The Leila St John Award is an annual award presented in the

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Awards by the Victorian branch. The award was first made in 1999. The CBCA Victoria Branch established the award in recognition of the Leila St John, a founding member in the branch. St John was very active in the branch activities and appeals.

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Award category and description

The Leila St John Award is awarded for services to children's literature in

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

List of winners

Annual winners of the award have been: *1999 — Bea Fincher * 2000 — Moira Robinson * 2001 — joint awards :::Ann Haddon :::

Ann James Ann Catherine Stewart James (born 6 October 1952) is an Australian illustrator of more than 60 children's books, some of which she also wrote. She was born in Melbourne, Victoria. James has been illustrating books since the 1980s and has becom ...

* 2002 — Margaret Dunkle * 2003 — Kay Keck * 2004 — award not made * 2005 — Nell Bell * 2006 — award not made * 2007 — Anne Hanzl * 2008 — Pam Macintyre * 2009 —

Albert Ullin Albert Henry Ullin (29 April 1930 – 12 September 2018) was a German Australian bookseller and the founder of Australia's first children's bookstore, The Little Bookroom. He nurtured emerging children's writers and illustrators. Early years Ull ...

OAM * 2010 — Pam Horsey * 2011 — Eileen Nelson * 2012 — award not made * 2013 — Kim Yeomans *2014 — Jo Goodman *2015 — Dr Virginia Lowe *2016 — Geri Coughlin *2017 — Geraldine Woolnough *2018 — Kathy Kozlowski *2019 — not awarded due to COVID-19 *2020 — Christine Oughtred *2021 — Paul Collins

References

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External links

Leila St John Award Guidelines

Leila St John Award, Children's Book Council of Australia (Vic) Inc.
Children's Book Council of Australia Australian children's literary awards

Award category and description

List of winners

See also

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