Sandy Bigna and Danielle Binks have both been shortlisted in the 8-10 year-old category of the 2025 Speech Pathology Australia
Book of the Year Awards, the winners of which will be announced on social media on 29 October 2025!

The Book of the Year Awards are judged by a panel of Certified Practising Speech Pathologists with specific knowledge and skill in children’s language and literacy development. Each nominated book is judged on its appeal to children, interactive quality and ability to assist speech pathologists and parents in facilitating the development of communication and literacy in children.

The Awards:
— promote quality Australian children’s literature
— enhance awareness of the role speech pathologists play in language and literacy development
— encourage a love of reading.

JdM middle-grade authors Bigna and Binks have both been shortlisted in the 8-10 years-old category, for their novels;
— Little Bones (UQP Books)
— Six Summers of Tash & Leopold (Lothian Children’s Books)

We wish them both hearty congratulations and the best of luck, ahead of the winners announcement on the 29th of this month!