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.[1]
Award winners[edit]
| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Gillian Rubinstein | Space Demons | Omnibus Books | [1][2] |
| 1989 | Victor Kelleher | The Makers | Puffin | [2] |
| 1991 | Libby Gleeson | Dodger | Puffin | [2] |
| 1993 | Isobelle Carmody | The Gathering | Puffin | joint winners[2][3] |
| Bob Graham | Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten | Penguin Books | ||
| 1995 | Brian Caswell | Deucalion | University of Queensland Press | [2] |
| 1997 | James Moloney | A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove | University of Queensland Press | [2] |
| 1999 | Phillip Gwynne | Deadly Unna | Penguin Books | [2] |
| 2001 | James Moloney | Touch Me | University of Queensland Press | [2] |
| 2003 | Irini Savvides | Sky Legs | Hodder Headline Australia | [2] |
| 2005 | Kirsten Murphy | The King of Whatever | Penguin Books | [2] |
| 2007 | Michael Gerard Bauer | Don't Call Me Ishmael | Omnibus | [2] |
| 2009 | Christine Harris | Audrey Goes to Town | Little Hare Books | joint winners[2] |
| Kate Constable | Winter for Grace | Allen & Unwin | ||
| 2011 | Sue Walker | Arnie Avery | Walker Books | [2][4] |
| 2013 | Aaron Blabey | The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon | Penguin | junior readers[2][5] |
| Barry Jonsberg | My Life as an Alphabet | Allen & Unwin | older readers[2][5] | |
| 2015 | Nicole Hayes | One True Thing | Random House Australia | [2][6] |
| 2017 | Phil Cummings | Boy | Scholastic Australia | [2][7] |
| 2019 | Sue deGennaro | Missing Marvin | Scholastic Australia | [2][8] |
| 2021 | Fiona Hardy | How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life | Affirm | [9] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Psychologists for Peace Interest Group Children's Peace Literature Award | APS". www.psychology.org.au. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Children's Peace Literature Award". AustLit. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "New talent in town: Isobelle Carmody | UNSW Canberra". www.unsw.adfa.edu.au. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Sue Walker - Authors & Illustrators - Welcome to Walker Books Australia". www.walkerbooks.com.au. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Children's Peace Literature Award 2013 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 10 January 2014. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "One True Thing by Nicole Hayes". www.penguin.co.nz. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "'Boy' wins 2017 Children's Peace Literature Award". Books+Publishing. 16 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "'Missing Marvin' wins Children's Peace Literature Award". Books+Publishing. 12 November 2019. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Hardy wins 2021 Children's Peace Literature Award". Books+Publishing. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.