From the blog: The Life of an Illustrator
Tasmanian illustrator and recent presenter at CBCA Tasmania’s Platypus Party, Jedda Robaard, provides a window into her illustrative world with some fascinating titbits about her work processes and passions.
Welcome to the CBCA (Tasmanian Branch) Inc. website
Find out more about 80 years of CBCA Book of the Year Awards at Book Week 2026
2027 Executive elected on October 31, 2026
Your 2026-27 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.
2026 CBCA MERCHANDISE
Merchandise is still available at https://store.cbca.org.au. Some items may make good Christmas Presents!
Membership for 2026/2027
Forms are now available on the Membership page, or by emailing tas@cbca.org.au.
Join or renew now to support the volunteer operations of CBCA Tas Branch.
New memberships will be active from date of processing until Dec 31 2027.
Personal or institution membership forms can be accessed here.
Book of the Year Awards
Readers' Cup Primary South 2026
5 Teams contested the Cup
Dodges Ferry won the Quiz Section. Sorell Primary won the Creative Challenge and Dodges Ferry were overall winners.
Congratulations to all teams.
Email tas@cbca.org.au for information about the 2027 Southern Primary Readers' Cup.
Book Week 2026
August 22-28
Theme: Symphony of Stories
Artwork by Briony Stewart
Dates to remember
Notables announced February 24 2026
Shortlist announced March 31 2026
Winners & Shadow Judging Winners announced August 21 2026
READ ALOUD TO YOUR CHILD EVERY DAY
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.
OCTOBER 2025: PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDS OF CHILDREN'S LITERACY RE-ESTABLISHED
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: TBA
Events calendar
Foundation for Literacy and Learning Symposium
Shadow Judging
Listen to the 2026 Shadowing Judging Podcasts
Newsletter
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Online Resources
Visit the CBCA website to access Reading Time for children's book news and reviews.
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Latest news (please scroll)
From the blog: Happy 80th Birthday CBCA Book of the Year
On Saturday 31st October, a capacity crowd of 120 excited children along with their responsible adults, CBCA members and a number of local authors and illustrators gathered at C3 Conference Centre in Hobart to celebrate this wonderful milestone in the Book of the Year Awards.
From the blog: Hidden Gems
Do you like digging for treasure? Start a journey of discovery with Belle Alderman as she provides a window into the vibrant collection held by The National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature. In this fascinating post Belle presents the ‘research files’ held in the collection as hidden gems.
From the blog: Bumps on the Road to Reading
This week, Lyndon Riggall talks about reading - from reading scores, school libraries to building a reading culture - at school and at home. Lots of points to ponder and some positives to embrace as we get over the bumps to attain a smoother road.
From the blog: The 2026 Southern Readers Cup.
CBCA Tasmania was pleased to conduct the 2026 Southern Readers Cup and appreciated the hard work of the staff at host school Dodges Ferry and the teachers and staff of the other participating schools, some of whom travelled quite long distances to attend. It was a delight to have some smaller country schools join in and make the most of this opportunity to come together to test their reading knowledge and creative interpretations of six wonderful books.