Bologna Catalogue 2012 - Australian Publishers Association

International Awards
International Awards - Australian Authors and Illustrators
Australia has produced a host of outstanding children’s book authors and illustrators. Many of these
creators have been recognised through some of the most prestigious international children’s book
awards. The following constitutes a list of many of the most predominant international awards for
children’s literature and their Australian recipients - many of whom have been represented at our
exhibitions in Bologna over the past couple of years. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but
simply contains some of the highlights:
Robert Ingpen (Hans Christian Andersen Award); Sonya Hartnett, Shaun Tan (Astrid Lindgren Memorial
Award); Jan Ormerod, Gregory Rogers, Bob Graham, Freya Blackwood (Kate Greenaway Medal); Julie Vivas,
Bob Graham, Jeannie Baker, Shaun Tan (Boston Globe Horn Book Award); Markus Zusak, Shaun Tan, Ron
Brooks, Margaret Wild (Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis); Shaun Tan, Armin Greder and Libby
Gleeson (Bologna Ragazzi Award); Melina Marchetta, Marcus Zusak, Margot Lanagan, Judith Clarke, Sonya
Hartnett (Michael L. Printz Award); Sonya Hartnett (International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award). Sonya Hartnett
(Commonwealth Writer’s Prize); Bob Graham (Charlotte Zolotow Award); Sonya
Hartnett (Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize); Armin Greder and Libby Gleeson, Julie Vivas and Mem Fox, Jan
Ormerod, Graeme Base, Sonya Hartnett, Nadia Wheatley, Bob Graham, Ron Brooks and Margaret Wild, Robert
Ingpen (International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour Diploma).
Sponsors
Books Illustrated is a gallery in Melbourne Australia that, for over twenty years, has promoted
Australian picture books, their creators and their art. The gallery represents a wide range of Australian
illustrators and curates and tours exhibitions around Australia and internationally.
www.booksillustrated.com.au
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) is the peak industry body for Australian book, journal
and electronic publishers. Established in 1948, the association is an advocate for all Australian
publishers: large or small; commercial or non-profit; academic or popular; locally or overseas owned.
www.publishers.asn.au/
The Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) is an Australian copyright management company whose role is
to provide a bridge between creators and users of copyright material. It allocates funds to cultural
development by supporting a wide variety of projects (including this one) which aim to encourage, and
provide practical assistance to creators and the Australian cultural community generally.
 With a particular
focus to support innovation in the Australian creative industries to develop local and foreign markets for
Australian works.
www.copyright.com.au/
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