Betty Gilderdale Award


The Betty Gilderdale Award, also known as the Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award, is a New Zealand award given to an individual for outstanding service to children's literature and literacy. Before 2000 the award was known as the Children's Literature Association's Award for Services to Children's Literature. It was renamed in honour of the children's author Betty Gilderdale.
Recipients of the award received a cash prize of $2000 and deliver the Storylines Spring Lecture.
Previous recipients of the award include:
YearNameTitle of Lecture
1990Eve Sutton
1991Dorothy Butler
1992Elsie Locke
1993Jo Noble
1994Ron Bacon
1995No award.
1996Graham BeattieA Fortunate Life
1997Diane Hebley & Gary HebleyA Goose, a Gander and a Clutch of Eggs
1998Phyllis JohnstonAn Impressionable Age
1999Betty GilderdaleThe Effects of Post-Modernism on Children’s Literature
2000No award.
2001Veda PicklesFriends and Relatives
2002Barbara MurisonTapestries 1931-2002
2003Jean BennettChildren’s Literature is a Community Event, and the Dangers of Dragons
2004Ray RichardsDo You Know the Way to Castor Bay? A Life in Publishing and Children’s Books
2005John McKenzieChildren’s Literature as an Academic Study: A Perilous Space?
2006Frances PlumptonClimbing the Magic Faraway Tree
2007Kāterina Te Heikōkō MatairaCreativity and Expression.
2008Lois RoutAnecdotal Meanderings
2009No award.
2010Glyn StrangeGetting in Behind
2011Ruth McIntyre and John McIntyre
2012Gerri Judkins
2013Trevor AgnewThe Reviewer Reviewed.
2014Robyn Southam
2015Trish BrookingPast to present: Navigating New Zealand Children’s Literature.
2016Rosemary TisdallA Life of Privilege
2017Maureen Crisp
2018Jeannie SkinnerFor the Love of Libraries
2019Crissi BlairA Tour of my Bookshelves