Awards: December 2006 Archives

Aurealis Shortlists

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Talking Squid ? Blog Archive ? Aurealis Awards 2007

Aurealis Young Adult and Children's catorgory shortlists:

Young Adult novels
D.M. Cornish - Monster Blood Tattoo Book One: Foundling
Amanda Holohan - The King’s Fool
Justine Larbalestier - Magic Lessons
Juliet Marillier - Wildwood Dancing
Scott Westerfeld - The Last Days

Young Adult short stories
Deborah Biancotti - “The Dying Light”
Simon Brown - “Leviathan”
Margo Lanagan - “A Feather in the Breast of God”
Margo Lanagan - “Baby Jane”
Margo Lanagan - “Forever Upward”
Shaun Tan - The Arrival

Children’s novels
Isobelle Carmody - A Fox Called Sorrow
John Flanagan - Oakleaf Bearers
Mardie McConnochie - Melissa, Queen of Evil
Nury Vittachi - Twilight in the Land of Nowhen
Kim Wilkins - Fantastica: The Sunken Kingdom Series

Children’s short stories
Jane Godwin - “The True Story of Mary Who Wanted to Stand on Her Head”
Margaret Wild & Anne Spudvilas - “Woolvs in the Sittee”
Victor Kelleher & Stephen Michael King - “The Magic Violin”

Nestle Award Winner

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Former diplomat's sparkling debut wins Nestle prize | News | Guardian Unlimited Books

A debut novel set in London's theatreland in the 1790s, The Diamond of Drury Lane, has won this year's Nestle Children's Book prize...

The full results:

9 to 11 age category
Gold: The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding (Egmont Press)
Silver: The Tide Knot byHelen Dunmore (HarperCollins Children's Books)
Bronze: The Pig Who Saved the World by Paul Shipton (Puffin)

6 to 8 age category
Gold: Mouse Noses on Toast by Daren King, illustrated by David Roberts (Faber and Faber)
Silver: Hugo Pepper by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Doubleday)
Bronze: The Adventures of The Dish and The Spoon by Mini Grey (Jonathan Cape)

5 and under age category
Gold: That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell & Neal Layton (Orchard Books)
Silver: The Emperor of Absurdia by Chris Riddell (Macmillan Children's Books)
Bronze: Wibbly Pig's Silly Big Bear by Mick Inkpen (Hodder Children's Books)

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