NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2009

The NSW Premier's Literary Awards include two categories of particular interest to teacher librarians.
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Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature:
2009 shortlisted writers are...

• Dianne Bates: Crossing the Line
• Michelle Cooper: A Brief History of Montmaray
• D.M Cornish: Monster Blood Tattoo Book Two: Lamplighter
• Alison Goodman: The Two Pearls of Wisdom
• Nette Hilton: Sprite Downberry
• Joanne Horniman: My Candlelight Novel

Read more about this shortlist here.
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Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature:
2009 shortlisted writers are...

• Urusla Dubosarsky & Tohby Riddle (Illustrator): The Word Spy
• Bob Graham: How to Heal a Broken Wing
• Sonya Hartnett and Ann James (Illustrator): Sadie and Ratz
• Glenda Millard and Stephen Michael King (Illustrator): Perry Angel's Suitcase
• Tohby Riddle: Nobody Owns the Moon
• Shaun Tan: Tales from Outer Suburbia

Read more about this shortlist here.
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