Requiem for a Beast

Requiem for a Beast
Author	Matt Ottley
Publication date	2007

Last updated July 28, 2025

Requiem for a Beast is a 2007 multi-modal work by Matt Ottley, incorporating a graphic novel and musical composition. It won Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book in 2008.^[1]^[2]

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↑ "Award-winning picture book's 'ugly themes' defended". ABC News . 27 August 2008. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
↑ "Critics blast award for Australian children's book". CBC. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

Hateley, Erica (June 2014). "Requiem for a beast: a case study in controversy". In Suzuki, A (ed.). The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship 2014: Official Conference Proceedings. The International Academic Forum. p. 1-13.
Hale, Elizabeth (October 2020). "Facing the Minotaur in the Australian Labyrinth: Politics and the Personal in Requiem for a Beast". In Marciniak, Katarzyna (ed.). Chasing Mythical Beasts: The Reception of Ancient Monsters in Children's and Young Adults' Culture. Universitätsverlag Winter. p. 157-174. ISBN 9783825378745.

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[1] "Award-winning picture book's 'ugly themes' defended". ABC News . 27 August 2008. Retrieved 2025-02-17.

[2] "Critics blast award for Australian children's book". CBC. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

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