About Book Week
Libraries Tasmania is reading, growing and feeling inspired for Book Week this year
Across the country preparations are underway for the biggest children’s reading event of the year – the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Children’s Book Week.
This year’s Book Week theme is ‘read, grow, inspire’.
Find Book Week activities and events at your local library on Libraries Tasmania events.
- Read your way through the 2023 CBCA Book of the Year Shortlist (opens CBCA website), which includes Tasmanian authors. Winners and Honours are announced on Friday 18 August at 12:00 pm.
- Visit the shadow judging website for Book of the Year Awards and read children’s reviews of the 2023 CBCA Book of the Year Shortlist. The Shadowers’ Choice Awards will be revealed on Friday 25 August at 12:00 pm.
- Library members can borrow print copies, eBooks and eAudiobooks of the shortlisted titles from the Libraries Tasmania catalogue and at their local library.
- Get creative and enter the Libraries Tasmania Bookmark competition