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OTHER DECEMBER EVENTS & AWARDS
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Winners of the 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Awards announced on December 1
Congratulations to all winners and in particular the joint winners of the Children's Fiction Section -
Bob Graham for his picture book, Home in the Rain published by Walker Books,
and to Wendy Orr for Dragonfly Song published by Allen & Unwin
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From the
multi-award winning author-illustrator Bob Graham comes a tender
touching story of family life, perfect for sharing when a new baby is on
the way. This story is a beautifully observed celebration of the way
inspiration can, and often does, happen in the most ordinary and
unlikely of places.
For readers of 5 +.
Signed copies available - $24.99
There was a great article on Bob Graham in The Age –Saturday November 11
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The 2017 Dromkeen Awards announced at the State Library of Victoria November 30.
The annual Dromkeen Award, which honours
outstanding contribution to Australian Children's Literature was awarded
to Erica Wagner (left), publisher of books for children and young
adults at Allen & Unwin.
Erica has worked as an editor and publisher for 30 years and is also
co-founder of the graphic novel publishing imprint Twelve Panels Press. You can read Erica's acceptance speech here.
The annual Dromkeen Librarian's Award. was presented to Megan Daley
(right). It is awarded to an Australian teacher, teacher librarian
or children's and youths' services personal in a library setting, in
recognition of the important role they play in introducing young people
to literature and encouraging enjoyment and love of reading. Megan is a
teacher-librarian at St Aidens' Anglican Girl's School in Brisbane and
founder of Children's Books Daily Blog.
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Other Award winners ...
‘The Invisible War’ wins the 2017 Most Underrated Book Award
The Invisible War by
Ailsa Wild, Briony Barr, Gregory Crocetti, Ben Huchings and Jeremy Barr
(Scale Free Network) published by Small Scale Press.
Now in its sixth year, the Small Press Network’s ‘Most Underrated Book
Award’ , sponsored by the Australian Booksellers Association, celebrates
hidden gems – engaging and creative books across all genres that
deserve to reach a wider audience.
This year’s winning title is a unique publication, funded through a Pozible campaign, created by a
team of writers, illustrators and scientists, and combining the format and narrative of a graphic
novel with science education writing.
‘A graphic novel about dysentery during WWI doesn’t sound like the makings of an engaging work, but The Invisible War is a cleverly created comic that’s informative, interesting and surprising!
Boy wins 2017 Children’s Peace Literature Award
On November 16 the announcement was made that Phil Cummings and Shane Devries’ picture book Boy ( Scholastic) has won the Australian Psychological Society’s (APS) 2017 Children’s Peace Literature Award.
Boy, which tells the story of a young deaf boy who brings peace
to his village by getting adults to think about conflict in a different
way, was described by the judges as a ‘delightful and powerful picture
book’. It was chosen from a shortlist of three that included Blue Sky, Yellow Kite (Janet A Holmes, illus by Jonathan Bentley, Little Hare) and Wombat Warriors (Samantha Wheeler, UQP).
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VALE Pat Hutchins
Many people were saddened to hear that Pat Hutchins died on November 7.
Pat was a UK author/illustrator of childrens' picture books, many of which became classics like Rosies’ Walk, and Titch . You can read more about Pat and her work in children's books in the Publisher's WEEKLY ARTICLE
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The Indigenous Literacy Foundation Trivia night ws held at Fitzroy Town Hall in Melbourne
on November 29. This fabulous fundraising event was hosted by Readings
and attended by 300 people. Hosted by Brian Nankervis, of Rock Quizz
fame, it raised approx $57,000!
If you missed out on this event, you can still donate to this great cause -
Reading brings the world to us, help the @IndigenousLiteracyFoundation
bring reading to children in remote Australia by making a donation this
holiday season.- https://goo.gl/duJNr8 #readingopensdoors
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December with the Australian Children's Laureate
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As Leigh Hobbs's two year term draws to a close, with celebratory farewell events in Sydney & Melbourne, we congratulate and thank him for his wonderful laureateship - so much inspiration shared and so much achieved!
He was able to announce, at his Melbourne farewell event at Readings
bookshop in Hawthorn, Melbourne on Tuesday November 28, that an article
would be published in the Age /Sydney Morning Herald the following
morning. This article sums up his focus and commitment over his two year
term.
May it continue ...
Read more
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Leigh Hobbs's It’s your story Calendar December theme is Give a Story.
Visit the Laureate website for reading suggestions and ideas.
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Limited edition giclee print - Angela & Old Tom
Image size: 270mm(w) x 210mm(h)
Book title : Character study from the Old Tom series
$200 - Purchase
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Books Illustrated is an enthusiastic supporter of the Australian Children's Laureate
and Reading Australia, a Copyright Agency initiative.
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