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Tania McCartney wins ACT Best Children's Book Award

December 19, 2014

Huge congrats to Tania McCartney, who has won the

ACT Best Children's Book Award
 

for her wonderful
 

An Aussie Year:  Twelve Months in the Life of Australian Kids

Illustrated by Tina Snerling

Published by EK Books

In 2015 An Aussie Year will become a series, with companion books being published in the UK and US markets. An English Year and A Scottish Year will be released in September. 'It's thrilling to see an indie publishing house do so well,' says Tania. 'EK Books (an imprint of Exisle Publishing) have been amazing to work with and I'm so looking forward to producing more books with them.'

Great stuff - congrats again Tania!  

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