2024 CBCA Book Of The Year Awards

We’re thrilled to announce the 2024 CBCA Book of the Year Award Honours, Winners, and Sun Project: Shadow Judging Book of the Year Award Winners.

Join Matthew Pieri and Gloria Hanna from the Australian Theatre for Young People as they walk us through this year’s ‘magical’ lineup of Australian books for children, as selected by both our qualified judges, and our shadowers as part of the 2024 Sun Project: Shadow Judging program.

You can download the PDF winners list.

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Book of the Year: Older Readers

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 | Older Readers

Shadow Judging Winner | Older Readers

Honour Book - 2024 Older Readers

Honour Book - 2024 Older Readers

Book of the Year: Younger Readers

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.

Winner - 2024 Younger Readers

Shadow Judging Winner - 2024 Younger Readers

Honour Book - 2024 Younger Readers

Honour Book - 2024 Younger Readers

Book of the Year: Early Childhood

Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for children who are at pre-reading or early stages of reading. Ages 0-6 years.

Winner - 2024 Early Childhood

Shadow Judging Winner - 2024 Early Childhood

Honour Book - 2024 Early Childhood

Honour Book - 2024 Early Childhood

Book of the Year: Picture Book

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.

(Note: some of these books may be for mature readers.)

Winner - 2024 Picture Book

Shadow Judging Winner - 2024 Picture Book

Honour Book - 2024 Picture Book

Honour Book - 2024 Picture Book

Book of the Year: Eve Pownall Award

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 - 2024 Eve Pownall Award

Shadow Judging Winner - 2024 Eve Pownall Award

Honour Book - 2024 Eve Pownall Award

Honour Book - 2024 Eve Pownall Award

Book of the Year: New Illustrator Award

This Award aims to recognise and encourage new talent in the field of Australian children’s book illustration. Ages 0-18 years.

Winner - 2024 New Illustrator Award

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