IBBY Australia
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The International Board on Books for Young People
(IBBY) is a non-profit organisation
to bring books and children together. In 1966, IBBY Australia was established and Ena Noël
OAM became its first president and remained in this role for over 20 years.
s were won by Australians. Patricia Wrightson
for writing and Robert Ingpen
for illustration.
Over the years many Australian children's authors and illustrators have been included in the Honour List:
, founded her own biennial prize - the Ena Noel Award - to encourage young emerging writers and illustrators. The name was chosen so that it was apparent to all concerned that someone highly regarded in the field was fostering young Australian authors and illustrators for children. The award is a mounted silver medallion designed by the first winner of the award, the Australian Aboriginal writer/illustrator Arone Raymond Meeks.
From 1994 - 2008 this biennial award was presented during the congress of the Australian Library and Information Association
(ALIA). In 2010, the award will be presented at an independent IBBY Australia function.
Only books by Australian creators published in the two years prior to the particular closing date can be nominated by the publishers for the Ena Noël award. Secondly, the nominated creator must be under the age of 35 at the time the title (or titles) for which they are nominated was published. Thirdly, any nominated author or illustrator has to be deemed by the judges to be worthy of encouragement.
The award winners:
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to bring books and children together. In 1966, IBBY Australia was established and Ena Noël
Ena Noël
Phillipena Noël, AOM best known by the name Ena Noël, was an inspirational school teacher and advocate for children's literature and library services to children and young adults. Ena Noël's name is synonymous in Australia with children's literature and with IBBY, the International Board on Books...
OAM became its first president and remained in this role for over 20 years.
IBBY Award Honours
In 1986 both Hans Christian Andersen AwardHans Christian Andersen Award
The Hans Christian Andersen Award, sometimes known as the "Nobel Prize for children's literature", is an international award given biennially by the International Board on Books for Young People in recognition of a "lasting contribution to children's literature"...
s were won by Australians. Patricia Wrightson
Patricia Wrightson
Patricia Wrightson was an Australian author who wrote a number of highly regarded and influential children's books. Her reputation came to rest largely on her magic realist titles. Her books, including the widely praised The Nargun and The Stars , were among the first Australian books for children...
for writing and Robert Ingpen
Robert Ingpen
Robert Roger Ingpen is an Australian graphic designer, illustrator, and author.-Early life:Ingpen was born in Geelong Australia and attended Geelong College to 1957...
for illustration.
IBBY Honour List — Australian Titles
The IBBY Honour List is a biennial selection of outstanding, recently published books, honoring writers, illustrators and translators from IBBY member countries. The titles are selected by the National Sections of IBBY who are invited to nominate books characteristic of their country and suitable to recommend for publication in different languages. One book can be nominated for each of the three categories: writing, illustration and translation.Over the years many Australian children's authors and illustrators have been included in the Honour List:
- 1962 Under the entry for Great Britain Writer: Nan Chauncy. Tangara, illustrated by Brian Wildsmith. London OUP 1961
- 1970 Writer: Patricia WrightsonPatricia WrightsonPatricia Wrightson was an Australian author who wrote a number of highly regarded and influential children's books. Her reputation came to rest largely on her magic realist titles. Her books, including the widely praised The Nargun and The Stars , were among the first Australian books for children...
I Own the Racecourse. London Hutchinson. 1969 - 1971 Illustrator: Ted Greenwood Joseph and Lulu and the Prindiville House Pigeons. Sydney A & R 1972
- 1972 Writer: Colin ThieleColin ThieleColin Milton Thiele, AC was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children's fiction, most notably the novels Storm Boy, Blue Fin, the Sun on the Stubble series, and February Dragon.- Biography :Thiele was born in Eudunda in South Australia to a Barossa German...
Blue Fin. Adelaide Rigby 1969 - 1973 Illustrator: Kilmeny & Deborah Niland Mulga Bill’s Bicycle by A. B Paterson Sydney Collins 1973
- 1974 Writer: Ivan SouthallIvan SouthallIvan Francis Southall AM, DFC was an award-winning Australian writer of young-adult fiction and non-fiction. He was the first and still the only Australian to win the Carnegie Medal in Literature for children's literature. His books include Hills End, Ash Road, Josh, and Let the Balloon Go...
