Congratulations to Diane Jackson Hill who has received a Whitely Award 2020 for
This non-fiction picture book was published by CSIRO Publishing in October 2019 and is tale of migration, conservation and survival that begins with one small bird called Hope.
Whitley Awards recognise the best of Australasian zoological literature.
Bravo, Diane!
Congratulations to author Jenny Blackford on being awarded
for her junior fiction book The Girl in the Mirror, which was published in October 2019 by Eagle Books, an imprint of Christmas Press. The book is based on a story that originally appeared in The School Magazine. The Sisters-in-Crime present six Davitt Awards annually, including the Best Children's Crime Novel.
The judges called the book:
a refreshingly contemporary time-slip mystery... Jenny Blackford has captured the pains of early adolescence – loneliness, fear, uncertainty – in a gripping mystery that is perfectly pitched to the middle readers who will love it.
Huge congratulations to author and illustrator Anna Pignataro!
for her book The Heart of a Whale, published by Philomel Books / Penguin Random House US.
As Anna says on her blog:
It is such an honour and always wonderful when your book gets to have another life in another country. I am so happy that this book has been recognised and appreciated over on the other side of the world.
