Hooray! Maggie and Methuselah is short-listed for the Golden Dragon Book Awards 2021-22!
January 13, 2022 at 10:14 pm | Posted in Book Awards | Leave a commentTags: ALESS Hong Kong, Books about Hong Kong, Books about Hong Kong history for kids, The Golden Dragon Book Awards, The Marvellous Adventures of Maggie and Methuselah
I’m so excited! The Marvellous Adventures of Maggie and Methuselah has been short-listed for the Golden Dragon Book Awards 2021-2022! The three other short-listed books look amazing, and I’m so honoured that my book is listed up there with them! Thank you Hong Kong ALESS! If you want to purchase your own copy of my book, just click on the link above!
Storm Whale goes into soft cover!
July 29, 2019 at 2:26 pm | Posted in Awards, Book Awards, Buying my books, Kate Greenaway Medal, Online Sales, Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2018, Queensland Literary Awards 2018, Storm Whale | Leave a commentTags: Books about childhood, books about environment and sustainability, Books about Tasmania, Books about whales
Hooray! You can now purchase Storm Whale, my story about 3 children who try to save a beached whale, in soft cover! Here is the link to publisher Allen and Unwin’s online sales site, and here is their information:
The highly acclaimed and beautifully illustrated book about three sisters who find a stranded whale on the beach.
When I and my sisters walked to town …
So begins the tale of three sisters who find a whale stranded on a windswept beach and try to save it.
‘A story of the sea and the possibilities of interactions between humans and other creatures … a story of human kindness and hope’ – Magpies
Shortlisted Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Children’s Book of the Year, 2018
Shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards, Children’s Book Award, 2018
Nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal (UK), 2018
So if you don’t have your copy yet, now it’s a little bit cheaper – but still a very beautiful book for your bookshelf!
I’m off to Canberra tonight – and I’m SO excited!
December 3, 2018 at 4:14 pm | Posted in Book Awards, Canberra, Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2018 | Leave a commentTags: Allen & Unwin, Jane Tanner, Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2018, Storm Whale
Tonight my husband and I are flying down to Canberra in Australia for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards ceremony on Wednesday morning! I’m SO excited to meet all my fellow authors and artists who have also been short-listed in the awards! Please cross your fingers for me and artist Jane Tanner who illustrated our beautiful book Storm Whale – it would be amazing to win the Children’s Books section, though I’m very happy indeed just to be on the Short List!! I’ll let you know how we get on!
Storm Whale is short-listed for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards!
October 17, 2018 at 3:00 pm | Posted in Book Awards, Book reviews, Buying my books, Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2018, Shortlist Book Awards, Storm Whale | Leave a commentTags: poetry, Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2018, Storm Whale
I’m sooooo excited! Storm Whale, my beautiful children’s book illustrated by Jane Tanner and published by Allen and Unwin, has just been short-listed with five other books for the Children’s Literature category of the Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2018! I’m so grateful to Jane for her stunning paintings, and the work of Allen and Unwin’s children’s team, led by Erica Wagner, and to my agent Julie Watts, who all made the book possible! We find out who wins in each category some time in November! Cross your fingers for me! If you want to read the lovely comments made by the panel, just click here! If you’d like to see one of the pages in our lovely book, here it is below:
And if you’d like to buy a copy, you can purchase here!
Hooray! Storm Whale is short-listed for the Queensland Literary Awards 2018!
September 1, 2018 at 11:30 am | Posted in Awards, Book Awards, poetry, Queensland Literary Awards 2018 | Leave a commentTags: Griffith University Children's Book Awards 2018, Queensland Literary Awards 2018, Stories about whales, Storm Whale
I’m SO excited! Storm Whale has been short-listed, alongside four other wonderful Australian writers’ stories, for the Queensland Literary Awards in the Griffith University Children’s Book Award section! It’s such wonderful news for me, for illustrator Jane Tanner and our publisher Allen and Unwin! I can’t wait for the announcement of the winners in early October! Here’s what the judges had to say:
Judges’ Comments
During their seaside stay, three sisters work tirelessly to save a whale that has become stranded on the shore. Nostalgic and lyrical, Sarah Brennan’s sustained and perfectly nuanced verses ebb and flow seamlessly in this timeless narrative, while Jane Tanner’s combination of monochromatic and multi-coloured pencil and pastel illustrations reflect the text’s mood, pace and burgeoning sense of hope.
If you haven’t bought your copy of Storm Whale yet, you can buy it here!
