Book Week

Book Week is the longest running children's festival in Australia, celebrating its 63rd birthday this year.

The dates for Book Week this year are August 16th -22nd.

Each year, many schools and public libraries from all over Australia spend a week celebrating books and Australian authors and illustrators. Classroom teachers, teacher librarians and public librarians develop activities, offer competitions and tell stories relating to a theme to highlight the importance of reading.

The theme in 2008 is... Fuel your Mind

To decorate your school/ classroom for Book Week with merchandise designed by award winning illustrator Shaun Tan- you can view and buy merchandise online or through your branch. All profits from merchandise are used to support the running of the national CBCA as well as local branches.

Have fun!

Awards Foundation Benefactors

Scholastic Australia Pty Ltd · Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd · Laurie Copping OAM (In memoriam) · Thyne Reid Trust No.1

Major Donors

Australia Post · Era Publications · Five Mile Press · Libby Gleeson · Hachette Children’s Books Australia · Hardie Grant Egmont Pty Ltd · HarperCollinsPublishers Australia · Hodder Headline Australia · Ipswich District Teacher-Librarians' Network · The James N Kirby Foundation · Kinross-Wolaroi School, Orange · Koala Books · Library Board of Queensland · Beryl Moncrieff Matthews (In memoriam) · Angela Namoi · The Northern Territory Government · Parents and Boys at Sydney Grammar School, Edgecliff Prep · Penguin Books Australia · Random House Australia Pty Ltd · Emily Rodda (Jennifer Rowe) · Gillian Rubinstein · Maurice Saxby AM · SA Dept of the Arts and Cultural Development · Julie Vivas · Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd · Cassandra Weddell, Qld (In memoriam) · Miss Maisie Williams, Garah NSW (In memoriam) · Sue Williams