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The Lady Cutler Award
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Lady Cutler Award for Distinguished Services to Children's Literature in New South Wales
Subcategory of
Children's Book Council of Australia Awards
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Children's Book Council of Australia (New South Wales) Awards
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History
Presented by the New South Wales branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) for distinguished service to children’s literature.
The award commemorates Lady Helen Cutler's contribution to CBCA NSW. Lady Cutler was their first Patron, and remained so until her death in 1990.
The inaugural award was presented in 1981, and sponsored by Hodder & Stoughton until 2011. In 2012, the award became sponsored by publishing company Peribo.
In 2016, the annual award became biennial.
Notes
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An annual award presented by the Children's Book Council NSW for distinguished service to children's literature.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2020
winner Libby Hathorn -
Year: 2018
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Year: 2016
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Year: 2015
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Year: 2014
Works About this Award
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Lady Cutler Award 2004 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 49 no. 1 2005; (p. 8-9) -
Lady Cutler Award 2004 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 49 no. 1 2005; (p. 8) -
Sandy Campbell Comes Shining Through 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Dromkeen Society Bulletin , May vol. 10 no. 2 2003; (p. 7) Australian Children's Literature : Finding a Voice 2016; (p. 32-33) -
Lady Cutler Award for Distinguished Service to Children's Literature in NSW - Presesnted on Monday 29 July : Acceptance Speech 1991 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 4 1991; (p. 6)