Children's Peace Literature Award Explained
Children's Peace Literature Award is an Australian literary prize awarded every other year by the South Australian Psychologists for Peace, an interest group of the Australian Psychological Society.[1]
The Children's Peace Literature Award was inaugurated in 1987, when Gillian Rubinstein won for her book Space Demons.
Award winners
| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | References |
|---|
| 1987 | Gillian Rubinstein | Space Demons | Omnibus Books | [2] |
| 1989 | Victor Kelleher | The Makers | Puffin | |
| 1991 | Libby Gleeson | Dodger | Puffin | |
| 1993 | Isobelle Carmody | The Gathering | Puffin | joint winners[3] |
| Bob Graham | Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten | Penguin Books |
| 1995 | Brian Caswell | Deucalion | University of Queensland Press | |
| 1997 | James Moloney | A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove | University of Queensland Press | |
| 1999 | Phillip Gwynne | Deadly Unna | Penguin Books | |
| 2001 | James Moloney | Touch Me | University of Queensland Press | |
| 2003 | Irini Savvides | Sky Legs | Hodder Headline Australia | |
| 2005 | Kirsten Murphy | The King of Whatever | Penguin Books | |
| 2007 | Michael Gerard Bauer | Don't Call Me Ishmael | Omnibus | |
| 2009 | Christine Harris | Audrey Goes to Town | Little Hare Books | joint winners |
| Kate Constable | Winter for Grace | Allen & Unwin |
| 2011 | Sue Walker | Arnie Avery | Walker Books | [4] |
| 2013 | Aaron Blabey | The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon | Penguin | junior readers[5] |
| Barry Jonsberg | My Life as an Alphabet | Allen & Unwin | older readers |
| 2015 | Nicole Hayes | One True Thing | Random House Australia | [6] |
| 2017 | Phil Cummings | Boy | Scholastic Australia | [7] |
| 2019 | Sue deGennaro | Missing Marvin | Scholastic Australia | [8] |
| 2021 | Fiona Hardy | How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life | Affirm | [9] | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Psychologists for Peace Interest Group Children's Peace Literature Award APS. www.psychology.org.au. 2019-11-12.
- Web site: Children's Peace Literature Award. AustLit. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121154317/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v112?mainTabTemplate=awardDefault . 21 November 2021 . 2019-11-12.
- Web site: New talent in town: Isobelle Carmody UNSW Canberra. www.unsw.adfa.edu.au. 2019-11-12.
- Web site: Sue Walker - Authors & Illustrators - Welcome to Walker Books Australia. www.walkerbooks.com.au. 2019-11-12.
- Web site: Children’s Peace Literature Award 2013 winners announced. 10 January 2014. Books+Publishing. en-AU. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191112215205/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2014/01/10/29151/childrens-peace-literature-award-2013-winners-announced/ . 12 November 2019 . 2019-11-12.
- Web site: One True Thing by Nicole Hayes. www.penguin.co.nz. en. 2019-11-12.
- Web site: ‘Boy’ wins 2017 Children’s Peace Literature Award. 16 November 2017. Books+Publishing. en-AU. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180517074318/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2017/11/16/98518/boy-wins-2017-childrens-peace-literature-award/ . 17 May 2018 . 2019-11-12.
- Web site: ‘Missing Marvin’ wins Children’s Peace Literature Award. 12 November 2019. Books+Publishing. en-AU. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191112205328/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/11/12/142223/missing-marvin-wins-childrens-peace-literature-award/ . 12 November 2019 . 2019-11-12.
- Web site: 2021-12-09. Hardy wins 2021 Children’s Peace Literature Award. live. 2021-12-13. Books+Publishing. en-AU. https://web.archive.org/web/20211209000131/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/12/09/207632/hardy-wins-2021-childrens-peace-literature-award/ . 9 December 2021 .
