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Oct 31

2017 Award Winners

  • October 31, 2017
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The YABBA Award winners have been declared for 2017.

The YABBA Council is delighted that today at Hampton Park Secondary College 391 students, 26 Authors and Illustrators, plus 50 adults participated in the 32nd Annual YABBA Awards.

The Authors and Illustrators at the Awards on 31 October 2017 were

Adam Wallace
Alex Miles
Andy Griffiths
Anna Walker
Carole Wilkinson
Caz Goodwin
Claire Saxby
Corinne Fenton
Fleur Ferris

Gabrielle Wang
George Ivanoff
James Foley
Meredith Costain
Michael Salmon
Michael Panckridge
Michelle Vasiliu
Nicky Johnson
Nicole Hayes

Paul Collins
Sherryl Clark
Spider Lee
Terry Denton
Tim Harris
Tony Wilson
Sally Rippon
Heath McKenzie

The 2017 Winning Books Are

Fiction for Years 7-9

Risk

Written by Fleur Ferris

Published 2015 by Random House Australia

Fiction for Older Readers

The 78-Storey Treehouse

Written by Andy Griffiths

Illustrated by Terry Denton

Published 2016 by Pan Macmillan

Fiction for Younger Readers

WeirDo: Mega Weird!

Written by Anh Do

Illustrated by Jules Faber

Published 2016 by Scholastic Australia

Picture Storybooks

Do Not Open This Book

Written by Andy Lee

Illustrated by Heath McKenzie

Published 2016 by Lake Press

Congratulations to the authors, illustrators and publishers of the winning books.

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