COOL Awards

Canberra’s Own Outstanding List:

The Children’s Choice Book Awards in the ACT

This year we're celebrating the 21st COOL Awards! What a great milestone for the National Year of Reading.

The COOL Awards are the annual children’s choice book awards made by young readers in the ACT, choosing from amongst the Australian books they have enjoyed reading during the year.

The COOL Awards are a chance to let everyone know what books young people like to read, and to promote the enjoyment of reading Australian books. We encourage you to discuss and debate your ideas on what makes a good book, and to use your local public library.

Being involved in the COOL Awards is easy. You can nominate and vote for your favourite books here, and you can do this at the same time as you are participating in other reading programs such as the Chief Minister's Reading Challenge and the MS Read-a-thon.

Libraries ACT have been convening the COOL Awards since 1991 and we are always eager to see what books you enjoy the most each year.