Josh. A & R - 1976 Illustrator: Robert Ingpen The Runaway Punt Adelaide Rigby
- 1976 Writer: Patricia WrightsonPatricia WrightsonPatricia Wrightson was an Australian author who wrote a number of highly regarded and influential children's books. Her reputation came to rest largely on her magic realist titles. Her books, including the widely praised The Nargun and The Stars , were among the first Australian books for children...
The Nargun and the StarsThe Nargun and The StarsThe Nargun and The Stars is a children's fantasy novel set in Australia, written by Patricia Wrightson. It was among the first Australian books for children to draw on Australian Aboriginal mythology...
. Syd. Hutchinson. - 1978 Illustrator: Percy Trezise and Dick Roughsey The Quinkins Sydney. William Collins. 1978
- 1978 Writer: Eleanor Spence The October Child Melbourne OUP
- 1980 Illustrator: Heather Philpott The Rainforest Children OUP 1980
- 1980 Writer: Lilith Norman A Dream of Seas. Sydney Collins
- 1982 Illustrator: Pamela Allen Who Sank the Boat Thomas Nelson 1982
- 1982 Writer: Ruth Park Playing Beattie Bow Thomas Nelson
- 1984 Illustrator: Julie Vivas Possum Magic, text by Mem Fox. Omnibus 1983
- 1984 Writer: Joan Phipson The Watcher in the Garden Methuen
- 1986 Illustrator: Bob Graham First there was Frances Lothian 1985
- 1986 Writer: Nadia WheatleyNadia WheatleyNadia Wheatley is an award winning Australian writer of children’s fiction and non-fiction, adult non-fiction and biographies, and newspaper and journal articles. Her works often focus on "the difficulties faced by Aborigines or non-English-speaking newcomers to Australia, ... environmental issues...
Dancing in the Anzac Deli. Melbourne. OUP - 1987 Illustrator: Jeannie BakerJeannie BakerJeannie Baker was born in England on 2 November 1950. She is an author and illustrator of a number of children's picture books, the most notable of which is perhaps Where the Forest meets the Sea...
Where the Forest meets the Sea. Julia MacRae 1987 - 1988 Writer: Alan Baillie Riverman Thomas Nelson
- 1990 Illustrator: Rodney McRae Aesop’s Fables Margaret Hamilton 1990
- 1990 Writer: Nadia WheatleyNadia WheatleyNadia Wheatley is an award winning Australian writer of children’s fiction and non-fiction, adult non-fiction and biographies, and newspaper and journal articles. Her works often focus on "the difficulties faced by Aborigines or non-English-speaking newcomers to Australia, ... environmental issues...
and Donna Rawlins My Place. Melbourne Collins Dove - 1992 Illustrator: Patricia Torres Do Not Go Around the Edges, text by Daisy Utemorrah. Magabala Books 1990
- 1992 Writer: Libby Gleeson Dodger Turton & Chambers.
- 1993 Illustrator: Peter Gouldthorpe First Light, text by Gary Crew Lothian. 1993
- 1994 Writer: Gary Disher Bamboo Flute. A & R
- 1995 Illustrator: John Winch The Old Woman Who Loved to Read Scholastic 1996
- 1996 Writer: Emily Rodda Rowan of Rin. Omnibus
- 1998 Illustrator: Graeme Base The Worst Band in the Universe Viking 1999
- 1998 Writer: Peter Carey The Big Bazoohley. UQP
- 1999 Illustrator: Ron Brooks Fox, text by Margaret Wild Allen & Unwin 2000
- 2000 Writer: Margaret Wild First Day Allen & Unwin
- 2002 Illustrator: Andrew McLean A Year on Our Farm, text by Penny Matthews Omnibus 2002
- 2002 Writer: David Metzenthen Stony Heart Country Penguin
- 2004 Illustrator: Jan Ormerod Lizzie Nonsense Little Hare Press 2004
- 2004 Writer: Simon French Where in the World? Little Hare Press
- 2006 Writer: Sonya HartnettSonya HartnettSonya Hartnett is an Australian author.Hartnett writes fiction variously for children, young adults and adults and has won numerous prizes and awards, having been described as "the finest Australian writer of her generation". She wrote her first novel, Trouble All the Way, at the age of thirteen...
