Betty Gilderdale Award

The Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award honours Betty Gilderdale, a lifelong advocate and supporter of children’s literature. Betty is widely acknowledged for her academic research, the promotion of quality literature for children, as a respected reviewer and for her 30 years' of committee service to Auckland’s Children’s Literature Association. Prior to 2000, the award was known as the Children’s Literature Association’s Award for Services to Children’s Literature.

The recipient delivers a 40-minute address, known as the Spring Lecture, as part of the award presentation.

Nominations for the award close on 31 August each year and members of the Storylines Management Committee select the recipient. To nominate someone for the Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award, fill in this form and email it to us, or print it off and post to us.

Congratulations to Ruth and John McIntyre, the 2011 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award winners.

Recipients of the Storylines Betty Gilderale Award are:

1990: Eve Sutton.

1991: Dorothy Butler.

1992: Elsie Locke.

1993: Jo Noble.

1994: Ron Bacon.

1995: No award.

1996: Graham Beattie; speech entitled A Fortunate Life.

1997: Diane & Gary Hebley; speech entitled A Goose, a Gander and a Clutch of Eggs.

1998: Phyllis Johnston; speech entitled An Impressionable Age.

1999: Betty Gilderdale; speech entitled The Effects of Post-Modernism on Children’s Literature.

2000: No award.

2001: Veda Pickles; text of speech published as Friends and Relatives.

2002: Barbara Murison; text of speech published as Tapestries 1931-2002.

2003: Jean Bennett; text of speech published as Children’s Literature is a Community Event, and the Dangers of Dragons.

2004: Ray Richards; text of speech published as Do You Know the Way to Castor Bay? A Life in Publishing and Children’s Books.

2005: John McKenzie; text of speech published as Children’s Literature as an Academic Study: A Perilous Space?

2006: Frances Plumpton; text of speech published as Climbing the Magic Faraway Tree

2007: Kâterina Te Heikôkô Mataira; text of speech published as Creativity and Expression.

2008: Lois Rout; text of speech published as Anecdotal Meanderings.

2009: No award.

2010: Glyn Strange; text of speech to be published as Getting in Behind.

2011: Ruth and John McIntyre.