Find out more at Book Week 2025
All positions are declared vacant at the AGM.
Your 2024-25 executive are:
President - Steve Martin
Vice President - Roxanne Steenbergen
Secretary - Jo-Ann Wolf
Treasurer and Public Officer - Felicity Sly
We welcome enquiries. Please go to our contacts page.
Merchandise for the 2025 Book of the Year Awards, will become available early in 2025 at https://store.cbca.org.au.
New forms are now available on the Membership page, or by emailing tas@cbca.org.au.
All memberships received from Sept 1 are eligible for the remainder of 2024 and all of 2025 membership.
Join or renew now to support the volunteer operations of CBCA Tas Branch.
Personal or institution membership forms can be accessed here.
August 16-23
Theme: Book an Adventure
Artwork by Jess McGeachin
Dates to remember
February 25 2025 Notables announced
March 25 2025 Shortlist announced
August 15 2025 Winners and Shadow Judged Winners announced
Launched October 29 2023
CBCA Tasmania Branch and Toast 4 Kids charity have co-launched an initiative to encourage parents/caregivers to read aloud to children in their care...every day. We aim for this message to go Australia-wide, with the opportunity for any organisation to add their own logo to the banner/email signature. Please contact us at tas@cbca.org.au if you would like a copy of the logo.
It is intended that this Group will support the promotion of public messages encouraging parents and caregivers throughout Australia to read to their children every day; and inform Members and Senators of the importance of and benefits of children's literacy.
Contact Persons:
Senator Catryna Bilyk MP
Ms Angie Bell MP
(Co-Chairs)
Foundation for Literacy and Learning Symposium
Register for 2025 via the SUN Project website
Visit the CBCA website to access Reading Time for children's book news and reviews.
Links to book related activities from the Kid Lit blog
Audible resources free whilst schools closed
Cloudyseas activities (Coral Tulloch facebook)
The final post for 2024 is a thought-provoking piece from regular contributor, Lyndon Riggall, highlights the importance of regular sustained reading. Lyndon provides a compelling impetuous to set some goals for personal reading practices and to encourage the youngsters in our lives to build healthy and sustained reading habits.
What’s new and popular in YA and children’s reading this year? This week, Bronwyn, from the Hobart Bookshop, introduces some great titles to hook readers of all ages. There might be something here for the Christmas stocking!
Nella Pickup recently attended the 39th IBBY International Congress in Trieste Italy with its theme to Join the revolution! Giving every child good books. Participating with over 630 delegates from 60 different countries Nela shares some key highlights to capture what she describes as “an awe filled experience.” This global perspective provides inspiration and affirmation for our own commitment to children, books and reading.
Hooking male teenagers into reading can be challenging, and one reason these teen readers from the Hutchins School have identified, is finding books that they can relate to and spark their interest. Read on for some insights and excellent suggestions.
Tasmanian author and illustrator, Fiona Levings, also has a PhD in Geology. Although no longer working in that field Fiona has expertly harnessed her experiences and knowledge to craft an informative and captivating picture book to tell, in lyrical prose and amazingly detailed illustrations, the story of the mountain that embraces Hobart in its foothills. Fiona shares some of the challenges, planning, book design and illustrative techniques undertaken to capture a millennia of geological change in Before the Mountain had a Name.