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12/09/2025

News from the Children’s Laureate

Sally Rippin talks about CBCA celebrations for their 80th birthday. She also shares free activities and the free September audiobooks-two wonderful titles! Click here

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01/09/2025

International Literacy Day is almost here: Monday 8th September

Since 1967, the annual celebrations of International Literacy Day (ILD) have taken place on 8 September around the world to remind policy-makers, practitioners, and the public of the critical importance of

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25/08/2025

Andy Griffiths: ‘I think it’s a pity that reading is being lost through neglect’

The Guardian 16 August, 2025 by Clare Millar ...Despite reports that children, especially boys, are reading less and struggling more with literacy, Griffiths is mostly optimistic, meeting thousands of kids a

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22/08/2025

Have men really stopped reading? We take a deeper dive into the data

The Guardian 17 August, 2025 by Nick Evershed The demise of men reading books has, once again, been greatly exaggerated. A recent ABC article about Australians’ reading habits claimed “Australians, especially men,

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21/08/2025

Congratulations to the 2025 Book of the Year Awards Winners

The winners and Honour Books for the 2025 CBCA Book of the Year Awards have been announced. Congratulations to all the remarkable creators and publishers bringing Australian stories to

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18/08/2025

News from our Australian Children’s Laureate

Lots of photos and news from Laureate Week plus free activities and the August audiobooks. These are free to download so enjoy Star of the Week by Sally Rippin and

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14/08/2025

LitUp participants announced

Australia Reads Congratulations to the 27 schools, libraries and bookshops who will host LitUp events with authors and illustrators in their local communities next year! From Cairns, Quilpie and Weipa to Broken

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08/08/2025

IBBY-UNESCO Collection of Remarkable Books in Indigenous and Endangered Languages

IBBY IBBY and UNESCO join efforts to protect linguistic diversity in the field of children’s literature by launching a global call for submissions to put together the IBBY-UNESCO Collection of Remarkable

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14/07/2025

News from Australian Children’s Laureate

Click here to read what Sally Rippin has been doing.plus free activities. There is access to the July audiobooks.

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03/07/2025

The modern library: More than a book storeroom

School News by June 2025 Sarah Davison The school library has long been a place of discovery, reflection, & learning. But as educational needs change, so must our learning spaces. Today’s

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