Speak Out December 2018

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Speech Pathology Australia

Book of the Year success

THE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS ceremony for 2018 was a tremendous event. The ceremony was held at the State Library of Victoria, in the Village Roadshow Theatrette. The event was professionally facilitated by Jo Hayes, radio presenter and Channel 7 journalist. Ms Hayes is a former speech pathologist. The ceremony was opened by the Association’s National President Gaenor Dixon, who also presented the awards. The highlight of this year’s ceremony was the induction of well- known Australian children’s book author Morris Gleitzman into the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Hall of Fame. Mr Gleitzman was inducted as the winner of the Association’s Children’s Language and Literature Award for 2018. Mr Gleitzman is a prolific and successful Australian children’s author. He is the author of a number of well-known Australian children’s books, including: After , Boy Overboard , Now , Give Peas a Chance , and Snot Chocolate . Mr Gleitzman won the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year in 2011, in the Upper Primary category, as it then was called, for his book, Now . In 2013, his book, After , was a winner in the same category. Thanks must go to everyone involved with the Book of the Year Awards in 2018. There were a record number of books nominated this year, which made the task of shortlisting even more challenging. A very special thanks to our shortlisters and to the various judges who made the final choice about who would be a winner in 2018.

As announced in the October edition of Speak Out , five deserving books were awarded for their contribution to language and literacy development. • Birth to 3 years – Heads and Tails | written and illustrated by John Candy • Three to 5 years – Rodney Loses It! | written by Michael Gerard Bauer and illustrated by Chrissie Krebs • Five to 8 years – Danny Blue’s Really Excellent Dream | written and illustrated by Max Landrak • Eight to 10 years – The Grand, Genius Summer of Henry Hoobler | written by Lisa Shanahan • Indigenous children – Sorry Day | written by Coral Vass and illustrated by Dub Leffler. A special thanks to the staff at the State Library of Victoria for helping to make the event such as success. The Association was also excited to welcome and have in the audience over 90 students and teachers from Richmond West Primary School, who made their way to the library and enjoyed the ceremony and a reading by Max Landrak of his winning book, Danny Blue’s Really Excellent Dream .

Michael Kerrisk Communications and Marketing Manager

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