awards – Page 2 – Kate McCaffrey

Tuesday this week, the CBC announced its list of Notable Books- approximately two hours before the announcement of the shortlist. The Notable Books are novels selected from each category that the CBC found worthy (in some way) of recommending. From their website www.cbc.org.au is this comment about the Notables:

The Judges of the 2007 Awards commend these titles as a source for individual reading and gift giving, and for inclusion in Australian and international public and school library collections.

This is the list for the Older Reader’s Category:

Abdel-Fattah, Randa	Ten things I hate about me	Pan Macmillan Australia, 2006
Bateson, Catherine	His name in fire	(Young Adult Fiction) University of Queensland Press, 2006
Bauer, Michael Gerard	Don’t call me Ishmael!	Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia, 2006
Bone, Ian	Love cuts	Penguin Group (Australia), 2006
Boyd, Maria	Will	Random House Australia, 2006
Carmichael,Claire	Ads R Us	Random House Australia, 2006
Caswell, Brian	Loop	University of Queensland Press, 2006
Clarke, Judith	One whole and perfect day	Allen & Unwin, 2006
Cornish, David M.	Monster blood tattoo book 1: Foundling	Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia, 2006
Dubosarsky, Ursula	The red shoe	Allen & Unwin, 2006
Earls, Nick	Monica Bloom	Penguin Group (Australia), 2006
Gardner, Scot	Gravity	Pan Macmillan Australia, 2006
Godwin, Jane	Falling from Grace	Penguin Group (Australia), 2006
Greenwood, Kerry	Ravens rising (Stormbringer Book 3)	Lothian Books, Hachette Livre Australia, 2006
Herrick, Steven	Lonesome howl	Allen & Unwin, 2006
Horniman, Joanne	Little Wing	Allen & Unwin, 2006
Howell, Simmone	Notes from the teenage underground	Pan Macmillan Australia, 2006
Jonsberg, Barry	Dreamrider	Allen & Unwin, 2006
Lanagan, Margo	Red spikes	Allen & Unwin 2006
Lawrinson, Julia	Bye, Beautiful	Penguin Group (Australia), 2006
McCaffrey, Kate	Destroying Avalon	Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2006
McCarthy, Maureen	Rose by any other name	Allen & Unwin 2006
Nix, Garth	Sir Thursday (Keys to the Kingdom Book 4)	Allen & Unwin, 2006
Shanahan, Lisa	My big birkett	Allen & Unwin, 2006

Did you notice Destroying Avalon rates a mention? I was thrilled! The short list that was announced later consisted of some very impressive titles (the big guns of Australian YA lit were out in force last year!)

Bauer, Michael Gerard Don’t Call Me Ishmael!

Clarke, Judith One Whole and Perfect Day

Cornish, David M. Monster Blood Tatoo Book 1: Foundling

Dubosarsky, Ursula The Red Shoe

Lanagan, Margo Red Spikes

Shanahan, Lisa My Big Birkett

Good luck to the finalists- the Award is announced during Children’s Book Week which runs from the 18th – 24th August.

Today a friend forwarded me some of the discussion librarians are having about Destroying Avalon and its WAYRBA nomination. Well, pardon me if lil ole Avalon aint caused a bit of a ruckus!! Apparently it has been withdrawn from the shelves at a Catholic SHS for its language and ‘sexual connotation’. I didn’t think there was any sexual connotation! But there you go- there were issues with sexuality- but that wouldn’t cause a book to be banned. Would it?

In this discussion a librarian (who I think must have heard me speak at something lately) defended the 11 appearances of the notorious ‘F-word’, I think there were only 7 (but I’ll check that and report back) and also made mention of how I’d reduced it from 144! So there- tis true! I was a very foul- mouthed author before the good people at FACP made me moderate my language!! But let’s discuss language and censorship at another time!!!

Thankfully it’s being embraced by the masses (pardon the pun) with that lovely old “it’s the best book I’ve ever read” being bandied around! I love it, I do!! So thank you kind readers and defenders of Avalon! If we could look past some naughty four letter words to the great messages beneath!!!

Category: awards

Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards 2007

Destroying Avalon Embroiled in Controversy