton
ill. Tracie Grimwood
New Frontier Publishing
ISBN: 9781922326607
Entries in this category should be outstanding books of the Picture Book genre in which the author and illustrator achieve artistic and literary unity or, in wordless picture books, where the story, theme or concept is unified through illustrations. Ages 0-18 years. (NB. Some of these books may be for mature readers).
Winner
My Strange Shrinking Parents
Zeno Sworder
Thames & Hudson Australia
ISBN: 9781760761233
Honour
Dirt by Sea
Tom Jellett
text. Michael Wagner
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760894061
Honour
Paradise Sands: A Story of Enchantment
Levi Pinfold
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781406383942
Sun Project: Shadow Judging Winner
Frank's Red Hat
Sean E Avery
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760654283
Entries in this category should be books which have the prime intention of documenting factual material with consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and variation of style. Ages 0-18 years.
Note: Books in this category are for mature readers and some may deal with particularly challenging themes including violence and suicide. Parental guidance is recommended
Winner
DEEP: Dive into Hidden Worlds
Jess McGeachin
Welbeck Publishing
ISBN: 9781913519483
Honour
Come Together: Things Every Aussie Kid Should Know about the First Peoples
Isaiah Firebrace
ill. Jaelyn Biumaiwai
Hardie Grant Explore
ISBN: 9781741178166
Honour
Wild Australian Life
Leonard Cronin
ill. Chris Nixon
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760637224
Sun Project: Shadow Judging Winner
DEEP: Dive into Hidden Worlds
Jess McGeachin
Welbeck Publishing
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Tiny Wonders
ill. Sally Soweol Han
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263477
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