Jane Godwin (born 1964 in Melbourne, Australia[1]) is an Australian author, and is a publisher at Penguin Books Australia for children and young adult books.

She was inducted into the Australian Book Industry Awards Hall of Fame on 9 May 2024;[2] she also won the 2024 Pixie O’Harris Award.

She lives in Melbourne and works with school pupils[3] and Indigenous children through the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.[4]

Recognition and awards

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Godwin has sole-authored many books which have been published internationally, and she has earned many commendations.

She lives in Melbourne with her husband and has two children, including Wil Wagner.[8][9]

Books

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  • The Family Tree (1998)
  • Poor Fish (2000)
  • When Anna Slept Over (2001)
  • Millie Starts School (2001)
  • Jessie and Mr Smith (2003)
  • The Day I Turned Ten (2004)
  • Minnie and The Super Guys (2004)
  • The True Story of Mary (2005)
  • When Elephants Lived In The Sea (2006)
  • Falling from Grace (2006)
  • Little Cat and the Big Red Bus (2008)
  • Sam Sullivan's Scooter (2009)
  • Where's Sunday? (2010)
  • ’All Through the Year (2010)[10]
  • Today We Have No Plans (2012)
  • Starting School (2013)
  • Animal Tales (2014) (contributor)[11]
  • How Big is Too Small? (2016)
  • Go Go and the Silver Shoes (2018)
  • What Do You Wish For? (2018)
  • As Happy as Here (2019)
  • Poor Fish (2019)[12]
  • Sing Me The Summer (2020)
  • When Rain Turns to Snow (2020)
  • Don’t Forget (2021)
  • Arno and His Horse (2021)[13]
  • All the Words I Need to Know (2022)[14]
  • A Life Song (2023)[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Jane Godwin". Penguin Books. Archived from the original on 7 February 2008.
  2. ^ Books+Publishing website, Stager, Godwin to be inducted into ABIA Hall of Fame; business, publisher shortlists announced, article dated 5 April 2024
  3. ^ Scribble Kids Books website, Jane Godwin
  4. ^ The Indigenous Literacy Foundation website, Non-Commercial Books Become Commercial!, article dated 10 May 2022
  5. ^ "Indie Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  6. ^ "CBCA 2021 Book of the Year shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  7. ^ ABIA (9 May 2024). "Australian Book Industry Award Winners 2024". ABIA. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Show & Tell Promotions with Jane Godwin". showtell.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009.
  9. ^ "Michael Wagner & Jane Godwin: talented literary partners". The Boomerang Books Blog blog.boomerangbooks.com.au. 8 April 2018.
  10. ^ Penguin website, All Through the Year
  11. ^ Penguin website, Animal Tales
  12. ^ Penguin website, Poor Fish
  13. ^ Faber Writing Academy website, Jane Godwin
  14. ^ Penguin website, All the Words I Need to Know
  15. ^ Penguin website, A Life Song
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