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Nero Book Awards 2025 shortlists announced
Book Awards
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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Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2025 shortlist announced
Book Awards
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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Nominations for the 2026 Carnegies announced
Book Awards
Monday, November 3, 2025
Nominations have been announced for the 2026 Carnegies, the UK's longest-running children's book award, with 125 nominations across both awards, the Carnegie Medal for Writing and the Carnegie Medal for illustration.
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The Booker Prize launches The Children’s Booker Prize
Book Awards
Friday, October 24, 2025
The charity behind two of the world’s most significant literary prizes has announced a new £50,000 award for children's fiction, supported by the AKO Foundation.
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Little Rebels Award 2025 winner announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Sarah Hagger Holt has won the Little Rebels Award 2015 for her novel The Fights That Make Us, a cross-generational story that honours the LGBTQ+ activists of the 1980s and 90s and their struggle against Section 28, and role of contemporary activists.
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UKLA Book Awards 2026 longlists announced
Book Awards
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
The 2026 longlists for the UKLA Book Awards, announced today, include books in translation, past winners, exciting debuts and a huge range of genres, topics and themes. The national children's book awards is judged by teachers and aims to showcase high quality...
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My Hair is as Long as River wins the Klaus Flugge Prize
Book Awards
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Emma Farrarons is the winner of the 2025 Klaus Flugge Prize awarded to the most exciting and promising newcomer to children's picture book illustration. She won for her illustrations in My...
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The Diverse Book Awards 2025 shortlist announced
Book Awards
Monday, September 8, 2025
The shortlist for the Diverse Book Awards 2025 across Picture Books, Children's, YA and Adults published in the UK and Ireland have been announced and include ten titles in each category. The overall winners will be announced at an award ceremony in October.
