Book+Week

Book Week is the longest running children's festival in Australia, celebrating its 65th birthday in 2010. The date for Book Week 2012 is **Saturday 18th - Friday 24th August**. The theme in 2012 is ... Champions Read.

The Short List in each of the categories is decided at the Judges' Conference after extensive discussion and by secret ballot by the Judges. The Short List usually has six titles in each category.
 * = Book of the Year Short List - 2012 =

Older Readers Short List 2012 ||||||||  ||
 * Author || Title || ISBN || Publisher ||
 * Bauer, Michael Gerard || Ishmael and the Hoops of Steel || 9781862919174 || Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ||
 * Condon, Bill || A Straight Line to my Heart || 9781742377308 || Allen & Unwin ||
 * Dubosarsky, Ursula || The Golden Day || 9781742374710 || Allen & Unwin ||
 * Gardner, Scot || The Dead I Know || 9781742373843 || Allen & Unwin ||
 * McGahan, Andrew || Ship Kings: The Coming of the Whirlpool || 9781742376479 || Allen & Unwin ||
 * Newton, Robert || When We Were Two || 9780143566830 || Penguin Books, Penguin Group (Australia) ||
 * These books are for mature readers ||


 * Younger Readers Short List 2012 ||
 * Author || Title ||= ISBN || Publisher ||
 * Constable, Kate || Crow Country || 9781742373959 || Allen & Unwin ||
 * Flanagan, John || Brotherband: The Outcasts || 9781741664492 || Random House Australia ||
 * French, Jackie || Nanberry: Black Brother White || 9780732290221 || Angus & Robertson Harper Collins Publishers ||
 * Green, Susan || The Truth About Verity Sparks || 9781921720277 || Walker Books Australia ||
 * Rodda, Emily Ill. Craig Smith || [|Bungawitta] || 9781862918337 || Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ||
 * Rodda, Emily || The Golden Door || 9781862918337 || Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ||