Awards season is heating up with lots of long lists and short lists coming in over the next few months. The latest short list announcement is the ASLA DANZ Children’s Book Award, which is voted for by children and young adults. Congratulations to those who have made the shortlist and thank you to the wonderful work of the judges. The winners will be crowned at at the ASLA Conference on Friday, May 30th at Higher Mark, GMHBA Stadium, Geelong. This event will be hosted by Joel McKerrow. Check out the DANZ website for more information.
Graphic Novels
Ghost Book
by Remy Lai
(Allen & Unwin)
Neverlanders
by Tom Taylor and Jon Sommariva
(Penguin Random House)
The Sweetness Between Us
by Sarah Winifred Searle
(Allen & Unwin)
Non-Fiction
Our Mob
by Taylor Hampton & Jacinta Daniher and illustrated by Seantelle Walsh
(Ford Street Publishing)
Looking After Country with Fire
by Victor Steffensen and illustrated by Sandra Steffensen
(Hardie Grant Explore)
The Trees
by Victor Steffensen and illustrated by Sandra Steffensen
(Hardie Grand Explore)
Poetry
Pasifika Navigators
by 52 Pasifika Student Authors
(Mila’s Books)
It’s the Sound of the Thing
by Maxine Beneba Clarke
(Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing)
Young Adult
Catch a Falling Star
by Eileen Merriman
(Penguin Random House New Zealand)
Into the Mouth of the Wolf
by Erin Gough
(Hardie Grant)
Inkflower
by Suzy Zail
(Walker Books Australia)
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