The Sydney Institute online library blog has great links to other libraries and areas of interest.
I found a great link to the Enmore design centre which had a blog on the recent  book cover design awards. 

At an event during the Sydney writers' festival the Australian publisher's announced some of the winners of their 60th annual Book Design Awards:

Best Designed Cover of the Year: The Art of Pasta (Penguin)   Designer – Daniel New

Best Designed Book of the Year: Love Lace: Powerhouse Museum International Lace Award [exhibition catalogue] (Powerhouse Publishing)    Designer - Toko

Best Designed Children’s Book Cover of the Year: August (Text Publishing)   Designer – WH Chong

Best Designed Children’s Fiction Book: Alaska (Penguin)   Designer – Allison Colpoys