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Reminder to publishers that nominations for the Ena Noël Award for 2022 close 30 November 2021.
Nomination form and Guidelines
The Ena Noël Award was established to encourage young emerging writers and illustrators. It has been a significant identifier of talented creators since inception its in 1994.
IBBY Australia announces its selection of two extraordinary books to be included in the prestigious biennial IBBY Honour List for 2022. These books become Australia’s representatives in a travelling exhibition of international titles. The 2022 exhibition will be featured at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, at the 2022 IBBY Congress in Malaysia, and in many other countries.
This harrowing tale of sixteen-year-old Nate McKee, who is at a crossroads in his life, is visceral in its impact. Often called upon to protect his twin half-brothers, and his young stepmother from his abusive father’s rages, Nate has hidden talents as a writer. With the schoolyard as much a battlefield as is his home Nate’s refuge is the youth centre where the workers offer quasi-parenting. There he befriends Tash, a socially conscious graffiti artist whose images complement the words in his private notebooks. Self-expression, and standing up for what you believe are powerfully presented in this emotionally raw novel. Funny and yet heartbreaking, it explores social issues via the prism of one character’s story, and conveys Nate’s thoughts with searing understanding. Minor characters are equally well-drawn, and the result is an explosively charged exploration of a dysfunctional childhood and the possible avenues of escape. In this tribute to the power of words and art to transcend trauma, Vikki Wakefield reveals again that she is one of Australia’s most gifted authors, in this towering example of her skills.
This is a pitch perfect picture book for early readers to share with their parents, although audiences of any age will definitely take it to their hearts. It is simple and yet complex, wryly funny, witty, and very touching. The images, in a striking colour palette, are spare, and the design, including lusciously decorative endpapers, is splendid. Philip Bunting creates a catalogue of wombats, about whom he makes ironic jokes, engages in inventive word play using rhyme, rhythm, and suffixes, and also manages to tell an adventure story which evolves into a love story with a definite ending. This is an extremely enticing and thoroughly lovable read-aloud work in which the images are highly restrained but endlessly suggestive, and in which there is an endearing warmth of appreciation of these quirky characters. There is a sophisticated control of internal page design and the entire book is perfectly structured to make a consummate whole. Despite its very Australian protagonist (!), Wombat has universal appeal and will translate extremely well in in a global market.
IBBY Australia submits books for inclusion in the IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities list.
Listen to author Phil Cummings read Boy, one of two Australian titles included in the 2021 IBBY Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities.
IBBY Australia Executive Member, Nella Pickup posted this blog and also listed other Australian titles published in 2021 that are helping to achieve this aim of the United Nations.
Reminder to publishers that nominations for the Ena Noël Award for 2022 close 30 November 2021.
Nomination form and Guidelines
The Ena Noël Award was established to encourage young emerging writers and illustrators. It has been a significant identifier of talented creators since inception its in 1994.
IBBY Australia announces its selection of two extraordinary books to be included in the prestigious biennial IBBY Honour List for 2022. These books become Australia’s representatives in a travelling exhibition of international titles. The 2022 exhibition will be featured at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, at the 2022 IBBY Congress in Malaysia, and in many other countries.
This harrowing tale of sixteen-year-old Nate McKee, who is at a crossroads in his life, is visceral in its impact. Often called upon to protect his twin half-brothers, and his young stepmother from his abusive father’s rages, Nate has hidden talents as a writer. With the schoolyard as much a battlefield as is his home Nate’s refuge is the youth centre where the workers offer quasi-parenting. There he befriends Tash, a socially conscious graffiti artist whose images complement the words in his private notebooks. Self-expression, and standing up for what you believe are powerfully presented in this emotionally raw novel. Funny and yet heartbreaking, it explores social issues via the prism of one character’s story, and conveys Nate’s thoughts with searing understanding. Minor characters are equally well-drawn, and the result is an explosively charged exploration of a dysfunctional childhood and the possible avenues of escape. In this tribute to the power of words and art to transcend trauma, Vikki Wakefield reveals again that she is one of Australia’s most gifted authors, in this towering example of her skills.
This is a pitch perfect picture book for early readers to share with their parents, although audiences of any age will definitely take it to their hearts. It is simple and yet complex, wryly funny, witty, and very touching. The images, in a striking colour palette, are spare, and the design, including lusciously decorative endpapers, is splendid. Philip Bunting creates a catalogue of wombats, about whom he makes ironic jokes, engages in inventive word play using rhyme, rhythm, and suffixes, and also manages to tell an adventure story which evolves into a love story with a definite ending. This is an extremely enticing and thoroughly lovable read-aloud work in which the images are highly restrained but endlessly suggestive, and in which there is an endearing warmth of appreciation of these quirky characters. There is a sophisticated control of internal page design and the entire book is perfectly structured to make a consummate whole. Despite its very Australian protagonist (!), Wombat has universal appeal and will translate extremely well in in a global market.
Entries for the Ena Noël Award – the IBBY Australia Encouragement Award for Children’s Literature – are now open. Publishers are invited to submit entries via the entry form, for this prestigious Australian award for children’s and young adult literature.
Books by Australian creators published in the two years prior to the closing date 30th November 2021 can be nominated by the publishers for the Ena Noël Award. The nominated creator must be under the age of 35 at the time the title (or titles) for which they are nominated was published.
The Ena Noël Award – to encourage young emerging writers and illustrators – has been a significant identifier of talented creators since inception in 1994.
View list of previous recipients. View guidelines and entry forms for the award. Email the coordinator, Claire Stuckey for further information and to return completed forms.
Contact: Claire Stuckey ibby.australia@gmail.com
Entries for the Ena Noël Award – the IBBY Australia Encouragement Award for Children’s Literature – are now open. Publishers are invited to submit entries via the entry form, for this prestigious Australian award for children’s and young adult literature.
Books by Australian creators published in the two years prior to the closing date 30th November 2021 can be nominated by the publishers for the Ena Noël Award. The nominated creator must be under the age of 35 at the time the title (or titles) for which they are nominated was published.
The Ena Noël Award – to encourage young emerging writers and illustrators – has been a significant identifier of talented creators since inception in 1994.
View list of previous recipients. View guidelines and entry forms for the award. Email the coordinator, Claire Stuckey for further information and to return completed forms.
Contact: Claire Stuckey ibby.australia@gmail.com
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