Robin Morrow
Robin Morrow AM (born 1942) is an Australian lecturer, critic and editor in children's literature.[1] She is a past president of the Australian section of the International Board on Books for Young People IBBY Australia.[2]
Early life[edit]
Robin Moncrieff Morrow was born in 1942. She was educated at Meriden School and at Sydney University. She spent some years teaching English, French and ESL (English as a Second Language).
Australian children's literature expert[edit]
In 1971, together with her mother, Beryl Moncrieff Matthews, opened The Children's Bookshop, Beecroft, the first specialist children's bookshop in New South Wales. Robin managed the shop for 25 years.[3]
In the 1990s Robin moved into publishing, for a time acting as children’s publisher at Scholastic. Robin held the position of vice president of the Aora Children’s Literature Research Centre (2008-2013)[4]
Robin has taught children's literature courses at Macquarie University, Australian Catholic University, University of Technology, Sydney and Simmons College, Boston. Robin has reviewed children's books for The Weekend Australian[5] and other review journals.
Her work on literary judging panels includes:
- NSW judge for the Children's Book Council of Australia national awards 2001–2002[6]
- NSW Premier's Literary Awards
- Dorothea Mackellar National Poetry Competition for Schools
- International Board on Books for Young People Hans Christian Andersen Awards[7]
Awards[edit]
- 1996: Pixie O'Harris Award 1996 for Dedicated and Distinguished Service to the Development and Reputation of Australian Children's Literature [8]
- 1998: John Hirst Award 1998 for outstanding service to teacher librarianship and school libraries in New South Wales [9]
- 2004: Lady Cutler Award 2004 for Distinguished Service to Children’s Literature in NSW (Children's Book Council of Australia, NSW)[10]
- 2014: Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia[11]
Works[edit]
- Indigenous languages in some Australian picture books. Presented at IBBY International Congress, Santiago de Compostela 2010[12]
- Ursula Dubosarsky: In Love with Language in Magpies Vol 26 no 3 July 2011;[13]
- Advocate for Children's Literature : Maurice Saxby in Magpies vol. 25 no. 1 March 2010;[14]
- Reviews and commentary articles in The Weekend Australian;[15]
- Articles in Sydney’s Child; Classroom magazine; Bookseller and Publisher; Magpies and other journals
- Robin Morrow. (2007). Surreal Picturebooks: Binette Schroeder and Anthony Browne. Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature (3)[16]
- Robin Morrow. (2009). Mapping Australia’s past in picture books. Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature 47(2), 18-26.[17]
- 'A reality check: the challenges of publishing and selling books for children' in Scates, B (ed) A Future for the Past: The State of Children's History, History Council of NSW 2004 [18]
- 'Case study: Penguins and Puffins' in Paper empires: a history of the book in Australia 1946-2005 By Craig Munro, Robyn Sheahan-Bright pp. 307
- Robin Morrow (1999) More of a Club Than a Bookshop — The Children's Bookshop, Beecroft: The First 25 Years [19]
- Morrow, Robin; King, Stephen Michael; Morrow, Robin, 1942- (1996), Beetle soup : Australian stories and poems for children, Scholastic Australia, ISBN 978-1-86388-592-8
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) Shortlisted for CBCA Book of the Year Award, Younger Readers, reissued in paperback as King, Stephen Michael; Morrow, Robin, 1942- (2004), And the 'roo jumped over the moon : Australian stories and poems for children ([New] ed.), Scholastic Press, ISBN 978-1-86504-782-9{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
References[edit]
- ^ Paper empires: a history of the book in Australia 1946-2005 By Craig Munro, Robyn Sheahan-Bright
- ^ "Australia: IBBY official website".
- ^ Morrow, Robin (1999), More of a club than a bookshop : the Children's Bookshop, Beecroft : the first 25 years, Robin Morrow Books, ISBN 978-0-646-36695-1
- ^ Aora Loop Newsletter. 1. May 2008.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - ^ Scutter, Heather (1999). Displaced Fictions: Contemporary Australian Books for Teenagers and Young Adults. ISBN 0522848133.
- ^ "CBCA Awards". cbca.org.au. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009.
- ^ Baker-Dowdell, Johanna (6 June 2019). "New role speaks volumes". The Senior. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Home - Australian Publishers Association".
- ^ "ASLA - Australian School Library Association".
- ^ "Robin Morrow Wins Lady Cutler". Australian Bookseller & Publisher. 84 (6). 2005.
- ^ "Alumni Profiles: Dr Robin Morrow AM". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ Morrow, Robin. "Indigenous languages in some Australian picture books" (PDF). International Board On Books for Young People. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "Ursula Dubosarsky : In Love with Language | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories".
- ^ "Advocate for Children's Literature : Maurice Saxby | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Bookbird contents 3 / 2007: IBBY official website".
- ^ Morrow, Robin (2009). "Mapping Australia's Past in Picture Books". Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature. 47 (2): 18–26. doi:10.1353/bkb.0.0154. S2CID 143980924.
- ^ A future for the past: The state of children's history. History Council of New South Wales. 2004. ISBN 9780975209028.
- ^ More of a club than a bookshop: The Children's Bookshop, Beecroft: The first 25 years. Robin Morrow Books. 1999. ISBN 9780646366951.
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