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December 2017

www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au

Speak Out

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Speech Pathology Australia

BOOK OF THE YEAR

The BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS ceremony in November was

a resounding success. The ceremony was again held in Brisbane

and hosted and supported by the State Library of Queensland.

The event was professionally facilitated by Jo Hayes, radio

journalist and newsreader from Brisbane Radio Station 4KQ. 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 playing of the

Didgeridoo by Gregg Dreise, the winner of the Indigenous

Children category. An activity that the school children present

enjoyed immensely. Gregg also opened proceedings with an

Acknowledgement of Country. Gregg is a teacher, author and

illustrator and grew up in St George, South West Queensland. His

mother is Lyla Knox, daughter of Ted Knox (Toomelah) and Lulu

Simpson (Brewarina). The Knoxes are proud Kamilaroi Murris, and

Gregg’s grandma’s family are Yuwaalaraay people.

There were a number of winners in 2017 who were returning after

success in earlier years. Gregg Dreise is a previous winner of the

Indigenous children category, while Gus Gordon was an earlier

winner in the Five to 9 years children category as an illustrator!

Similarly, illustrator Karen Blair is a previous winner of the Speech

Pathology Book of the Year awards for her drawings.

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 – Noisy Nature, written by Mandy A Kuhne;

Illustrated by Alex Kuhne

Three to 5 years – Me and You, written by Deborah Kelly;

Illustrated by Karen Blair

Five to 8 years – Somewhere Else, written and illustrated by Gus

Gordon

Eight to 10 years – Artie and the Grime Wave, written and

illustrated by Richard Roxburgh

Indigenous children – Mad Magpie, written and illustrated by Gregg

Dreise

Thank you to everyone involved with the Book of the Year Awards

in 2017. A special thanks to the staff at the State Library of

Queensland for helping to make the event such as success.

Speech Pathology Australia remains a proud supporter of the

library’s First 5 Forever program to improve the outcomes for

children aged 0-5 years by supporting confidence around

communication and learning through simple, everyday

experiences. First 5 Forever directly supports parents and primary

caregivers as their child’s first and most important educator, and

provides families with increased access to the resources they need

through public libraries and online

Michael Kerrisk

Communications and Marketing Manager

FROM TOP: The winners of

the SPA Book of the Year

with National President

Gaenor Dixon (pictured

right). Authors Gus Gordon,

Gregg Driese, Deborah

Kelly and Mandy Kuhne.

Allen and Unwin

representative Margaret

Lanvizer accepted

the award for Richard

Roxburgh.