Award overlap

Books That Won Both the CBCA Book of the Year Awards and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards

4 books won both the CBCA Book of the Year Awards and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards between 2015 and 2021, most recently How to Make a Bird (2021/2021). 68 more were recognized by both without winning both.

Years are award years. CBCA Book of the Year Awards · Prime Minister's Literary Awards

Won both

Books that won both the CBCA Book of the Year Awards and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards, most recent first.
BookAuthorCBCA Book of the Year AwardsPrime Minister's Literary Awards
How to Make a BirdMeg McKinlay, Matt Ottley
  • 2021 Winner (Picture Book)
  • 2021 Winner (Children's Literature)
His Name was WalterEmily Rodda
  • 2019 Winner (Younger Readers)
  • 2019 Winner (Children's Literature)
Home in the RainBob Graham
  • 2017 Winner (Picture Book)
  • 2017 Winner (Children's Literature)
The ProtectedClaire Zorn
  • 2015 Winner (Older Readers)
  • 2015 Winner (Young Adult Literature)

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the CBCA Book of the Year Awards and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorCBCA Book of the Year AwardsPrime Minister's Literary Awards
A Leaf Called GreafKelly Canby
  • 2025 Shortlist (Picture Book)
  • 2025 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Tooth Fairy (And Some Things You Didn't)Briony Stewart
  • 2025 Shortlist (Early Childhood)
  • 2025 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
We Live in a BusDave Petzold
  • 2025 Shortlist (Picture Book)
  • 2025 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
A Hunger of ThornsLili Wilkinson
  • 2024 Honor (Older Readers)
  • 2024 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
Grace NotesKaren Comer
  • 2024 Winner (Older Readers)
  • 2024 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
Tamarra: A Story of Termites on Gurindji CountryViolet Wadrill, Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal, Leah Leaman, Cecelia Edwards, Cassandra Algy, Briony Barr, Felicity Meakins, Gregory Crocetti
  • 2024 Shortlist (Eve Pownall)
  • 2024 Winner (Children's Literature)
Ask No QuestionsEva Collins
  • 2023 Shortlist (Older Readers)
  • 2023 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
My Strange Shrinking ParentsZeno Sworder
  • 2023 Winner (Picture Book)
  • 2023 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
The Greatest ThingSarah Winifred Searle
  • 2023 Shortlist (Older Readers)
  • 2023 Winner (Young Adult Literature)
What We All SawMike Lucas
  • 2023 Shortlist (Older Readers)
  • 2023 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
Dragon SkinKaren Foxlee
  • 2022 Honor (Younger Readers)
  • 2022 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
Exit Through the Gift ShopMaryam Master, Astrid Hicks
  • 2022 Shortlist (Younger Readers)
  • 2022 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
Still Alive: Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention SystemSafdar Ahmed
  • 2022 Winner (Eve Pownall)
  • 2022 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
The Boy and the ElephantFreya Blackwood
  • 2022 Shortlist (Picture Book)
  • 2022 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
Tiger DaughterRebecca Lim
  • 2022 Winner (Older Readers)
  • 2022 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
Metal Fish, Falling SnowCath Moore
  • 2021 Honor (Older Readers)
  • 2021 Winner (Young Adult Literature)
The End of the World Is Bigger than LoveDavina Bell
  • 2021 Winner (Older Readers)
  • 2021 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
The Stolen Prince of CloudburstJaclyn Moriarty, Kelly Canby
  • 2021 Honor (Younger Readers)
  • 2021 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
When Rain Turns to SnowJane Godwin
  • 2021 Shortlist (Older Readers)
  • 2021 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
Catch a Falling StarMeg McKinlay
  • 2020 Shortlist (Younger Readers)
  • 2020 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
How it Feels to FloatHelena Fox
  • 2020 Shortlist (Older Readers)
  • 2020 Winner (Young Adult Literature)
This Is How We Change the EndingVikki Wakefield
  • 2020 Winner (Older Readers)
  • 2020 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
When the Ground Is HardMalla Nunn
  • 2020 Shortlist (Older Readers)
  • 2020 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
Between UsClare Atkins
  • 2019 Winner (Older Readers)
  • 2019 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
CicadaShaun Tan
  • 2019 Winner (Picture Book)
  • 2019 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
Lenny's Book of EverythingKaren Foxlee
  • 2019 Honor (Older Readers)
  • 2019 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
The Art of TaxidermySharon Kernot
  • 2019 Shortlist (Older Readers)
  • 2019 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
The FeatherMargaret Wild, Freya Blackwood
  • 2019 Shortlist (Picture Book)
