Children's Book Week

2024 Bookmark Competition Winners

We're thrilled to announce the winners of our 2024 Design a Bookmark competition. Congratulations to our official bookmark artists:

Abigail Doherty, Dusty Schrader, Koopa Byrne, Ella Howard, Tilda Carrington, Cooper Payne, Sierra Boles, Anna Morton, Kyra Stanton, Holly Turner, Eli Smyth and Alaura Sutherland.

Thank you to everyone who entered the competition! We were blown away by the creativity and variety of the designs submitted. 

The Design a Bookmark competition was coordinated to celebrate Children’s Book Week 2024 and featured three different categories: 4 – 7 years, 8 – 12 years and 13 – 18 years. We received 814 entries from across the region. Each of the winners received copies of their bookmark to share with family and friends and a book prize.

The printed bookmarks are available at our libraries, so be sure to pick one up on your next visit.

What is Book Week?

Each year since 1945 the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has brought children and books together across Australia through CBCA Book Week.

During this time schools and public libraries spend one glorious week celebrating books and Australian children's authors and illustrators.

Book of the Year Awards

Explore the CBCA 2024 Book of the Year Awards shortlisted titles on the Library Catalogue here.

Macquarie Regional Library members can also access many of the shortlisted titles online via StoryBox Hub or the library's eBook and eAudiobook platforms.