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Book of the Year
There were 154 titles nominated for
the Speech Pathology Australia Book
of the Year Awards in 2016. All of those
books have now been shortlisted. A
complete list of all the shortlisted books
in the five categories is available from the
Association’s website.
The books are judged in five separate
categories: Birth to 3 years; Three to 5
years; Five to 8 years; Eight to 10 years;
and Indigenous Children.
In the Birth to 3 years category, Let’s
Read undertakes the task of shortlisting
books in this category on behalf of the
Association. The Association thanks
Let’s Read for its ongoing support and
involvement in 2016.
The Speech Pathology Australia Book
of the Year Awards are now in their
thirteenth year. The awards would not
be possible without the ongoing support
of Australian publishers and the authors
of children’s books. Just as importantly,
the awards only remain viable and
feasible because of the time and effort of
Association members who volunteer as
‘shortlisters’ and judges.
A very big thank you must therefore go
to our shortlisters: Claire Monsour (Three
to 5 years), Alexandra Cole (Five to 8
years), and Loretta Blackall (Eight to 10
years), for their fabulous job in shortlisting
the 118 books nominated in their three
categories.
The baton has now passed to the judges
who are currently reading all the books
shortlisted in the five categories. Again,
a huge thank you to all those members
who undertake the duties of being a
Book of the Year judge.
The winners in all five categories will be
announced on Thursday, 13 October.
Like last year, the awards ceremony
is being held in Brisbane at the State
Library of Queensland.
Hall of Fame
The Board of Directors has accepted
and approved a nomination for the
Speech Pathology Australia Book
of the Year Australia Hall of Fame
(Children’s Language and Literature
Award). The nomination was received
from Association member, Tamara Lay,
and was for a prolific and successful
Australian children’s book author. The
nominated author will be announced at
the awards ceremony where she will be
in attendance to receive her Hall of Fame
award.
Thank you to the 2016 judges…
Birth to 3 years category
Christine Marschner
Lauren Haskins
Lyn Goodwin
Melissa Hughes
Samantha Turner
Nisrine El-Choueifati
Meryl Lai Kong Ling
Rebecca Star
Three to 5 years category
Jacqui Collins
Michelle Petersen
Kylie McKenna
Delwyne Stephens
Inge Gaudin
Samantha White
Angela Canning
Lindsay Potgieter
Five to 8 years category
Danielle Ryan
Kara Breitenbach
Kate Kinch
Jaimee Dutton
Le En Cheryl Ye
Katherine Sanchez
Pam Reed
Anna Gilmour
Eight to 10 years category
Tennille Burns
Honnie Joan Lonsdale
Jacqui Hanna
Christine Beal
Kerrin McKeown
Natasha Trajkovski
Melissa Lovell
Catherine Collins
Indigenous Children Category
Janice Zee
Jessica Shillinglaw
Rebecca Reinking
Olivia Watchman
Tanya Druce
Erin Coonan
Alexandria Trichilo
Kate Sharma
Book of the Year Awards Update
Shortlisted books announced
A selection of the 53 books shortlisted
in Speech Pathology Australia’s Book of
the Year Awards.