Rising Star Award for Kathleen Smart

Bravo and congratulations to Kathleen Smart on being awarded the

Rising Star Award in the Australian Game Developer Awards.

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The Rising Star Award is for people who have made significant contributions to the Australian Games Industry in the past 1 – 5 years. They have become invaluable members to the community and show immense talent in their field.

As Kathleen Smart says:

I make digital storybooks for children which feature diverse characters and are accessible to deaf or blind players. They are designed to increase children's empathy for strangers.

What wonderful recognition for a brilliant initiative!

Caroline Magerl honoured at London event

Congratulations to author and illustrator Caroline Magerl. Illustrations from her forthcoming book

Piano Fingers

will be the main contemporary book at ‘The Illustrators’. This annual exhibition held by Chris Beetles Gallery in London is the largest and most popular annual event worldwide for cartoon and illustration collectors.

This year, the show will be opened by the great Michael Morpurgo and Caroline Magerl has been invited as the guest of honour at the opening weekend 20 / 21 November.

Piano Fingers will be published here in Australia by Walker Books in early 2022.

Crime award for Lian Tanner

Congratulations to Lian Tanner, winner of the Sisters in Crime 2021 Davitt Award for Best Children’s Crime Novel for

A Clue for Clara

This junior fiction title was published in August 2020 by Allen & Unwin.

The hero is a scruffy chook who dreams of being a famous detective with a TV show and teams up with the daughter of the local policeman to solve crimes in the town of Little Dismal.

Our very own SCBWI committee member, Sue Whiting’s novel The Book of Chance (Walker Books Australia) was highly commended in this category