PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Libby Gleeson AM has published over 40 popular, highly acclaimed books for children and teenagers, been shortlisted for 15 CBCA Awards, and won five. She is also the winner of the Lady Cutler Award for her services to children's literature. Libby has been a teacher and lecturer and contributes regularly to national conferences. She was a member of the Public Lending Rights committee from 1988-1995, chaired the Australian Society of Authors from 1999-2001, was awarded membership to the Order of Australia in 2007, was the ASA Dicrector CAL from 2008-2014, and has been chairing WestWords since 2015. She won the 2011 Dromkeen Medal, awarded for her contributions to children's literature. Based in Orange, NSW, Freya Blackwood is an illustrator of children's picture books. The books she has illustrated have been written by some of Australia's best known authors including Libby Gleeson, Margaret Wild, Jan Ormerod, Mem Fox, Nick Bland and Danny Parker. Known for her emotive drawings of children and animals, she typically works with pencil and watercolour. Her inspiration comes from her daughter and the everyday life of being a human and a parent.