Hooray! Storm Whale is Runner Up in the UK’s Teach Primary Awards 2018!
May 9, 2018 at 8:20 am | Posted in Book Awards, Teach Primary Book Awards | Leave a commentTags: Jane Tanner, Old Barn Books, Storm Whale, Teach Primary Book Awards 2018
HOORAY! Storm Whale is Runner Up in the KS1 Category of the UK’s prestigious Teach Primary Book Awards 2018! Jane Tanner and I are SO thrilled!
This is such a huge honour and we’re very grateful to the judges for choosing our beautiful book! Find out more about the 2018 awards HERE!
And if you want to purchase your own copy, contact your favourite bookshop or online supplier, or click here.
Hooray! Storm Whale is a CBCA Notable!
February 28, 2018 at 10:00 pm | Posted in Book Awards, Buying my books | Leave a commentTags: Books about whales, CBCA Awards, CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2018, Storm Whale
Illustrator Jane Tanner and I were so excited yesterday to find out that Storm Whale has been listed on the Children’s Book Council of Australia Notables List for Best Picture Book 2018! We’ll find out in March if our beautiful book makes the Short List of the CBCA Awards, as well as the Short List of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal in the UK!
If you haven’t bought your copy yet, you can purchase it here !
Hooray – Storm Whale has reached the Long List for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2018!
February 15, 2018 at 8:34 pm | Posted in Book Awards, Storm Whale | Leave a commentTags: Allen & Unwin, CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2018, Jane Tanner, Long List, Old Barn Books, Storm Whale
I’m so excited! Storm Whale is one of 20 illustrated children’s books in the UK which has reached the Long List for the prestigious CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for 2018 see here! This medal is awarded for excellence in illustration, and Jane Tanner, the wonderful artist who illustrated my story Storm Whale, well and truly deserves this recognition, as I’m sure you’ll agree! It is such an honour for me to be associated with such exceptional work and such a famous award. Thank you Jane, and everyone at Allen and Unwin in Australia (primary publisher) and Old Barn Books (UK publisher) for your faith in this book! Now we just have to wait until 15 March to find out if Storm Whale reaches the Short List – cross your fingers!
And if you don’t have a copy of Storm Whale yet, remember you can purchase it exclusively in Hong Kong on this sales site!
Wow! Storm Whale is nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2018 in the UK!
November 7, 2017 at 9:01 am | Posted in Book Awards, Buying my books, Storm Whale | Leave a commentTags: books about environment and sustainability, Books about whales, Jane Tanner, Kate Greenaway Medal 2018, Old Barn Books, Storm Whale
I’m so thrilled! Storm Whale has been nominated for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal 2018 in the UK! Our beautiful book was released by Old Barn Books in the UK in August and since then has received many wonderful reviews there. Last night I was advised that Jane Tanner’s exquisite illustrations have been nominated for this major award! Here’s just a taste above! Now we have to wait till February 2018 to find out if the book will be long-listed, March for the Shortlist and June for the finalists! I’ll keep you informed! And if you want to buy your own copy, you can order it from your local bookshop now, or here (UK) and here (Australia).
The Deadly Deadlines are chasing YOU!
March 8, 2016 at 4:11 pm | Posted in Book Awards, Books about Chinese Zodiac, Writing competitions for kids | Leave a commentTags: Chinese Calendar Tales, Clever Competition, The Tale of Rodney Ram
YIKES! The deadlines are coming, thick and fast! There are just:
3 MORE DAYS to vote for The Tale of Rodney Ram in the Younger Readers category in the Golden Dragon Book Awards 2016! So if you are a school student, teacher or parent living in Hong Kong, and you haven’t cast your vote yet, here is your final reminder! Please go to
http://www.hkgoldendragonawards.org/voting.html right away to cast your vote! If you’re not sure if your school is affiliated with the Awards, speak to your teacher or librarian at school right away and ask them to contact the organisers urgently!
16 MORE DAYS to enter my Mischievous Monkey Story Competition! If you are a primary school student anywhere in the world, you are eligible to enter, and entry is FREE of charge! Please go to http://www.sarahbrennanblog.com on the Clever Competitions Page for all the details!
So you’d better get a move on, or those deadlines are going to eat you up for dinner!
And finally, if you want to see what Rodney Ram, Ming Kee Monkey and I have been up to for the last 6 months in schools in Australia, Singapore, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, including some great new Youtube videos, press, photos and school testimonials, go to my website at http://sarah-brennan.com for my latest mega-update!
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