Speak Out Feb 2013

Book of the Year 2013 nominations

2012 winners

Come Down, Cat! By Sonya Hartnett

The Little Refugee By Anh & Suzanne Do

The Invisible Hero By Elizabeth Fensham

The Snake and the Boy By Azmen Sebastian

Please note: books will be donated to worthy organisations at the end of the year.

A nominated author needs to satisfy the list of eligibility criteria: • The author must be Australian or reside permanently in Australia • The author must have published a significant number of books for children over a 10 year period or more • Books written by this author would meet the eligibility criteria for the Book of the Year Awards Nomination forms for this award can be found on the Association website’s homepage, under the link ‘Book of the Year Awards’. Again, nominations must be received at National Office by 8 March 2013 . Seeking Judges Do you have: • an interest in children’s language and literature? • some paediatric experience (this may be through work or family experiences)? • the time to devote several hours over May – June to read and critique (approximately 12) books that have been shortlisted? • an ability to work to strict timeframes? If you answered yes to all of these questions, we would love to have you on the Book of the Year judging panel in 2013! We are seeking eight judges for each award category (Young Children, Lower Primary, Upper Primary and Indigenous Children) from all states. Judges will be asked to read and critique books according to a pre-prepared judging template.

We are especially looking for members with experience working with Indigenous communities to shortlist and judge our new Book of the Year category. Nomination and judging criteria for the new award are available from the website, or email marketing@speechpathologyaustralia.org.au for further information. In addition to judges for the book awards, we may require a small number of judges, depending on nominations, to assess the suitability of authors for the Children’s Language and Literature Award – Hall of Fame. If you are interested in judging nominations for the Book of the Year Awards 2013, please email marketing@ speechpathologyaustralia.org.au . Include your name, postal address and contact numbers. Please also be sure to highlight the Book of the Year award category in which you are most interested, and why you feel qualified to critique.

Closing date for expressions of interest for judging: 12 April 2013 . We look forward to hearing from you!

Tennille Burns National PA Coordinator

Joanna Wood Communications & Marketing Manager

Speak Out February 2013

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