What 1999 award was given to the book that was the basis for the 1996 comedy "Matilda"?
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Matilda (1996 film) Matilda is a 1996 American children's fantasy comedy film directed by Danny DeVito, who also produced with Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, and Lucy Dahl. It was written by Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, based on Roald Dahl's novel of the same name. Mara Wilson, DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, and Pam Ferris star. The film is about a young genius named Matilda, who uses telekinesis to deal with her parents, who do not value education, and Agatha Trunchbull, the oppressive principal of Crunchem Hall Elementary School.
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Matilda (novel) Matilda is a book by British writer Roald Dahl. "Matilda" won the Children's Book Award in 1999. It was published in 1988 by Jonathan Cape in London, with 232 pages and illustrations by Quentin Blake. It was adapted as an audio reading by actress Kate Winslet, a 1996 feature film directed by Danny DeVito, a two-part BBC Radio 4 programme starring Lauren Mote as Matilda, Emerald O'Hanrahan as Miss Honey, Nichola McAuliffe as Miss Trunchbull and narrated by Lenny Henry, and a 2010 musical.
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2000 Whitbread Awards The Whitbread Awards (since 2006 called the Costa Book Awards) are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. They were launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. This page gives details of the awards given in 2000.
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Peter Porter Poetry Prize The Peter Porter Poetry Prize is an ongoing international literary award run by the Australian Book Review for outstanding poetry. Established by the "ABR" in 2005, the Prize is named after the late Australian poet Peter Porter. The Porter Prize, awarded annually by the "ABR", is considered 'one of Australia’s most lucrative and respected awards for poetry' and among the country's 'most prestigious prizes for a new poem'. It 'guarantees winners wide exposure through publication in "ABR"' and in 2017 received 'nearly 1000 entries from twenty-two countries'.
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Hard Love Hard Love is an award-winning young adult novel written by author Ellen Wittlinger. It was published in 1999.
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Rowan and the Zebak Rowan and the Zebak is a 1999 children's fantasy novel by Australian author Emily Rodda. It is the fourth book in the "Rowan of Rin" series.
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Melina Marchetta Melina Marchetta (born 25 March 1965) is an Australian writer and teacher. Marchetta is best known as the author of novels, "Looking for Alibrandi", "Saving Francesca" and "On the Jellicoe Road". She has twice been awarded the CBCA , in 1993 and 2004. For "Jellicoe Road" she won the 2009 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association, recognising the year's best book for young adults. Marchetta holds a name for being one of the more prominent Australian Authors of present time in Young-Adult Fiction.
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In Big Trouble In Big Trouble is a book written by Laura Lippman and published by Avon Books (owned by HarperCollins) in 1999, which later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original in 2000.
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Kaz Cooke Kaz Cooke (born Karen Cooke; 17 December 1962) is an Australian author, cartoonist and broadcaster. She has written several bestselling advice books for girls and women, including "Real Gorgeous", "Up the Duff" (also published under different titles outside of Australia), "Kidwrangling". "Girl Stuff" and "Women's Stuff", as well as a series of ebooks on women's health topics. Cooke has been a columnist for various Australian newspapers and magazines, including "Dolly", "The Age", "The Australian", "Who" and "The Canberra Times". A collection of her columns, "Living with Crazy Buttocks", won the 2002 Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year. In 2008, "Girl Stuff" won the Australian Publishers Association's General Non-fiction Book of the Year, the Australian Booksellers Association Booksellers' Choice Award, and an honour prize from the Children’s Book Council of Australia.
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1996 Whitbread Awards The Whitbread Awards (1971–2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1996.
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2015 Costa Book Awards The Costa Book Awards (before 2006 known as the Whitbread Awards) are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. They were launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 2015.
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David Higham Prize for Fiction The David Higham Prize for Fiction was inaugurated in 1975 to mark the 80th birthday of David Higham, literary agent, and was awarded annually to a citizen of the Commonwealth, Republic of Ireland, Pakistan, or South Africa for a first novel or book of short stories. It was cancelled in 1999 due to "the lack of publicity its winners received."
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Josette Frank Award The Josette Frank Award is an annual children's literary award for fiction that "honors a book or books of outstanding literary merit in which children or young people deal in a positive and realistic way with difficulties in their world and grow emotionally and morally".
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The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1999 This is a list of adult fiction books that topped "The New York Times" Fiction Best Seller list in 1999.
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The Dragon Man The Dragon Man is a 1999 crime novel by the Australian author Garry Disher.
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Matilda Awards The Matilda Awards are awards which recognise excellence in cabaret, dance, theatre, and performance in southeast Queensland.
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The Book Place The Book Place was an Australian educational television show for children, which aired on the Seven Network from 1991 to 2003. The show was originally presented by former host of Fat Cat and Friends Lynn Weston, Brenton Whittle, and Andy Armstrong, with Michael Scheld as the Bookworm. Nuala Hafner joined the cast in 1997, while Pete Michell and Amelia McFarlane replaced departing cast members in 2002. The design of the Bookworm puppet was widely regarded at the time to be based on politician/prime minister John Howard.
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Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers The Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers has been presented annually since 1946 by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA). Note: from 1946 to 1986 this award was known as "Book of the Year".
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Nandi Award for Best Children Film The Nandi Award for Best Children Film was commissioned in 1999:
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The Naughtiest Girl Keeps a Secret The Naughtiest Girl Keeps a Secret (1999) is the first of a continuation of Enid Blyton's The Naughtiest Girl series by Anne Digby. The series follows four books first written by Enid Blyton in the 1940s, continuing Elizabeth Allen's adventures at Whyteleafe School. Elizabeth is still in the first form.
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Summer Gone Summer Gone is the first novel by Canadian writer David Macfarlane. Published in 1999 by Knopf Canada, "Summer Gone" was a national bestseller in Canada. It was nominated for the Giller Prize, and won the Books in Canada First Novel Award.
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Solomon's Song Solomon's Song is the final novel in the Australian Trilogy by author Bryce Courtenay. It follows the novels, "The Potato Factory" and "Tommo & Hawk", and was first published in 1999.