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The winners are in and everything is in place
for this year’s Speech Pathology Book of the Year
Awards ceremony, which for the first time is being held
in Brisbane. A big thank you to the State Library of
Queensland for their support and for hosting the 2015
awards ceremony.
The winners of the Book of the Year are to be formally
announced on Thursday 15 October. Until then, please
keep the winners a secret! Everyone is most welcome to
attend the awards ceremony. The ceremony commences
at 10.15am at the State Library of Queensland
Auditorium 1, Level 2, Cultural Precinct, Stanley Place,
South Brisbane.
A big thank you also to all the judges of this year’s
Book of the Year. Without the judges there would be no
Book of the Year Awards. The time and effort taken by
them to read the books, and then to prioritise and pass
comment on the best ones, is substantial. But the judges
can only undertake their tasks once the mountain of
nominated books has been reduced to a select few, by
our dedicated shortlisters and our partners at Let’s Read
who shortlist the books in the Birth to 3 Years category.
Feedback from the judges is that the standard across
the 52 books shortlisted for judging was extremely high.
Congratulations again to all the authors and illustrators
who had a book shortlisted. Details of the shortlisted
books can be found on the Book of the Year webpage.
Everyone can help celebrate the Book of the Year
Awards and the winning books. You can do this by
recommending the winning titles to parents and
educators, displaying the Book of the Year poster in
your workplace, and talking to your local library about
promoting the awards and the winning books.
Michael Kerrisk
Communications and Marketing Manager
And the winner is…
The shortlisted books for the 2015 Book of the Year Awards.
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