Little Bones shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction

Congratulations to Sandy Bigna whose middle-grade verse novel Little Bones has been shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction.⁠

The Aurealis Award is Australia's premier speculative fiction award and the winner will be announced at GenreCon on February 21 at the Thomas Dixon Centre in Brisbane.⁠

The award has attracted more than 775 entries across 14 categories, including record numbers in the Horror categories this year...

BEST CHILDREN’S FICTION

Villain, Adrian Beck (Scholastic Australia)

Little Bones, Sandy Bigna (UQP)

Moonboy, Anna Ciddor (Allen & Unwin)

Escape from Firestone Fortress, Rachel Jackson (Riveted Press)

The Last Seed Keeper, Paul Russell (EK Books)

When the Mountain Wakes, Matt Shanks (Affirm Press)

To learn more about the Aurealis Award, click here.