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  • Dame Annabelle Rankin Award Recipient 2020

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  • 2020 AGM Notification

    The CBCA (Qld Branch) 2020 AGM will take place on Saturday, October 24, in the after-hours Meeting Room at the Chermside Library, beginning at 10.30 am.

    Please find the following revelant …

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  • Application to be 2021|2023 Judge for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards
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    Queenslanders are invited to apply to be a judge for the Book Of the Year Awards starting in 2021, for the 2022 and 2023 awards.

    The information and application forms are available at the National …

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  • Qld Branch Judges Q & A (via Zoom)

    CBCA Book of the Year Awards – Judges Q & A – Zoom Online session

    When: Monday 6 July 1:30-3pm

    Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=630832&

    All the details are at the Trybooking …

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  • Readers Cup 2020 Competition Update

    Update 20/04/20

    Because students have not all returned to school this term it is with much regret that we have decided to cancel all Reader's Cup competitions for 2020  and look to planning for 2021 …

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  • 2020 Dame Annabelle Rankin Award Launches

    We invite interested persons to consider submmitting a nomination to our biennial award, The Dame Annabelle Rankin Award.

    All the details about eligibility, selection criteria and deadlines are …

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  • 2020 Book Slam

    Our annual book slam will be held on March 3rd, in Meeting Room 1B (lower level of State Library of Qld).

    For more details, and to RSVP, click here.

    Everyone is welcome to 'slam' a book. It's a …

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  • 2019 AGM Notification

    The CBCA (Qld Branch) AGM will take place on Saturday, October 26, 2019 in Meeting Room 1b on the ground floor at SLQ, beginning at 2.30 pm following the Reading Cup Symposium.

    2019 Annual Report …

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  • Notable versus Longlist

    Do you have an opinion as to whether the CBCA should change the name of the Notable Books to Longlist? Here are arguments for and against. We would love to hear from members on this issue. The Board …

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  • Book Slam 2019 - A Qld Branch Night of the Notables Event

    Hear about the best new Australian children’s literature when we unveil the Notables List 2019 at the CBCA (Qld branch) Book Slam. What is Book Slam, I hear you say? It’s short sharp book talks …

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