History
Notes
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Administered by SANE Australia, the SANE Book of the Year Award 'recognises outstanding Australian non-fiction titles which promote understanding of mental illness and its effect in the community.'
Source: SANE Australia website, www.sane.org (sighted 15/03/2010)
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2012
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Year: 2010
winner y
Flying with Paper Wings : Reflections on Living with Madness
Carlton North
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The Vulgar Press
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2009
Z1653914
2009
single work
autobiography
'Sandy Jeffs grew up and went to school in Ballarat. She has lived with schizophrenia and all its moods for 33 years. She has published many articles and five volumes of poetry, concerned with the disparate topics of madness, domestic violence, the trials and tribulations of playing midweek ladies' tennis and the mad world in which we live - and some of these have inspired other artists to compose music, libretto and dance. Sandy has also become a community educator who speaks to school kids, university students, community groups and clinicians about what it is like to live with a mental illness. Her home, with friends human and animal, is at Christmas Hills, in the country near Melbourne, 'where it's Christmas every day'.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Year: 2005
winner y
Broken Open
Milsons Point
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Bantam Books
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2004
Z1804764
2004
single work
autobiography
'Broken Open is the story of ABC sports broadcaster Craig Hamilton and how, on the eve of the biggest undertaking of his career, he suffered a complete mental breakdown.
'Instead of covering the Sydney Olympics Craig was confined to a padded cell in a mental institution and later diagnosed as suffering bipolar disorder. This catastrophe not only denied Craig his place at the Games, it almost ruined his career and turned his role as devoted husband and father into a living hell.
'From his initial shocking breakdown to his gradual and eventual recovery, Craig sifts through the evidence to identify the warning signs that might have told him he was in serious trouble. This trail identifies a family man who could be so typical of any of us. It illustrates that mental illness is not something that just happens to other people. It is an issue much closer to home and touches many more lives than we could ever imagine.' (From the publisher's website.)