  • 2019 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
Hark, It's Me, Ruby Lee!Lisa Shanahan, Binny
  • 2018 Honor (Early Childhood)
  • 2018 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
Dragonfly SongWendy Orr
  • 2017 Honor (Younger Readers)
  • 2017 Winner (Children's Literature)
My BrotherDee Huxley, Oliver Huxley
  • 2017 Shortlist (Picture Book)
  • 2017 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
One Would Think the DeepClaire Zorn
  • 2017 Winner (Older Readers)
  • 2017 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
The Bone SparrowZana Fraillon
  • 2017 Honor (Older Readers)
  • 2017 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
Words in Deep BlueCath Crowley
  • 2017 Honor (Older Readers)
  • 2017 Winner (Young Adult Literature)
A Single StoneMeg McKinlay
  • 2016 Honor (Older Readers)
  • 2016 Winner (Young Adult Literature)
Inbetween DaysVikki Wakefield
  • 2016 Honor (Older Readers)
  • 2016 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
Mr HuffAnna Walker
  • 2016 Winner (Early Childhood)
  • 2016 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
PerfectDanny Parker, Freya Blackwood
  • 2016 Honor (Early Childhood)
  • 2016 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
Sister HeartSally Morgan
  • 2016 Honor (Younger Readers)
  • 2016 Winner (Children's Literature)
Are You Seeing Me?Darren Groth
  • 2015 Shortlist (Older Readers)
  • 2015 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
My Two BlanketsIrena Kobald, Freya Blackwood
  • 2015 Winner (Picture Book)
  • 2015 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
One Minute’s SilenceDavid Metzenthen, Michael Camilleri
  • 2015 Honor (Picture Book)
  • 2015 Winner (Children's Literature)
The MinnowDiana Sweeney
  • 2015 Honor (Older Readers)
  • 2015 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
Two WolvesTristan Bancks
  • 2015 Honor (Younger Readers)
  • 2015 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
Withering-by-Sea: A Stella Montgomery IntrigueJudith Rossell
  • 2015 Honor (Younger Readers)
  • 2015 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
Kissed by the MoonAlison Lester
  • 2014 Shortlist (Early Childhood)
  • 2014 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
Life in Outer SpaceMelissa Keil
  • 2014 Shortlist (Older Readers)
  • 2014 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
My Life as an AlphabetBarry Jonsberg
  • 2014 Honor (Younger Readers)
  • 2014 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
Rules of SummerShaun Tan
  • 2014 Winner (Picture Book)
  • 2014 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
Silver ButtonsBob Graham
  • 2014 Honor (Picture Book)
  • 2014 Winner (Children's Literature)
Song for a Scarlet RunnerJulie Hunt
  • 2014 Shortlist (Younger Readers)
  • 2014 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
The First ThirdWill Kostakis
  • 2014 Shortlist (Older Readers)
  • 2014 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
The Incredible Here and NowFelicity Castagna
  • 2014 Shortlist (Older Readers)
  • 2014 Winner (Young Adult Literature)
Friday BrownVikki Wakefield
  • 2013 Honor (Older Readers)
  • 2013 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
The Children of the KingSonya Hartnett
  • 2013 Winner (Younger Readers)
  • 2013 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
A Straight Line to my HeartBill Condon
  • 2012 Honor (Older Readers)
  • 2012 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
Come Down, Cat!Sonya Hartnett, Lucia Masciullo
  • 2012 Honor (Early Childhood)
  • 2012 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
When We Were TwoRobert Newton
  • 2012 Honor (Older Readers)
  • 2012 Winner (Young Adult Literature)
About a GirlJoanne Horniman
  • 2011 Shortlist (Older Readers)
  • 2011 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
Graffiti moonCath Crowley
  • 2011 Honor (Older Readers)
  • 2011 Winner (Young Adult Literature)
The Piper's SonMelina Marchetta
  • 2011 Shortlist (Older Readers)
  • 2011 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
Why I Love AustraliaBronwyn Bancroft
  • 2011 Honor (Picture Book)
  • 2011 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
Jarvis 24David Metzenthen
  • 2010 Winner (Older Readers)
  • 2010 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
Running with the HorsesAlison Lester
  • 2010 Honor (Younger Readers)
  • 2010 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
StolenLucy Christopher
  • 2010 Shortlist (Older Readers)
  • 2010 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)
Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid ChildrenJen Storer
  • 2010 Shortlist (Younger Readers)
  • 2010 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
The Terrible PlopUrsula Dubosarsky, Andrew Joyner
  • 2010 Shortlist (Early Childhood)
  • 2010 Shortlist (Children's Literature)
The Winds of HeavenJudith Clarke
  • 2010 Honor (Older Readers)
  • 2010 Shortlist (Young Adult Literature)