Speak Out August 2016

Book of the Year

Book of the Year Awards Update Shortlisted books announced

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.

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

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

A selection of the 53 books shortlisted in Speech Pathology Australia’s Book of the Year Awards.

Indigenous Children Category Janice Zee

Jessica Shillinglaw Rebecca Reinking Olivia Watchman Tanya Druce Erin Coonan Alexandria Trichilo Kate Sharma

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August 2016 www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au

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