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1999 TDK Australian Audio Book Awards

The 1999 TDK Australian Audio Book Awards were presented at a function at the National Library of Australia, Canberra on Tuesday 9 November 1999. The short-listed entries and details of the winners appear below:

Categories


Audio Books for Young People

Falling Forward by David Metzenthen, narrated by Bill Conn

Producer/Publisher Royal Blind Society
Gilbert’s Ghost Train by David Metzenthen, narrated by Stephen Gease

Producer/Publisher Louis Braille Books
Red Golf Balls by Laurine Croasdale, narrated by Chris Pitman and Anna Steen

Producer/Publisher ABC Audio Books
Staying Alive in Year 5 by John Marsden, narrated by Tim Ferguson (Winning Entry)

Producer/Publisher Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd

Scott and his friends are simply staying alive in year 5 until their surprising new teacher, Mr Murlin, comes along. Boring textbooks go into the bin, eating chocolate in class becomes compulsory and suddenly it is OK to be weird. But Mr Merlin is not popular with everyone.
Wonder Tales of Earth & Sea narrated by Jenni Cargill with musical arrangements written and performed by Ian Blake

Producer/Publisher Jenni Cargill

Unabridged Fiction

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier, narrated by Noel Hodda (Winning Entry)

Producer/Publisher Royal Blind Society

A soldier wounded in the American Civil War, Inman turns his back on the carnage of the battlefield and begins the treacherous journey home to Cold Mountain and to Ada, the woman he loved before the war began.
The Lady and the Unicorn by Isolde Martyn, narrated by Rebecca Macauley

Producer/Publisher Bolinda Audio Books
On Our Selection by Steele Rudd, narrated by David Tredinnick

Producer/Publisher Louis Braille Audio

Unabridged Non-Fiction

Caddie by Caddie, narrated by Helen Morse (Winning Entry)

Producer/Publisher Louis Braille Audio

Caddie is the true story of a sensitive, attractive girl left to fend for herself and her two young children. Her desperate efforts to survive and earn an existence in the hard times of the 1920s and 1930s lead her to many jobs and situations. Working as a barmaid in a number of pubs, she sees the Sydney scene on all levels—the seamy underworld, middle-class respectability and pseudo-gentility. Caddie is a battler, a girl with honest, plain guts and, despite her troubles, she never goes under.
Memories of a Fox by Harry Gallagher, narrated by Don Reid

Producer/Publisher Royal Blind Society

Narrator's Award (Trish Trinick Prize) *

Max My Mate by Victoria Hazell, narrated by Arthur Hennessey

Producer/Publisher Narkaling
Oliver Twist* by Charles Dickens, narrated by Edgar Metcalf (Winning Entry)

Producer/Publisher Narkaling

London in the 1830s was no place to be if you were a hungry 10-year-old boy, an orphan without friends or family, with no home to go to and only a penny in your pocket to buy a piece of bread. But Oliver Twist finds some friends—Fagin, the Artful Dodger, and Charley Bates. They give him food and shelter and play games with him, but it is not until some days later that Oliver finds out what kind of friends they are and the nature of the ‘games’ they play.
This book has been recorded at 90 words per minute.
Red Golf Balls by Laurine Croasdale, narrated by Chris Pitman and Anna Steen

Producer/Publisher ABC Audio Books
Staying Alive in Year 5 by John Marsden, narrated by Tim Ferguson

Producer/Publisher Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd

* The Abridged category failed to attract enough entries for any competition. The one title offered is a contender for the Narrator’s Award


Special Award

Wonder Tales of Earth and Sea. Traditional stories, narrated by Jenni Cargill

Producer: Jenni Cargill

With her infectious enthusiasm, storyteller Jenni Cargill draws the listener into the exotic world of story: adventure stories, a Dreamtime story, participation songs and wonder tales from many corners of the earth and even the depths of the sea!

Marketing and Promotions Award

ABC Enterprises
ABC Enterprises
Attn: Laurine Croasdale
GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001
Tel: 02 9950 3978
Fax: 02 9950 3884
Web: http://www.abc.net.au/corp/enterpri.htm#top
Bolinda Audio Books (Bolinda Audio Logo = 3 trees) (Winner)
Bolinda Audio Books
Attn: Rebecca Walshe
17 Morh Street, Tullamarine,VIC 3432
Tel: 03 9338 0666
Fax: 03 9335 1903
Email: rebecca@arpar.com.au
Bolinda Publishing produces specialist products including unabridged audio books. Bolinda’s publishing program endeavours to focus mainly on titles written by Australian authors or with Australian themes. Bolinda is the distributor for a range of international agencies.

Narkaling Inc.
Narkaling Inc.
Attn: Marion Slany
PO Box 1409, Midland, WA 6936
Tel: 08 9274 8022
Fax 08 9274 8362
E-mail: narkalin@wantree.com.au
Web: http://www.wantree.com.au/~narkalin

Sponsored by TDK (Australia) Pty Ltd and administered by the National Library of Australia

Contact:

Hélène Anderson
TDK Audio Book Awards Coordinator
Tel (02) 6262 1139
Fax (02) 6273 4493

Go to National Library of Australia home page

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