Pictures from our 2023 Award Ceremony! With credit to our photographer Lily Slaymaker.
The event was held at the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education, on Wednesday July 19th. Patrice Lawrence was crowned the winner for her novel Needle, and presented with the award by Little Rebels Judge, Farrah Serroukh.
A highlight of the evening was a panel discussion on creating political fiction and distilling ‘big ideas’ for children, chaired by Jake Hope, attended by many of this year’s shortlistees: Annemarie Anang; Lisette Auton; Az Dassu; Elys Dolan; Natelle Quek; Varsha Shah- and Patrice Lawrence.
The Little Rebels Children’s Book Award 