Chamberlin awarded 2014 Dromkeen Medal; Scholastic donates $12,000 to preserve Dromkeen archive
Children’s publisher Helen Chamberlin was awarded the 2014 Dromkeen Medal at the State Library of Victoria (SLV) on 12 October.Chamberlin began her career as a secondary English and languages teacher...
Mullins to be awarded 2012 Dromkeen Medal
Children’s book author and illustrator Patricia Mullins will be awarded the 2012 Dromkeen Medal at the State Library of Victoria (SLV) on 20 March. Mullins is the author and illustrator of...
Gleeson to be awarded Dromkeen Medal, Librarian’s Medal to Heraud
Children's author Libby Gleeson will be the recipient of the 2011 Dromkeen Medal. The Dromkeen National Centre for Picture Book Art described Gleeson as 'a worthy recipient of the Dromkeen Medal'...
Tan wins short film Oscar, Dromkeen Medal
Australian author, illustrator and film director Shaun Tan won an Academy Award this week for his animated film The Lost Thing. Tan, and fellow director Andrew Ruhemann, received Best Short...
Dromkeen Medal presented at annual dinner
The annual Dromkeen Dinner, a fundraising event hosted by the Dromkeen Society, was held at Dromkeen on Saturday 28 February. Jane Stanley, Dromkeen education officer, told WBN that the theme...
Park wins 2008 Dromkeen Medal
New Zealand-born author Ruth Park has been named the recipient of the 2008 Dromkeen Medal. Born in 1917, Park began writing early, contributing stories and poems to newspapers in New...