Speak Out August 2019 Digital Edition

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Book of the Year shortlist announced

volunteer as shortlisters and judges. A huge thank you must therefore go to the awards’ shortlisters who worked their way through a huge number of books in their three categories: Claire Monsour (three to 5 years), Lyn Goodwin (five to 8 years), and Evett Lattouf and Natasha Barlow (eight to 10 years). The baton has now passed to the awards’ 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 Friday 1 November. The awards ceremony in 2019 is being held at the State Library of Victoria.

There were 186 titles nominated for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards in 2019. All of these books have now been shortlisted. A complete list of all the shortlisted books is available from the Association’s website. Following shortlisting, the shortlisted books are judged in one of five separate categories: Birth to 3 years; three to 5 years; five to 8 years; eight to 10 years; and Indigenous Children. The Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards are now in their sixteenth year. These highly respected awards are not 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 Thank you to the 2019 judges

Birth to 3 Years Nisrine El-Choueifati Lisa Ey Rebecca Reinking

Five to 8 years category Anna Gilmour Jacqui Hanna Melissa Hughes Julie Martin Danielle Ryan Alexandra Sevdalis-Fallaw Lauren Scott Janice Zee Eight to 10 years category Kate Augello Nadine Davies Malathi Ferdinando Pam Reed Amanda Rigo Melissa Roberts Kylie Johnson-Short Jamie Williams

Indigenous Children Category Michelle Attard Erin Coonan Casandra Fidock (Tibika)

Kate Sharma Sharon Smart Rebecca Star Olivia Watchman Iris Yamagishi Three to 5 years category Christine Beal Asha Bodycoat Jacqui Collins Lauren Haskins Meryl Lai Kong Ling

Stephanie Gibb Gemma Holleran Laura Nelson Angela Spurway

View the shortlisted books here

Olivia MacGinley Lindsay Potgieter Samantha White

Michael Kerrisk Communications and Marketing Manager

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