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Book Week 2023 – Read Grow Inspire

19 – 25 August 2023

Each year across Australia, the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) brings children and books together celebrating CBCA Book Week.

Thanks to all voted in our Book of the Year Community Vote. We had 1686 votes! Here are the Mid North Coast Community Vote winners:

• Older Readers: Neverlanders by Tom Taylor
• Younger Readers: The Way of Dog by Zana Fraillon
• Early Childhood: Snap! by Anna Walker
• Picture Book: Our Dreaming by Kirli Saunders
• Eve Pownall Award: A is for Australian Reefs by Frané Lessac
• New Illustrator: Australia: From Dawn to Dusk by Brentos

The official winners and honours books for the 2023 CBCA Book of the Year Awards have been announced. Head to https://cbca.org.au/. How did we go picking the winners?

243
Older readers

306
Younger readers

338
Early childhood

280
Picture book

264
Eve Pownall award

261
New illustrator

Find out which books were last years winners in the CBCA Book of the Year Awards and borrow these books online through our library catalogue.

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