Dyan Blacklock | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories

Dyan Blacklock Dyan Blacklock (A16115 works by)
Born: Established: 1951 ;

Gender: Female

The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

BiographyHistory

Dyan Blacklock took up the role of publisher at Omnibus Books in 1997. As well as the books listed in AustLit she has written a children's history of the ancient Olympic Games, Olympia: Warrior Athletes of Ancient Greece (2000). In 2005 Blacklock became the fifty-fourth recipient of the May Gibbs Children's Trust Fellowship and the first winner from Brisbane.

Blacklock has been convenor of the Australian Children's Publishing Committee, a member of the Australian Publishers' Association board and a founding member of the Australian Children's Literature Alliance board. In 2010 she was appointed to the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.