Ursula Dubosarsky

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Ursula Dubosarsky (born Ursula Coleman, Sydney, 1961) is an Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults, whose work is characterised by a child's vision and comic voice of both clarity and ambiguity.[1] She has won nine national literary prizes, including five New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, more than any other writer in the Awards' 30-year history.[2] She was appointed the Australian Children's Laureate for 2020–2021.[3]

She is the author of over 60 illustrated books and novels, which have been translated into 14 languages.[4] She has also written three non-fiction "Word Spy" books for children, illustrated by Tohby Riddle, about language, grammar and etymology. [5] [6] These books have won the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award, the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award and the Junior Judges' Award and .[7] In the United States and Canada The Word Spy is published under the title The Word Snoop.[8]

Her novel The Red Shoe is included in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up and is one of 200 significant works of Australian literature in the Copyright Agency's Reading Australia program.[9] In 2014, the annual Christmas Windows of the department store David Jones were based on her story Reindeer's Christmas Surprise, [10][11] and her book Too Many Elephants In this House, illustrated by Andrew Joyner, was chosen for the National Simultaneous Storytime.[12] In 2018 the National Library of Australia published Midnight at the Library, illustrated by , to celebrate the Library's 50-year anniversary.[13] In 2019 a study room at Marrickville Library was named in honour of her novel The Blue Cat.[14]

Three of her books have been adapted for theatre: The Red Shoe,[15] The Terrible Plop[16] and Too Many Elephants in This House.[17]

She is the third child of Peter Coleman and Verna Susannah Coleman. She was named after the character of Ursula Brangwen in the 1915 novel The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence. She attended Lindfield, Hunter's Hill and Chatswood Primary Schools, SCEGGS Darlinghurst, then studied at Sydney University and later Macquarie University. She is an Honorary Associate in the Department of English at Macquarie University[18] and has taught courses in children's literature at Sydney University and the University of Technology, Sydney.[19] She is a currently a member of the Library Council of New South Wales.[20]

Awards[]

International

Hans Christian Andersen Award Nominee 2015[21]

Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Nominee 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 [22][23]

Luchs (Lynx ) Award for Children's Literature July 2012 for The Golden Day (in German Nicht Jetz, niemals)[24]

International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour Book List 2014 for The Golden Day[25]

YALSA (Division of the American Library Association) Excellence in Non-fiction for Young Adults Nominee 2010 for Word Snoop[26]

International Youth Library White Ravens 1996 for The First Book of Samuel; 2007 for The Red Shoe;[27] and 2019 for Midnight at the Library. [28]

Australian

Theatrical productions[]

  • Too Many Elephants in This House was staged by the NIDA, the National Institute of Dramatic Art.[42]
  • The Red Shoe was staged by the .[43]
  • Plop!,[44] a musical version of The Terrible Plop was staged by the Windmill Theatre in Adelaide, Brisbane and Canberra, Sydney, regional Victoria, Queensland and Darwin. Plop! had season in the United States in 2012, including three weeks at the New Victory Theater in New York.[45]

Bibliography[]

  • Maisie and the Pinny Gig (1989) illustrated by Roberta Landers
  • High Hopes (1990)
  • Zizzy Zing (1991)
  • The Last Week in December (1993)
  • The White Guinea-Pig (1994)
  • The First Book of Samuel (1995)
  • Bruno and Crumhorn (1996)
  • Black Sails, White Sails (1997)
  • The Strange Adventures of Isador Brown (1998) illustrated by
  • My Father Is Not a Comedian! (1999)
  • Honey and Bear (1999) illustrated by
  • The Even Stranger Adventures of Isador Brown (2000) illustrated by
  • The Game of the Goose (2000) illustrated by
  • The Two Gorillas (2000) illustrated by
  • Fairy Bread (2001) illustrated by
  • Abyssinia (2001)
  • The Magic Wand (2002) illustrated by
  • Special Days with Honey and Bear (2002) illustrated by
  • Isador Brown's Strangest Adventures of All (2003) illustrated by
  • How To Be a Great Detective (2004)
  • Rex (2005) illustrated by David Mackintosh
  • Theodora's Gift (2005)
  • The Puppet Show (2006) illustrated by
  • The Red Shoe (2006)
  • The Word Spy (2008) illustrated by Tohby Riddle Published in the United States as The Word Snoop (2009)
  • Jerry (2008) illustrated by Patricia Mullins
  • Tibby's Leaf (2009) illustrated by Peter Bray
  • The Terrible Plop (2009) illustrated by
  • The Cubby House (2009) illustrated by
  • The Deep End (2010) illustrated by
  • The Return of the Word Spy (2010) illustrated by Tohby Riddle
  • The Honey and Bear Stories (2010) illustrated by
  • Free: Stories about Human Rights (2010) (contributor) Amnesty International/Walker Books UK
  • The Golden Day (2011)
  • The Carousel (2011) illustrated by
  • The Word Spy Activity Book (2012) illustrated by Tohby Riddle
  • Too Many Elephants in This House (2012) illustrated by
  • The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno and Alberta: The Perplexing Pineapple (2013) illustrated by Terry Denton
  • The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno and Alberta: The Looming Lamplight (2013) illustrated by Terry Denton
  • The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno and Alberta: The Missing Mongoose (2013) illustrated by Terry Denton
  • Violet Vanishes (2013) illustrated by
  • Rory Rides (2013) illustrated by
  • Ethan Eats (2013) illustrated by
  • Ava Adds (2013) illustrated by
  • Introduction to Lillypilly Hill (2013) Eleanor Spence Text Classics
  • The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno and Alberta: The Dismal Daffodil (2014) illustrated by Terry Denton
  • The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno and Alberta: The Quivering Quavers (2014) illustrated by Terry Denton
  • The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno and Alberta: The Talkative Tombstone (2014) illustrated by Terry Denton
  • Two Tales of Twins from Ancient Greece and Rome (2014) illustrated by David Allan
  • The Great War: Stories inspired by objects from the First World War (2014) (contributor) Walker Books UK
  • Tim and Ed (2014)[46] illustrated by
  • Reindeer's Christmas Surprise (2014) illustrated by Sue de Gennaro
  • One Little Goat (2017) illustrated by
  • The Blue Cat (2017)
  • Brindabella (2018) illustrated by
  • Leaf Stone Beetle (2018) illustrated by Gaye Chapman
  • Midnight at the Library (2018) illustrated by
  • The Boy Who Could Fly and other magical plays for children (2019) illustrated by Amy Golbach
  • Ask Hercules Quick (2019) illustrated by
  • Pierre's Not There (2020) illustrated by Christopher Nielsen
  • The March of the Ants (2021) illustrated by Tohby Riddle

