Shaun Tan has been announced the winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for his book Tales from the Inner City, while Anthony McGowan scoops the CILIP Carnegie Medal for Lark. As always, the winning books were chosen by Youth Librarians and over 160 books were submitted for the awards, recognised as the UK’s most […]
The winner of the 2018 Educational Writers’ Award, the UK’s sole award for creative educational writing, is Far From Home: Refugees and Migrants Fleeing War, Persecution and Poverty by Cath Senker, a topical and richly illustrated book which sensitively examines the root causes of mass migrations of people in the 21st century. The result of […]
Canvases, Codes, Clean Water & Empathy The Society of Authors and the Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2018 Educational Writers’ Award, the UK’s only award for educational writing which stimulates and enhances the learning experience. The five outstanding books for readers aged 11-18 years on this year’s […]
Angie Thomas has been named overall winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2018 for her debut novel The Hate U Give. She wins £5000 as the overall winner and the backing of the UK’s major bookselling chain, making the prize one of the most valuable children’s book awards in the UK. The Hate U […]
The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) has announced the 2018 shortlist for the CLiPPA (Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award). Established in 2003, the CLiPPA encourages and celebrates outstanding poetry published for children and has done a huge amount to encourage the publishing of children’s poetry. The 2018 shortlist celebrates and highlights […]
The Children’s Book Award 2018 shortlist has been announced. Among those shortlisted are this year’s Costa Children’s Book Award winner Katherine Rundell and previously shortlisted author illustrator Jan Fearnley. Children nationwide are now invited to vote for their favourite of the ten shortlisted books. The deadline for online voting is 12.00 Friday 18th May. The […]
The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell and Real-Life Mysteries written by Susan Martineau, illustrated by Vicky Barker, have been revealed as this year’s Blue Peter Book Award winners. The winning titles were voted for by over 500 children from 12 schools across the UK. A delighted Cressida Cowell said: ‘Blue Peter was a huge […]
Young writers invited to finish a story started by 2017 Branford Boase Award winner, Beetle Boy author M. G. Leonard The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition, the annual competition for young people which runs in conjunction with the Branford Boase Award, is now open. The Branford Boase Award recognises a debut children’s author and their editor […]
The shortlists for the 2018 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, the UK’s oldest book awards for children and young people, are announced today, Thursday 15th March. Alongside Carnegie Medal regulars Patrick Ness – in the running for a record third Carnegie Medal – Geraldine McCaughrean and Marcus Sedgwick are former shortlistees Lauren Wolk and […]
Fifteen debut picture books are in the running for the 2018 Klaus Flugge Prize. Now in its third year the prize was set up to honour publisher Klaus Flugge, founder of Andersen Press and a supremely influential figure in picture books. This year more than fifty books were submitted for consideration from eleven different publishers. […]
Iconic children’s authors John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury have jointly been presented with the BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award. Set up in 2015 the BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates the body of work of an author or illustrator who has made an outstanding contribution to children’s literature. Previous winners are Shirley Hughes, Judith Kerr and Raymond […]
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