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Celebrate International Children’s Book Day, April 2

https://youtu.be/w2qXsSKENpI View this special video to celebrate International Children's Book Day with a reading from Matt Ottley (our 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award illustrator nominee) and interviews with our 2024 Ena Noël Award winners. Since its inception in 1994, the Ena Noël Award has played a significant role in identifying talented emerging writers and illustrators. Thank you to all the publishers who entered books by … Continue reading Celebrate International Children’s Book Day, April 2

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International Children’s Book Day

Since 1967, the International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY) has celebrated Hans Christian Andersen's birthday, 2 April, as International Children's Book Day (ICBD). Celebration aims to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children's books. Each year one of the national bodies of IBBY, sponsors ICBD. Japan is the sponsor for 2024. … Continue reading International Children’s Book Day

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2024 Ena Noël Award Shortlist

IBBY Australia Encouragement Award for a young emerging writer or illustrator The panel of judges is pleased to announce the shortlists for author and illustrator awards: Author Shortlist: Reece Carter, A Girl Called Corpse (Allen & Unwin)Meg Gatland-Veness, When Only One (Pantera Press)Jess McGeachin, Kind (Allen & Unwin)Kirli Saunders, Our Dreaming (Scholastic)Holden Sheppard, The Brink (Text Publishing)Rhiannon Williams, Dusty in the Outwilds (Hardie Grant) Illustrator … Continue reading 2024 Ena Noël Award Shortlist

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Nominations for the 2024 Ena Noël Award are now open

The IBBY Australia Ena Noël Award (Encouragement Award for Children’s Literature) has been presented from 1994 to 2022 to either a young developing Australian writer or illustrator.  In 2024, to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the award’s inception, IBBY Australia Committee announces a change, in that two biennial awards will be presented – one to an author and one to an illustrator. … Continue reading Nominations for the 2024 Ena Noël Award are now open