The Leila St John Award is an annual award presented in the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards by the Victorian branch.[1] The award was first made in 1999.

The CBCA Victoria Branch established the award in recognition of the Leila St John, a founding member in the branch. St John was very active in the branch activities and appeals.

To see the history of the CBCA and other CBCA Awards, see: List of CBCA Awards

Award category and description

The Leila St John Award is awarded for services to children's literature in Victoria.[1]

List of winners

Leila St John Award winners[2][3]
Year Winner Ref.
1999 Bea Fincher
2000 Moira Robinson
2001 Ann Haddon
2001 Ann James
2002 Margaret Dunkle
2003 Kay Keck
2004 No Award
2005 Nell Bell
2006 No Award
2007 Anne Hanzl
2008 Dr. Pam Macintyre [4]
2009 Albert Ullin OAM
2010 Pam Horsey
2011 Eileen Nelson
2012 No Award
2013 Kim Yeomans
2014 Jo Goodman
2015 Dr. Virginia Lowe
2016 Geri Coughlin
2017 Geraldine Woolnough
2018 Kathy Kozlowski [5]
2019 No Award [6]
2020 Christine Oughtred [7]
2021 Paul Collins [8][9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The Leila St John Award". Children's Book Council Awards. Archived from the original on 2007-07-23. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
  2. ↑ "Leila St John and the Leila St John Award". Vic Branch, The Children's Book Council of Australia. Archived from the original on 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  3. ↑ "Leila St John Award". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Archived from the original on 2023-01-25. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  4. ↑ "Pam Macintyre". Penguin Books New Zealand. Archived from the original on 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  5. ↑ "Kozlowski wins Leila St John Award". Books+Publishing. 2019-03-26. Archived from the original on 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  6. ↑ "Annual Report 2020/2021" (PDF). The Children's Book Council of Australia, Victoria. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  7. ↑ "2020 Leila St John Award presented to Christine Oughtred". The Children's Book Council of Australia, Victoria. 2021-03-23. Archived from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  8. ↑ "Paul Collins 2021 Leila St John Award Recipient". Ford St Publishing. 2022-03-29. Archived from the original on 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  9. ↑ "Collins awarded 2021 Leila St John Award". Books+Publishing. 25 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
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