Presenting the CBCA Book of the Year Winners - 2022
Congratulations to all CBCA Winning and Honours Authors, Illustrators and Publishers for 2022
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The 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
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Tiger Daughter
Rebecca Lim
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760877644
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Honours
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Girls in Boys' Cars
Felicity Castagna
Pan Macmillan Australia
ISBN: 9781760982980
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Honours
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How to Repaint a Life
Steven Herrick
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263156
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The 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. Ages 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
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A Glasshouse of Stars
Shirley Marr
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760899547
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Honours
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Dragon Skin
Karen Foxlee
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781460759608
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Honours
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Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief
Katrina Nannestad
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780733341465
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The 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
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Jetty Jumping
Andrea Rowe
ill. Hannah Sommerville Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760500658
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Honours
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Walk of the Whales
Nick Bland
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760509026
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Honours
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Amira's Suitcase
Vikki Conley
ill. Nicky Johnston New Frontier Publishing
ISBN: 9781922326133
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The Picture Book of the Year
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).
Note: Picture Books are listed by the illustrator, followed by the author
Winner
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Iceberg
Jess Racklyeft
text. Claire Saxby Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526047
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Honours
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Stellarphant
James Foley
Fremantle Press
ISBN: 9781760990732
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Honours
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Just One Bee
Christopher Nielsen
text. Margrete Lamond & Anthony Bertini Dirt Lane Press
ISBN: 9780648023890
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The 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
Winner
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Still Alive, Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System
Safdar Ahmed
Twelve Panels Press
ISBN: 9780980593730
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Honours
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The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Peculiar Pairs in Nature
Sami Bayly
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420046
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Honours
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Heroes, Rebels and Innovators
Karen Wyld
ill. Jaelyn Biumaiwai Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734419835
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CBCA Award for New Illustrator
This Award aims to recognise and encourage new talent in the field of Australian children's book illustration. Ages 0-18 years.
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The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name
Michelle Pereira
text. Sandhya Parappukkaran Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760509361
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