Australian Author Links

 

Australian Authors

The Australian Government Culture and Recreation Portal provides links to Australian authors’ websites and a range of other interesting information about Australian books. From here you can search over 3,500 Australian websites for information about children’s literature. There is an enormous amount of information no matter what age group you are teaching.

• http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/childrensbooks/
• Or go directly to author web pages: http://cbca.org.au/authorwebsites.htm

 

Australian Children’s Choice Awards

1. There are many children's choice book awards in Australia, both state based and national. This Department of Education site provides links to the awards.
   
2. http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/fiction/awards/aw1.htm

 

KOALA

1. Kids Own Australian Literature Awards are annual awards made by young readers in NSW to the Australian books they have most enjoyed reading during that year. 
2. http://www.koalansw.org.au/