“Children's Laureate”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

A panel of judges considers nominations from a range of organisations representing librarians, critics, writers and booksellers, including the International Board on Books for Young People. They also consider writers and illustrators nominated directly by children, who now vote online.

The award is funded by several publishing industry and charity sector sponsors, including the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. As of 2013 its main sponsor is Waterstones, Britain's largest bookseller; it was sponsored by Ottakar's before the two companies merged.

A bursary of £15,000 is offered for the two-year term,^[1] and the Laureate receives a silver medal at the announcement ceremony, most recently held on 7 June 2017 for Lauren Child.^[2]

UK Officeholders

Comparable offices elsewhere

Australia

In 2008 an Australian Children's Literature Alliance was founded to select and appoints an annual Australian Children's Laureate. In fact the first year saw two writers sharing the role. Boori Monty Pryor and Alison Lester were announced in Adelaide in December 2011, with Noni Hazlehurst as patron.^[4]

United States

In January 2008 the Library of Congress inaugurated its National Ambassador for Young People's Literature scheme, as the U.S. equivalent of the Children's Laureate. The inaugural Ambassador was Jon Scieszka.^[5] A similar honor is awarded bi-annually by the Poetry Foundation for the Young People's Poet Laureate.^[6]

Ireland

Ireland has a Laureate na nÓg, a two-year office inaugurated by the Arts Council of Ireland in May 2010. The Arts Council of Northern Ireland is one supporter.^[7]

Sweden

The Swedish Arts Council appoints an author as "Ambassador for reading", Läsamabassadör, for a two-year office since 2011. The ambassador is announced at Gothenburg Book Fair by the Swedish Minister of Culture.^[8] As part of the tenure the ambassador help communicate to children about books and reading,

The Netherlands

From 2013 every two years the Dutch Reading Foundation appoints a well-known children's books author as an ambassador for children’s literature. Since 2017, this ‘Kinderboekenambassadeur’ has a seat in his special embassy in the Children's Book Museum in The Hague.

See also

References

1. ^http://www.childrenslaureate.org.uk/about-us/
2. ^{{cite web|title=Lauren Child unveiled as new children's laureate|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/child-unveiled-new-childrens-laurate-564406}}
3. ^"About Us" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010103843/http://www.houseofillustration.org.uk/about-us/ |date=2010-10-10 }}. House of Illustration (houseofillustration.org.uk). Retrieved 2013-09-29.
4. ^{{cite web|title=The Inaugural Australian Children's Laureate|url=http://www.childrenslaureate.org.au/news-article/the-inaugural-australian-childrens-laureate-by-robyn-sheahan-bright-magpies-magazine-volume-28/|website=Australian Children's Laureate|accessdate=7 January 2018}}
5. ^The Children's Book Council – National Ambassador for Young People's Literature(US) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106000125/http://www.cbcbooks.org/naypl/index.html |date=January 6, 2009 }}
6. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2017/05/young-peoples-poet-laureate|title=Young People's Poet Laureate |work=Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) |author=Paige Bentley-Flannery |date=May 26, 2017 |accessdate=October 30, 2018}}
7. ^"About the Project". Laureate na nÓg (childrenslaureate.ie). Arts Council of Ireland. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
8. ^{{cite web|title= Om Läsambassadören – Kulturradet|url = http://www.kulturradet.se/sv/Lasframjande/Lasambassadoren/Om-Lasambassadoren/|publisher = www.kulturradet.se|date = 2015-09-15|access-date = 2015-10-30|language = swedish}}