Academic Status
College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Ruth Starke has published over forty books for young people, including the award-winning NIPS XI (currently on the Fiction for Young Readers curriculum), Noodle Pie (2008) and the Captain Congo series of graphic novels. Her latest book is An Anzac Tale (2013), a graphic novel of Gallipoli. Her book on the history of Adelaide Writers' Week, Writers, Readers and Rebels, draws on her PhD research. She was awarded the Carclew Fellowship in 2002, and currently serves as a judge for the Adelaide Festival Literature Awards (Young Adult), and sits on the Arts SA Artists Grants and Awards panels. She has twice served as a peer assessor for the Australia Council's Literature Board. She is a regular and longtime book reviewer for Australian Book Review, Viewpoint, and Radio Adelaide, and has been an editorial adviser for ABR, and a past Chair of the SA Writers Centre. She was appointed to the board of the Little Big Book Club in 2012.
University Medal
Staff Prize in English
Carclew Fellowship
Varuna Fellowship
CBCA Honour Book (NIPS XI)
UNESCO Award for Books That Promote Tolerance (Nips XI)
Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year (Noodle Pie)
US Board of Books for Young People, Outstanding International Book (Noodle Pie)
Aurealis Award Best YA Short Story
Reading Australia National Short Story Award
Davitt Award Best YA Crime Novel
Inaugural Nance Donkin Award
Wilderness Award (Catland)
9 CBCA Notable Book Awards
ArtSA literature grants
Australia Council Literature grant (2012)
Writing Australia Inaugural $10,000 unpublished manuscript award - NOV 2011
International publication of Burial Rites - JUN 2013
Publication of Quillblade (Random House) - MAY 2010
Judge, Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, Young Adult
Peer Assessor, Literature Board, Australia Council
Peer Assessor, Arts SA, Grants and Awards
Board member, Little Big Book Club
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