Speak Out October 2016

Book of the Year

The best books for language and literacy

And the winners are… 2016 Book of the year awards

then to prioritise and pass comment on the best ones, is significant. The judges can only undertake their tasks once the mountain of nominated books has been reduced to a select few by our dedicated “shortlisters” and our partners at Let’s Read (who shortlist the books in the Birth to 3 years category). In 2016, there was a record 154 books nominated for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards – up from 112 in 2015. Feedback from the judges was that the standard across the 52 books shortlisted for judging was extremely high. Congratulations again to all the authors and illustrators who had a book shortlisted. Details of the shortlisted books can found on the Book of the Year webpage. Everyone can help celebrate the Book of the Year Awards and the winning books. You can do this by recommending the winning titles to parents and educators, displaying the Book of the Year poster in your workplace, and talking to your local library about promoting the awards and the winning books .

The winners are in and everything is in place for the Speech Pathology Book of the Year 2016 Awards Ceremony, which for the second time is being conducted in Brisbane. A big thank you to the State Library of Queensland for their support, and for hosting the 2016 awards ceremony. The winners of the 2016 Book of the Year will be formally announced on Thursday 13 October. Until then, please keep the winners a secret! Everyone is welcome to attend the ceremony. Formalities get underway from 10.45am at the State Library of Queensland, Auditorium 1, Level 2, Cultural Precinct, Stanley Place, South Brisbane. A new entrant to the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Hall of Fame (Children’s Language and Literature Award) will also be announced at the awards ceremony. Details about the winner will be published in the December edition of Speak Out. The winner is a very well-known female author of Australian children’s books and is a previous winner of a Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award! A big thank you to all of this year’s Book of the Year judges, without whom there would be no awards. The time and effort taken by the judges to read the books, and

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