News - Book Awards

Friday, March 22, 2024

Pari Thomson, author of Greenwild: The World Behind The Door, is the Overall Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for her debut fantasy adventure, as voted for by Waterstones booksellers.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

The shortlists for the Carnegie Medals 2024 for writing and illustrating books for children and young people have been announced, with poetry dominating the shortlist for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing and picture books the focus of the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration shortli...

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

The longlist for the 2024 Klaus Flugge Prize has been announced. The Klaus Flugge Prize is awarded to the most promising and exciting newcomer to children's picture book illustration. It honours Klaus Flugge, founder of publisher Andersen Press and an influential figure in picture books.

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

The longlists for the Yoto Carnegies 2024 awards for writing and illustration for children and young people, have been announced. The 36 titles on the longlists include 19 for the Carnegie Medal for Writing, and 18 for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration. 

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Every year Waterstones' expert booksellers vote for the books they believe are the very best in new children's writing and illustration. Their 2024 Children's Book Prize shortlists have just been announced.

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Look out for some great new writers in the 2024 Branford Boase Award longlist, highlighting outstanding debut novels for children. The award also honours the editor of the winning book.      The shortlist will be announced on 25 April 2024. 

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures has won the Waterstones Book of the Year 2023, a much-coveted award that will see Impossible Creatures supported by Waterstones' booksellers nationally.  The bookseller also announced In Memoriam by Alice Winn as Waters...

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Coffee house Caffè Nero has announced the 16-strong shortlist for the inaugural Nero Book Awards, recognising the outstanding books of the past 12 months across four categories: Children's Fiction, Debut Fiction, Fiction and Non-Fiction. Twelve category judges - a mix of authors, books...

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