News - Book Awards

Thursday, January 22, 2026

The School Library Association (SLA) has revealed the shortlist for the 2026 Information Book Award (IBA), celebrating inspiring UK-published information books for young people, up to age 16. The winners of the IBA and the Children's Choice accolades will be ann...

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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

The longlist for the 2026 Branford Boase Award has been announced. As well as recognising new writers for children and young people, the Branford Boase Award honours the editor of the winning book, highlighting the importance of the editor in nurturing new talent. This...

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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Jamila Gavin's 'exceptionally powerful' historical novel My Soul, A Shining Tree (Farshore) has won the Children's Fiction category of the Nero Book Awards 2025. Winners of the remaining categories included: Fiction Category Winner 2025 Seascraper by B...

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Monday, January 12, 2026

The shortlist for the 2026 Inclusive Books for Children (IBC) Awards has been revealed, celebrating exceptional, UK-published inclusive children's books for one to nine-year-olds. Children across UK primary schools are now reading the shortlisted titles and cast...

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Thursday, December 4, 2025

Scholastic UK has announced the winners of the 2025 Laugh Out Loud Awards (The Lollies) at a ceremony filled with laughter, song, doodling and much more. The Lollies is the UK's biggest celebration of funny books and one of the few awards where the winners are v...

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Thursday, November 27, 2025

Inside Story: How the News Works by Jane Marlow and Terri Po (Templar Books) is the winner of the Information Book Award, an annual celebration of information books. The Children’s Choice Award was won by Amazing Asia by Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Jason Lyon (Wide...

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Thursday, November 20, 2025

Authors Jamila Gavin, Patrice Lawrence, Struan Murray and Jenny Pearson have been shortlisted for the Children's Fiction Award for the Nero Book Awards 2025. The award shortlists for adult Fiction, Non-Fiction and Debut Fiction were also announced today. ...

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Wednesday, November 19, 2025

The shortlist for the 2025 Royal Society Young People's Book Prize has been announced, including six books that showcase the best of the year's science books for under 14s. The Yo...

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