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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 …

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The shortlisted books for the 2015 Book of the Year Awards.

Speak Out October 2015

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