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The longlists for the 2024 Indie Book Awards, presented by Leading Edge Books, have been announced.

Nominations for the Yoto Carnegie medals have been announced.

The School Library Journal has announced its best books of 2023.

The shortlisted and highly commended books have been announced for the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.

Of particular interest are the Children's Literature results:

Shortlists

Ghost book by Remy Lai
It's the sound of the thing by Maxine Beneba Clarke
Who's afraid of the light? by Anna McGregor

Highly commended

Australia country of colour by Jess Racklyeft
The goodbye year by Emily Gale

The 2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, which recognise and celebrate the outstanding literary talents of established and emerging Australian writers, illustrators, poets, and historians have been announced. Of particular interest:

Children’s Literature

Open Your Heart to Country by Jasmine Seymour Winner

Shortlist

The Dunggiirr Brother and the Caring Song of the Whale by Aunty Shaa Smith
Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon by Gabrielle Wang
11 Words for Love by Randa Abdel-Fattah and Maxine Beneba Clarke
My Strange, Shrinking Parents by Zeno Sworder

Young adult literature

The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle Winner

Shortlist

Sugar by Carly Nugent
Ask No Questions by Eva Collins
The Upwelling by Lystra Rose
What We All Saw by Mike Lucas

The 2023 Hugo Awards have been announced.

Best novel

Nettle & Bone, by T. Kingfisher Winner
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Shortlist
The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi Shortlist
Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree Shortlist
Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir Shortlist
The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal Shortlist

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (presented by the World Science Fiction Society)

Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts), by Nnedi Okorafor Winner
Bloodmarked, by Tracy Deonn Shortlist
Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, by Charlie Jane Anders Shortlist
The Golden Enclaves, by Naomi Novik Shortlist
In the Serpent's Wake, by Rachel Hartman Shortlist
Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods, by Catherynne M. Valente Shortlist

Loveozya has a poster to download for Halloween.

The 2023 NSW Premier's History Awards have been announced here. Of special interest is the Young People's History Prize awarded to Emily Gale for The Goodbye Year.

The CBCA Book Week Book of the Year winners have been announced. Congratulations to all the winners.

Check out the resources from the Ipswitch District Teacher-Librarian Network.

Winners of The Aurealis Awards 2022 have been announced. Of particular interest:

Best children's novel

The Wintrish Girl, Melanie La’Brooy

Best Young Adult Novel

Only a Monster, Vanessa Len

The Australian Book Industry Awards 2023 have been announced. Reviews of the following winners have been written for ReadPlus:

What to say when you don't know what to say

Horse by Geraldine brooks

Wake by Shelley Burr

The 2023 NSW Premier’s Literary Award winners have been announced. Of particular interest:

Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature
The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia’s First Peoples by Corey Tutt and Blak Douglas.

Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature
The Upwelling by Lystra Rose.