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6 Speak Out August 2015 Speech Pathology Australia
BOOK OF THE YEAR
THE BOOKS SHORTLISTED for the
Speech Pathology Australia Book of the
Year Awards in 2015 were announced on
1 July. The books shortlisted in each
category are now with the judging panel
in each book category: Birth to 3 years;
Three to 5 years; Five to 8 years; Eight to
10 years; and Indigenous Children.
In 2015, the books shortlisted in the Birth
to 3 years category were announced on
1 August. To view the full list of shortlisted
undertakes the task of shortlisting books in
this category on behalf of the Association.
The Association thanks Let’s Read for its
involvement in 2015.
The Speech Pathology Australia Book of the
Year Awards are now in their twelfth year.
The awards would not be possible without
the ongoing support of Australian book
publishers. Just as importantly, the awards
only remain viable and feasible because
of the time and efforts of Association
members who volunteer as ‘shortlisters’
and judges.
Therefore, a very big thank you must 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 more
than 70 books nominated in these 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 15 October. This
year, for the first time, the awards ceremony
is being held in Brisbane at the State Library
of Queensland.
MICHAEL KERRISK
Communications and Marketing Manager
Birth to 3 years
category
Christine Marschner
Lauren Haskins
Audrey Price
Melissa Hughes
Samantha Turner
Heather Sheridan
Meryl Lai Kong Ling
Rebecca Star
Three to 5 years
category
Jacqui Collins
Michelle Petersen
Kylie McKenna
Delwyne Stephens
Monique Thompson
Samantha White
Angela Canning
Lindsay Potgeiter
Five to 8 years
category
Danielle Ryan
Michelle Weick
Kate Kinch
Lyn Goodwin
Le En Cheryl Ye
Katherine Sanchez
Pam Reed
Anna Gilmour
Eight to 10 years
category
Nisrine El-Choueifati
Harmony Turnbull
Jacqui Hanna
Christine Beal
Suzanne Rybak
Natasha Trajkovski
Melissa Lovell
Catherine Collins
Indigenous children
category
Kathryn Halyburton
Jessica Shillinglaw
Rebecca Reinking
Megan Mitchell
Tanya Druce
Erin Coonan
Alexandria Jones
Melissa Gardiner
Thank you to the 2015 judges...
2015 Book of the Year Awards update