The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its Book of the Year Awards shortlists for 2020. Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators, editors and publishers!

Here are the shortlists for each category.

Older Readers (for ages 13-18 years) The Boy Who Steals Houses by C.G. Drews How it Feels to Float by Helena Fox Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller When the Ground is Hard by …

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While meeting for the Readings Teen Advisory Board are currently on hiatus, our bookish teen advisors are still making time to catch up on the latest releases.

This month they’ve been diving into Australian author Astrid Scholte’s second novel. Scholte’s first book, Four Dead Queens, was a pleasing blend of fantasy and murder mystery, and The Vanishing Deep is equally unique. When seventeen-y…

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Bluey: Easter Fun! Bluey: Time to Play! Bluey: Bob Bilby Sherlock Bones and the Natural History Mystery by Renee Treml The Dog Runner by Bren MacDibble Timmy the Ticked-Off Pony and the Poo of Excitement by Magda Szubanski & Dean Rankine Eddie Woo’s Magical Maths by Eddie Woo The Girl, the Cat & the Navigator by Matilda Woods One Of Us Is Next by Karen McManus One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. Mc…

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We’re so excited about four new #LoveOzYA books that have launched this month. These novels couldn’t launch with events at Readings shops as planned, but we still intend to bang the drum about them! Read on as Astrid Scholte, Katya de Becerra, Eliza Henry Jones and Sarah Epstein share with us the stories behind their new books, and thank the people who’ve supported them. Astrid Scholte shar…

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Bluey: Easter Fun! The Dog Runner by Bren MacDibble Bluey: Bob Bilby How to Make a Movie in Twelve Days by Fiona Hardy Sherlock Bones and the Natural History Mystery by Renee Treml E-Boy (E-Boy, Book 1) by Anh Do Bluey: Time to Play! The Girl, the Cat & the Navigator by Matilda Woods Fetch-22 (The Adventures of Dog Man, Book 8) by Dav Pilkey The Explorer by Katherine Rundell

There are some d…

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Daisy Runs Wild by Caz Goodwin & Ashley King Bluey: Easter Fun! Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales The Dog Runner by Bren MacDibble Bluey: Bob Bilby Bluey: Time to Play! The Girl, the Cat & the Navigator by Matilda Woods Evonne Goolagong (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Lisa Koesterke Guts by Raina Telgemeier Ninja Clones (Ninja Kid, Book 5) by Anh Do & Anton…

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Bluey: Bob Bilby Bluey: Time to Play! Bluey: Easter Fun! Bluey: The Beach Fetch-22 (The Adventures of Dog Man, Book 8) by Dav Pilkey Chain of Gold (The Last Hours, Book 1) by Cassandra Clare The Secrets of Magnolia Moon by Edwina Wyatt & Katherine Quinn Sherlock Bones and the Natural History Mystery by Renée Treml One Of Us Is Next by Karen McManus The Girl, the Cat & the Navigator by Matilda Wo…

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This month we have atmospheric fantasy novels with unique settings, heartfelt contemporary YA and a sprinkling of romance. Find our March picks for kids books here. YA BOOK OF THE MONTH

Our YA book of the month is Astrid Scholte’s The Vanishing Deep – a standalone fantasy murder mystery set in a flooded post-climate change world.

When seventeen-year-old Tempest’s older sister Elysea my…

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The Smeds and the Smoos by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler Bluey: Time to Play! The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell Coraline by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean Maybe by Kobi Yamada & Gabriella Barouch The Dog Runner by Bren MacDibble Bluey: Fruit Bat The Girl, the Cat & the Navigator by Matilda Woods Bluey: The Beach Young Dark Emu: A Truer History by Bruce Pascoe

Julia Donaldson’s re…

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The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its Notable Books for 2020. Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators and publishers!

The CBCA Awards were first presented in 1946 and are the longest-running book awards in Australia.

CBCA National Chair Professor Margot Hillel OAM says the 2020 Notables List was drawn from 517 entries and is ‘arguably the most diverse award …

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