Five of the shortlisted titles in the Environmental Award for 2024. Photo: Supplied.
The Wilderness Society has announced the shortlist for its annual Environmental Award for Children’s Literature, now in its 30th year.
The award acknowledges books that inspire a love of and care for nature. The Karajia Award, meanwhile, a prize specifically for First Nations writers writing about Country, Culture and connection, is in its third year.
Thuy On is the Reviews and Literary Editor of ArtsHub and an arts journalist, critic and poet who’s written for a range of publications including The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Sydney Review of Books, The Australian, The Age/SMH and Australian Book Review. She was the Books Editor of The Big Issue for 8 years and a former Melbourne theatre critic correspondent for The Australian.
She has three collections of poetry published by the University of Western Australian Press (UWAP): Turbulence (2020), Decadence (2022) and Essence (2025).
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