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The Guardian is polling for Australia’s best children’s picture book - which are you voting for?
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/ng-interactive/2026/jan/27/australia-best-childrens-picture-book-poll-vote

#OzLit #AusLit #KidLit #OzKidLit

Australia’s best children’s picture book poll - vote now

Cast your vote for the best Australian children’s picture book from 27 January to 5 February. You can vote every day

The Guardian

Yvonne Perkins Jun 30, 2025

Will the new Literature Australia body revive the precarious working lives of Australian writers?
#Australia #OzLit #OzKidLit #OzPoetry

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/01/writing-australia-poet-laureate-national-literature-body-authors

Writing Australia: can the new national literature body make a real difference for authors?

Supporting writers is nation-building work, and expectations are high for the new body with its re-inaugurated poet laureate

The Guardian