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CBCA SA Branch 80th Birthday!
Sat, 23 Aug
|State Library of South Australia
Celebrate 80 years of stories, magic and imagination of the The Children's Book Council of Australia!
Time & Location
23 Aug 2025, 10:15 am – 12:30 pm
State Library of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
About the event
Celebrate 80 years of stories, magic and imagination of the The Children's Book Council of Australia!
Since 1945 the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has brought children and books together across Australia by celebrating Children's Book Week.
During this joyous, special week, schools, public libraries, bookshops and families across the country celebrate books and the Australian children's authors and illustrators who create them.
To wrap up this year’s Book Week in style, we’re throwing a big birthday bash for CBCA’s 80th year in partnership with State Library of South Australia and you’re invited!
Join us at the State Library for a Birthday Book Adventure packed with fun. Enjoy live performances by StorySnorts, cheer on lightning-fast illustrators in the 'Draw-Off', explore the Library with your very own passport, and pick up giveaways along the way. There’ll be authors and illustrators to meet, books for sale, a bookish lucky dip to…