Bren MacDibble
Bren MacDibble | |
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Born | Whanganui, New Zealand. | July 1, 1966
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | New Zealand Australia |
Genre | Children's and young adult |
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Bren MacDibble (née McGregor; born 1966) is a New Zealand-born writer of children's and young adult books based in Australia. Bren also writes under the name Cally Black.[1] She uses the alias to distinguish between books written for younger children (under the name Bren MacDibble) and books written for young adults (under the name Cally Black).[2]
Biography
MacDibble was born in Whanganui, New Zealand. She was raised on farms around the central North Island of New Zealand.[3][4] Bren lived in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for 20 years and now lives on the midwest coast of Western Australia.[5]
In 2015, Bren won the Ampersand Prize with Hardie Grant Egmont for publication of her first trade novel In the Dark Spaces. This was quickly followed by her first children's trade novel How to Bee with Allen & Unwin.[4] Both books won New Zealand Book Awards in 2018. The first time any author has picked up awards in two different categories in the same year.[6] How to Bee picked up a Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year - Younger readers that same year.[7]
In 2018, Bren was awarded a Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund to research her children's novel The Dog Runner.[1]
Publications
- How to Bee (Allen & Unwin, Aus/NZ, 2017)[8] (Old Barn Books, UK, 2018)[9] (Groundwood Books, Can/US, 2020)[10] La Deniere Abeille (Helium Editions, France, 2020)[11]
- In the Dark Spaces (Hardie Grant Egmont, Aus/NZ 2017)[12]
- The Dog Runner (Allen & Unwin, Aus/NZ, 2019) (Old Barn Books, UK, 2019)[13][14]
- Across the Risen Sea (Allen & Unwin, Aus/NZ, 2020) (Old Barn Books, UK, 2020)[15][16]
Awards
- How to Bee
- Winner: New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults - Junior Fiction (the Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award) 2018[17]
- Winner: Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year 2018 - Younger readers[18]
- Winner: Patricia Wrightson Prize, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, 2018[19]
- Shortlisted: South Australian Festival Literary Prize[20]
- Shortlisted: Norma K Heming Award 2018[21]
- Shortlisted: Aurealis Award[22]
- Shortlisted: Ditmar Award results 2018[23]
- Shortlisted: Book of the Year, Speech Pathology Australia[24]
- Longlisted: The North Somerset Teachers' Book Awards, UK, Moving On Category 2018[25]
- In the Dark Spaces (as Cally Black)
- Winner: Ampersand Prize with Hardie Grant Egmont[26]
- Winner: New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults - Young Adult Fiction (the Copyright Licensing NZ Award)[17]
- Winner: Queensland Literary Awards - Griffiths University Young Adult Book Award 2018[27]
- Winner: Aurealis Award for best young adult novel 2017[28]
- Honour Book: Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) 2018[18]
- Highly Commended: the Victorian Premier's Literary Prize[29]
- Shortlisted: West Australian Young Readers' Book Awards 2019[30]
- Shortlisted: YABBAs - Fiction for Years 7-9 2019[31]
- Shortlisted: Inky Award 2018[32]
- Shortlisted: Ditmar Award results 2018[33]
- Shortlisted: Ethel Turner Prize in the NSW Premiers Awards 2018[34]
- The Dog Runner
- Winner: New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults - Junior Fiction (the Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award) 2019[35]
- Winner: Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction 2019[36]
- Shortlisted: Children's Book Council of Australia, Book of the Year, Younger Readers[37]
- Shortlisted in the Readings Children's Book Prize 2020[38]
- Nominated for the 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal[39]
- Across the Risen Sea
- Longlisted: UK Literary Association Awards 2022[40]
- Shortlisted: Western Australian Premier's Book Awards for Writing for Children 2020[41]
- Shortlisted: Aurealis Award for best children's fiction[42]
- Nominated for the 2021 CILIP Carnegie Medal[43]
- Shortlisted: Patricia Wrightson Prize, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, 2021[44]
- Shortlisted: New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults – Junior Fiction, 2021[45]
- Shortlisted: Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards 2021[46]
- A Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book 2021[47]
References
- ^ a b "Public Profile Bren MacDibble". scbwi.org. SCBWI. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Cally Black". www.calantheblack.com. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Ten Terrifying Questions". booktopia.com.au. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ a b "MacDibble Writing WA Literati Profile". writingwa.org. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Bren MacDibble on Across the Risen Sea Alphabet Soup". alphabetsoup.net.au. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Writer books herself a place in award history NZ Herald". NZHerald.co.nz. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "CBCA". cbca.org.au. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Allen & Unwin How to Bee". allenandunwin.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Old Barn Books How to Bee". oldbarnbooks.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ Worldcat How to Bee. OCLC 1110690615. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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- ^ Worldcat In the Dark Spaces. OCLC 1046994905. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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ignored (help) - ^ Worldcat The Dog Runner. OCLC 1084730388. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Old Barn Books The Dog Runner". oldbarnbooks.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ Worldcat Across the Risen Sea. OCLC 1165397479. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Old Barn Books Across The Risen Sea". oldbarnbooks.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Winners New Zealand Book Awards Trust". nzbookawards.nz. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ a b "CBCA". cbca.org.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature State Library of NSW". sl.nsw.gov.au. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Shortlists announced". booksandpublishing.com.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "2018 Norma K Hemming Finalists Announcement". normakhemmingaward.org. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "2017 Aurealis Awards Shortlist Announcement". aurealisawards.org. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "2018 Ditmar Award Winners - Locus Online". locusmag.com. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ "Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2018 shortlists announce". booksandpublishing.com.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "The 2018 Booklist - North Somerset Teachers' Book Award". northsomersetteachersbookaward.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Black wins 2015 Ampersand Prize". booksandpublishing.com.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Queensland Literary Awards 2018 winners announced". Booksandpublishing.com.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "2017 Aurealis Awards Winners". aurealisawards.org. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2018 - The Wheeler Centre". wheelercentre.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "2019 Shortlists West Australian Young Readers' Book Award". wayrba.org.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "2019 Shortlist Young Australians Best Book Award". yabba.org.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "2018 Inky Awards Shortlist Inside a Dog". insideadog.com.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "2018 Ditmar Award Winners - Locus Online". locusmag.com. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ "Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature State Library of NSW". sl.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Winners New Zealand Book Awards Trust". nzbookawards.nz. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "2019 Aurealis Awards Winners". aurealisawards.org. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "CBCA". cbca.org.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Readings Children's Book Prize 2020 shortlist". booksandpublishing.com.au. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Nominations published for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals 2020". carnegiegreenaway.org.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Quality Longlists for the 2022 UKLA Book Awards". ukla.org. 27 September 2021. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Western Australian Premiers Book Awards - 2020 Shortlist". slwa.wa.gov.au. 27 September 2021. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Aurealis Awards 2020 finalists announced". Books+Publishing. 6 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "CILIP Carnegie Medal Nominated Titles 2021". carnegiegreenaway.org.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 24 March 2021. Archived from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2021 finalists announced". Books+Publishing. 10 June 2021. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Writing WA - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards 2021 Shortlist". writingwa.org. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "CBCA Notables 2021". cbca.org.au. 27 September 2021. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
External links
- 1966 births
- Living people
- People from Whanganui
- 21st-century New Zealand writers
- 21st-century Australian writers
- 21st-century New Zealand women writers
- 21st-century Australian women writers
- Australian children's writers
- New Zealand children's writers
- New Zealand women children's writers
- Pseudonymous women writers
- 21st-century pseudonymous writers