Name Dianne Wolfer | Role Author | |
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Books Light Horse Boy, Lighthouse Girl, Granny Grommet and Me, Annie's Snails (Large Pri, The Kid Whose Mum Kep | ||
Blooming club interview with miss dianne wolfer part 2
Dianne Wolfer (born 1961) is an award-winning Australian children's author who lives on the south coast of Western Australia.
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- Blooming club interview with miss dianne wolfer part 2
- Lighthouse girl by dianne wolfer
- Books
- References
Her title Lighthouse Girl won the 2010 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award for Picture Books, and was shortlisted for the 2009 New South Wales Premier's History Awards. It is based on the true story of Fay Howe, daughter of the Breaksea Island lighthouse keeper, who relayed messages for the departing ANZAC troops in 1914. Lighthouse Girl was part inspiration for the Royal de Luxe The Giants story at the 2015 Perth International Arts Festival and will feature in Black Swan Theatre's 2017 production The Lighthouse Girl.
Partner title,Light Horse Boy won the Children's Book Category of the 2014 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, was shortlisted and awarded Honour Book for the 2014 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.
Dianne's first picture book Photographs in the Mud was inspired by a research trip along the Kokoda Track and is used as a reference for international workshops promoting peaceful 'Discourse Analysis'. It has been published in Japanese.
Her second picture book Granny Grommet and Me was shortlisted for the 2014 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.
From 2006-2012 Dianne was the Western Australian Advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). Her most recent books include "The Shark Caller", "Annie's Snails", "Granny Grommet and Me" as well as "Light Horse Boy", which was a sequel to "Lighthouse Girl". "The Shark Caller" is shortlisted for the 2016 West Australian Young Readers' Book Awards.