Children's Peace Literature Award

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Children's Peace Literature Award is an Australian literary prize awarded every other year by the South Australian Psychologists for Peace, an interest group of the Australian Psychological Society. [1]

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The Children's Peace Literature Award was inaugurated in 1987, when Gillian Rubinstein won for her book Space Demons. [1]

Award winners

YearAuthorTitlePublisherReferences
1987 Gillian Rubinstein Space DemonsOmnibus Books [1] [2]
1989 Victor Kelleher The MakersPuffin [2]
1991 Libby Gleeson DodgerPuffin [2]
1993 Isobelle Carmody The GatheringPuffinjoint winners [2] [3]
Bob Graham Rose Meets Mr WintergartenPenguin Books
1995 Brian Caswell DeucalionUniversity of Queensland Press [2]
1997 James Moloney A Bridge to Wiseman's CoveUniversity of Queensland Press [2]
1999 Phillip Gwynne Deadly UnnaPenguin Books [2]
2001James MoloneyTouch MeUniversity of Queensland Press [2]
2003Irini SavvidesSky LegsHodder Headline Australia [2]
2005Kirsten MurphyThe King of WhateverPenguin Books [2]
2007 Michael Gerard Bauer Don't Call Me IshmaelOmnibus [2]
2009 Christine Harris Audrey Goes to TownLittle Hare Booksjoint winners [2]
Kate Constable Winter for GraceAllen & Unwin
2011Sue WalkerArnie AveryWalker Books [2] [4]
2013 Aaron Blabey The Ghost of Miss Annabel SpoonPenguinjunior readers [2] [5]
Barry Jonsberg My Life as an AlphabetAllen & Unwinolder readers [2] [5]
2015Nicole HayesOne True ThingRandom House Australia [2] [6]
2017 Phil Cummings BoyScholastic Australia [2] [7]
2019Sue deGennaroMissing MarvinScholastic Australia [2] [8]
2021Fiona HardyHow to Write the Soundtrack to Your LifeAffirm [9]
2023Maraym MasterNo WordsPan Macmillan Australia [10]
2025 David Metzenthen The Truth of ItFord Street [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Psychologists for Peace Interest Group Children's Peace Literature Award | APS". www.psychology.org.au. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Children's Peace Literature Award". AustLit. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "New talent in town: Isobelle Carmody | UNSW Canberra". www.unsw.adfa.edu.au. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Sue Walker - Authors & Illustrators - Welcome to Walker Books Australia". www.walkerbooks.com.au. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Children's Peace Literature Award 2013 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 10 January 2014. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "One True Thing by Nicole Hayes". www.penguin.co.nz. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "'Boy' wins 2017 Children's Peace Literature Award". Books+Publishing. 16 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "'Missing Marvin' wins Children's Peace Literature Award". Books+Publishing. 12 November 2019. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "Hardy wins 2021 Children's Peace Literature Award". Books+Publishing. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Metzenthen wins Children's Peace Literature Award". Books+Publishing. 18 November 2025. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
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