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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1986

winner (Illustrator) y separately published work icon The Idle Bear Robert Ingpen , Robert Ingpen (illustrator), Melbourne : Lothian , 1986 Z831052 1986 single work picture book children's 'What do teddy bears talk about when they are by themselves? And what's life like for a teddy when his owner has grown up and his growl is worn out?' (Source: Back cover)

Year: 1968

(Illustrator) Robert Ingpen For his contribution to children's book illustration.

Works About this Award

Matt Ottley Illustrator–Australlia 2023 single work column
— Appears in: Bookbird , vol. 61 no. 4 2023; (p. 6)
Gary Crew: Author–Australia 2023 single work column
— Appears in: Bookbird , vol. 61 no. 4 2023; (p. 5)
Master of Her Craft : Margaret Wild Robyn Sheahan-Bright , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: Bookbird , vol. 60 no. 3 2022; (p. 38-43)

'Australian writer Margaret Wild was short-listed in the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Awards, to the delight of her compatriots. In her more than one hundred books for children and young adults, she has attracted universal acclaim for her splendid, highly layered writing, which is spare and yet suggestively complex. In books that canvas a wide range of challenging topics, her respect for young readers, and her unwillingness to shield children from uncomfortable truths, have been paramount. She is one of Australia’s most revered picturebook creators, and this acknowledgment has cemented her international reputation.'  (Publication summary)

Tohby Riddle: Illustrator–Australia Tohby Riddle , 2021 single work biography
— Appears in: Bookbird , vol. 59 no. 4 2021; (p. 4)
Margaret Wild Margaret Wild , 2021 single work biography
— Appears in: Bookbird , vol. 59 no. 4 2021; (p. 3)
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