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Ursula Dubosarsky will also be
presented with our ‘Hall of Fame’
award, presented to authors who have
contributed significantly to children’s
literature.
We’d love you to help us celebrate this
year’s winners, either by coming along
to the ceremony or recommending the
winning titles to parents and educators
as great tools that help develop
children’s oral language and speech
and/or sound awareness.
The awards and this year’s winners are
also a great way to highlight speech
pathologists’ integral work facilitating
children’s literacy. You may like to run
an activity, such as:
• a display in your workplace
• a listing on a book reviewing
website
• a story time activity at your local
library
• creative activities like inviting your
clients to dress up as their favourite
book character or to act out a
scene from their favourite book
• Chat with your branch Public
Affairs leader about running
a Branch event and pool your
resources
• A Book of the Year Awards Poster
and Bookmark will be available
to complement your activity –
email Joanna at marketing@
for more information.
We’re serious about you coming
along to the ceremony. If you can
make it, please email support@
for
more information.
Media opportunities
We will be running a national media
campaign to highlight the important
role speech pathologists play in
children’s language and literacy
development. A template media
release for members who would like
to assist us raise awareness of
children’s speech and language
development in their local area, and
to promote their event, is available on
the Book of the Year section of the
website.
It’s been another great year for the
Book of the Year Awards and thank
you for your support in continuing to
promote the role of speech pathologists
in literacy.
Tennille Burns
National PA Coordinator
Joanna Wood
Communications & Marketing Manager
The full range of
the shortlisted
books for the
2013 Book of
the Year Awards.