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Little Rebels Award 2024 winners
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Lizzie and Belle: Portraits and Poison by JT Williams (Farshore) has won the Little Rebels Award for Radical Children's Fiction 2024. Lizzie and Belle: Portrait...
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2025 UKLA Book Awards longlists announced
Book Awards
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
The longlists for the UKLA Book Awards, which covers books for ages 3-14+ years, have been announced and, say the judges, exemplify the award criteria's aim of 'encouraging teachers' knowledge of high-quality children's books, that can reflect all identities and promote diversity.'</st...
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Mary Anning story wins Klaus Flugge Prize 2024
Book Awards
Thursday, September 12, 2024
An inspiring true story of the 19th century fossil hunter Mary Anning has won the prestigious Klaus Flugge Prize for illustration. Author and illustrator Kate Winter was crowned most exciting newcomer to picture book illustration wi...
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The Final Year wins the CLiPPA Poetry Award 2024
Book Awards
Friday, July 12, 2024
Matt Goodfellow has been awarded the CLiPPA (CLPE Children's Poetry Award) for his powerful, sensitive verse novel, The Final Year, illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton (Otter-Barry Books). Poet Liz Berry made the announcement at a live ceremony at the National Theatre on London's Southban...
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Nathanael Lessore wins the 2024 Branford Boase Award
Book Awards
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Nathanael Lessore is the winner of the 2024 Branford Boase Award for outstanding debut novel for young people with Steady For This, his story of 13-year-old would-be rapper Shaun, aka MC Growls, as he navigates life, love and dreams of stardom. The Branford Boa...
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UKLA Book Awards 2024 winners announced
Book Awards
Saturday, July 6, 2024
Hard-hitting books have been chosen as the winners of the 2024 UKLA Book Awards, a national book award judged by teachers. The winners, announced during the UKLA weekend conference, were chosen by 12 teacher judges across four categories from a<a href="/news/ukla-book-awards-...
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Winners of the Carnegie Medals 2024 announced
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Thursday, June 20, 2024
Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho has won the Carnegie Medal for his novel in verse, The Boy Lost in the Maze, illustrated by Kate Milner (Otter-Barry Books). The winner of the Carnegie Medal for Illustration is Aaron Becker for his "beautifully crafted" and "u...
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YA Book Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Book Awards
Thursday, June 13, 2024
The YA Book Prize 2024 shortlist has been announced and includes six debut authors alongside established writers. Now in its tenth year, the YA Book Prize was set up to celebrate books for teenagers and young adults and to encourage more young people to read books.