Book Week Dinner 2026

The annual Children's Book Week ® Opening Dinner will be held on Friday 21 August to celebrate the announcement of the winners in the CBCA Book Of the Year Awards and to open Children's Book Week® in Western Australia.  
​As it is the 80th birthday of the Book Of The Year Awards, WA winners and honour book awardees have been invited and some will be taking part in the program.
CBCA WA congratulates our WA creatives that made the shortlist: 
  •  Sean Avery
  •  Sally Barton
  •  Cindy Lane
  •  Briony Stewart
  •  Renée Treml
  •  Tim Winton

2026 CBCA Yearly Planner

Featuring the lyrical imagination of Briony Stewart, the artist behind the 80-year birthday emu artwork and this year’s Children’s Book Week theme, Symphony of Stories.

The CBCA Digital Yearly Planner is the number one annual journal for Australian children’s literature in 2026.

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