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The National Library of Australia is proud to announce the winners of the 1997 TDK Australian Audio Book Awards and the Trish Trinick Prize for the Best Narrator, which represent first class audio productions of outstanding literary works. The awards were presented in Canberra on 11 November by one of Australia's foremost writers, Elizabeth Jolley.
The award for the best work of Unabridged Fiction was won by Christian Blind Mission International for their production of Steve Lawhead's charming children's book Brown Ears at Sea, narrated by Robert Grubb.
The Abridged Fiction Award was won by ABC Enterprises for Eating Out and Other Stories by Natalie Scott, narrated by Ruth Cracknell. ABC Enterprises also took out the Abridged Non-Fiction Award for their production of Jan Ruff-O'Herne's moving autobiography, Fifty Years of Silence, poignantly narrated by the author.
The Unabridged Non-Fiction Award was won by Bolinda Audio Books for a production of Mary Durack's famous family biography, Kings in Grass Castles, narrated by Jenny Seedsman.
The Trish Trinick Prize for the Best Narrator was won by James Wright for his narration of a Louis Braille Books' production of The Fiftieth Gate. In this narration, James Wright brilliantly conveys the ironies, psychological subtleties and the distinctive attitudes of the various characters in Mark Raphael Baker's moving journey through the memories of his Jewish parents during the second world war and subsequently.
A Narkaling production received a Special Commendation from the judges for their production of Unna You Fullas by Glenyse Ward, narrated by Michelle Torres. The judges especially applauded the outstanding contribution Narkaling is making to the furtherance of literacy through the use of audio material. Unna You Fullas is about Aboriginal children looking out for each other as they struggle to conform to the Good Christian Way. Their laughter, their tears, their wisdom and the pranks that helped them survive this ironic clash of culture, religion and personality is sensitively conveyed in Michelle Torres' narration.
For more information contact the TDK Awards Coordinator, phone (02) 6262 1289, fax (02) 6273 4493, email mdickens@nla.gov.au
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