Judith Rossell wins 2024 Albert Ullin Award

The biennial Albert Ullin Award, administered by the CBCA Victoria Branch, is in recognition of a body of work by an author or illustrator of children’s books who has made a significant and ongoing contribution to children’s literature in Australia.

This is a $10,000 biennial award created with a bequest from the late Albert Ullin, co-founder of The Little Bookroom in Melbourne. Ullin encouraged and supported Australian authors and illustrators across all genres of children’s literature.

The 2024 award recognises Melbourne author and illustrator Judith Rossell, who has been writing and illustrating children’s books for over 20 years, including renowned works such as the gothic Stella Montgomery series (Withering-By-Sea, Wormwood Mire and Wakestone Hall), and picture books such as Pink and Bogtrotter, written by Margaret Wild, and You Are A Star by Michael Parker. Rossell is also releasing her highly anticipated new middle-grade adventure fantasy novel, The Midwatch, with Hardie Grant this month.

The panel state:

‘It is Rossell’s profound love for creating stories through the artful combination of pictures and words, as well as her dedication to sharing her wealth of knowledge beyond the page, that makes her a worthy recipient of the Albert Ullin Award 2024.’

The Albert Ullin Award was announced and presented to Rossell at our ‘Celebration For Creators’ evening on Thursday 17 October 2024 at the Bargoonga Nganjin Fitzroy North Library. Previous winners include inaugural recipient Andrew McLean (illustrator) in 2020, and Jane Tanner (author and illustrator) in 2022.

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