Critical studies, reviews and biography[]

  • Bond, Gwenda (December 2013). "Locus Looks at Books : Divers Hands". Locus (635): 22–23. Review of The Golden Day.

References[]

  1. ^ The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature (2006) edited by Jack Zipes
  2. ^ "NSW Premier Nathan Rees announces 2009 NSW Literary Award Winners" News Release Premier of New South Wales, Australia, 18 May 2009 http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/documents/_NSW_Prem_Lit_Winners_Announcement.pdf
  3. ^ "Ursula Dubosarsky announced as 2020-2021 Australian Children's Laureate". Australian Children's Laureate. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  4. ^ https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/02/11/145577/dubosarsky-announced-as-australian-childrens-laureate-for-2020-21/
  5. ^ https://www.allenandunwin.com/authors/d/ursula-dubosarsky
  6. ^ http://www.penguin.com.au/products/9780670072279/word-spy Retrieved 30 July 2012
  7. ^ http://cbca.org.au/awardshistory.htm Archived 20 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 July 2012
  8. ^ http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780803734067,00.html Retrieved 30 July 2012
  9. ^ "The Red Shoe". Reading Australia. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  10. ^ http://shop.davidjones.com.au/djs/en/davidjones/reindeers-christmas-surprise
  11. ^ Hayes, Alex (4 November 2014). "David Jones moves from retail to emotion in new 'Things We Do For Love' Christmas campaign". Mumbrella. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  12. ^ https://www.alia.org.au/nss2014
  13. ^ Dubosarsky, Ursula; Brooks, illustrator.), Ron (2018). Midnight at the library. Canberra, ACT : NLA Publishing. ISBN 978-0-642-27931-6.
  14. ^ https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/explore/libraries/book-a-room-or-computer. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nswHnHeMExw
  16. ^ http://www.newvictory.org/show.m?showID=1034027 Archived 11 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2 July 2012
  17. ^ Morris, Linda (10 May 2014). "Ursula Dubosarsky: elephants roam from page to stage". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  18. ^ "Our people". Macquarie University. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  19. ^ "Department of English". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  20. ^ {{Cite web|url= https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about-library/library-council
  21. ^ IBBY
  22. ^ "2015 - ALMA". www.alma.se. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  23. ^ "Candidates 2019 - ALMA". www.alma.se. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  24. ^ Luchs Award Radio Bremen
  25. ^ "Oz books selected for 2014 IBBY Honour Book List". Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  26. ^ "2010 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award Nominations". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 19 January 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  27. ^ White Ravens
  28. ^ [1]
  29. ^ "Ursula Dubosarsky – Australian Children's Laureate 2020–2021". Australian Children's Laureate. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  30. ^ Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards
  31. ^ Children's Book Council of Australia Archived 21 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  32. ^ NSW Premier's Literary Awards
  33. ^ KOALA winners
  34. ^ NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2007
  35. ^ Allen & Unwin
  36. ^ NSW Premier's Literary Award 2006
  37. ^ Puffin: Ursula Dubosarsky
  38. ^ Adelaide Festival: Ursula Dubosarsky
  39. ^ Shire Writers Festival
  40. ^ Good Reading Magazine Teaching notes
  41. ^ University of Canberra
  42. ^ http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/ursula-dubosarsky-elephants-roam-from-page-to-stage-20140510-382bb.html
  43. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nswHnHeMExw
  44. ^ http://www.windmill.org.au/show/plop retrieved 2 July 2012
  45. ^ http://www.newvictory.org/show.m?showID=1034027 Archived 11 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2 July 2012
  46. ^ "Tim and Ed". Catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  • The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English (2001) edited by Victor Watson
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature (1993) edited by Stella Lees and Pam Macintyre
  • 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up (2009) edited by Julia Eccleshore Cassell Illustrated, London.

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