Glenda Millard Glenda Millard i(A57792 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Glenda Millard was born in the Goldfields region of Central Victoria and has lived in the area all her life. It was not until Glenda's four children became teenagers that she began to write in her spare time. She is now a full-time writer. The communities she has lived in and the surrounding landscapes have provided a rich source of inspiration and settings for many of her stories. Apart from writing, some of Millard's favourite things are Jack Russell Terriers, hot-air ballooning, making and eating read and pizza in the wood-fired oven that her husband built in the back yard and reading books which either make her laugh or cry. Millard has visited many primary schools in her home state of Victoria and also interstate where she has presented her books by engaging children in the performance of her stories. Millard has also presented to adult groups such as TAFE students and community writing groups.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Duck, Apple, Egg Sydney : ABC Books , 2020 17691314 2020 single work picture book poetry children's

'Duck on the green,
sun in the sky,
egg in the nest,
apple on the tree,
and me.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2020 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Birth to 3 Years
y separately published work icon Pea Pod Lullaby Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2017 11535325 2017 single work picture book children's

'Words sing over the pictures in this evocative story: a beautiful lullaby about what we can be for each other. A mother and baby, a boy and a dog run for their lives. A little boat carries them across the sea. A polar bear, too, has come adrift. When will they find land? Who will welcome them in? An inspiring and timely story of courage, endurance and hope . . . for a world in which we can reach out and embrace one another.'

Source: Publisher's burb.

2018 winner Prime Minister's Literary Awards Children's Fiction
2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Picture Book of the Year
y separately published work icon The Stars at Oktober Bend Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2016 9163157 2016 single work novel young adult

'A powerful, captivating story about Alice, who is reaching out to express herself through her beautiful-broken words, and Manny who is running to escape his past. When they meet they find the tender beginnings of love and healing.

'Alice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone, but something inside her is broken. She has acquired brain injury, the result of an assault, and her words come out slow and slurred. But when she writes, heartwords fly from her pen. She writes poems to express the words she can't say and leaves them in unexpected places around the town. Manny was once a child soldier. He is sixteen and has lost all his family. He appears to be adapting to his new life in this country, where there is comfort and safety, but at night he runs, barefoot, to escape the memory of his past. When he first sees Alice, she is sitting on the rusty roof of her river-house, looking like a carving on an old-fashioned ship sailing through the stars.' (Publication summary)

2017 selected White Ravens
2017 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards Young Adults' Fiction
2017 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Older Readers
2017 shortlisted Yoto Carnegies Library Association Awards (UK) CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) Awards Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing
2016 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards Griffith University Young Adult Book Award
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