The Silver Donkey. Viking - 2008 No candidates submitted
International Children's Book Day
In 1987, Australia hosted International Children’s Book Day.IBBY Australia Presidents
- Ena NoëlEna NoëlPhillipena Noël, AOM best known by the name Ena Noël, was an inspirational school teacher and advocate for children's literature and library services to children and young adults. Ena Noël's name is synonymous in Australia with children's literature and with IBBY, the International Board on Books...
OAM (1966 - 1990) - Juliana Bayfield (1990 - 2001)
- Dr John Foster (2001 - 2006)
- Dr Margaret Zeegers (2006 - 2008)
- Dr Robin Morrow (2009 - current)
Ena Noël Award for Encouragement
In 1994, founding president of IBBY Australia, Ena NoëlEna Noël
Phillipena Noël, AOM best known by the name Ena Noël, was an inspirational school teacher and advocate for children's literature and library services to children and young adults. Ena Noël's name is synonymous in Australia with children's literature and with IBBY, the International Board on Books...
, founded her own biennial prize - the Ena Noel Award - to encourage young emerging writers and illustrators. The name was chosen so that it was apparent to all concerned that someone highly regarded in the field was fostering young Australian authors and illustrators for children. The award is a mounted silver medallion designed by the first winner of the award, the Australian Aboriginal writer/illustrator Arone Raymond Meeks.
From 1994 - 2008 this biennial award was presented during the congress of the Australian Library and Information Association
Australian Library and Information Association
The Australian Library and Information Association is the peak professional organisation for the Australian library and information services sector....
(ALIA). In 2010, the award will be presented at an independent IBBY Australia function.
Only books by Australian creators published in the two years prior to the particular closing date can be nominated by the publishers for the Ena Noël award. Secondly, the nominated creator must be under the age of 35 at the time the title (or titles) for which they are nominated was published. Thirdly, any nominated author or illustrator has to be deemed by the judges to be worthy of encouragement.
The award winners:
- 1994 Arone Raymond Meeks, won for his third picturebook, Enora and the Black Crane (1991)
- 1996 Sonya HartnettSonya HartnettSonya Hartnett is an Australian author.Hartnett writes fiction variously for children, young adults and adults and has won numerous prizes and awards, having been described as "the finest Australian writer of her generation". She wrote her first novel, Trouble All the Way, at the age of thirteen...
, won for Wilful Blue (1994) - 1997 Steve Woolman, won a special award for his body of work
- 1998 Tohby RiddleTohby RiddleTohby Riddle is an Australian cartoonist and picture-book creator. In 2005 he became editor of The School Magazine, in which his illustrations, non-fiction pieces and poems appear regularly...
, for The Tip at the End of the Street (1996) - 2000 Catherine JinksCatherine JinksCatherine Jinks is an Australian author. She has written more than 30 books for all ages, and has won many awards, including the Children's Book Council Of Australia Book of the Year Award three times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the Aurealis Award for Science Fiction, the IBBY...
for Piggy in the Middle (1998) - 2002 Beth Norling, for Cherryblossom and the Golden Bear (2000)
- 2004 Alyssa BrugmanAlyssa BrugmanAlyssa Brugman is an Australian author of fiction for young adults. She was born in Rathmines, a suburb of Lake Macquarie, Australia and attended five public schools before completing a Marketing Degree at the University of Newcastle. She currently resides in Hunter Valley.-Career:Brugman has...
, for Walking Naked - 2006 Anthony EatonAnthony EatonAnthony Eaton is an Australian writer of fantasy and young-adult fiction.-Biography:Eaton was born in Papua New Guinea in 1972 and moved to Perth, Western Australia during his childhood. After attending university he worked as a literature and drama teacher at Trinity College, Perth for eight...
, for Fireshadow and The girl in the cave - 2008 Markus ZusakMarkus ZusakMarkus Zusak is an Australian author. He is best known for his books The Book Thief and The Messenger , which have been international bestsellers.- Career :...
for The Book Thief - 2010 Lili WilkinsonLili WilkinsonLili Wilkinson is an Australian author. She has also written for several publications, including The Age, and managed , a website for teenagers about books, as part of her role at the Centre For Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria until January 2011.-Early life:Wilkinson was born in...
for Scatterheart