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Glasgow Boys wins the Branford Boase Award 2025 for debut writers
Book Awards
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys has scored a hat trick with its third top literature award this year, winning the Branford Boase Award 2025 for outstanding debut writers and their editors. Editors Alice Swan and Ama Badu, who edited Glasgow Boys, wer...
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Colette Hiller wins the 2025 CLiPPA children's poetry award
Book Awards
Friday, June 20, 2025
Colette Hiller has been announced as the winner of the 2025 CLiPPA children's poetry award for her collection Colossal Words for Kids, illustrated by Tor Freeman (Frances Lincoln Children's Books). In Colossal Words for Kids, Hiller defines in rhyme 75 'colossa...
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Winners of the Carnegie Medals 2025 are announced
Book Awards
Thursday, June 19, 2025
The winners of the UK's longest-running book awards for children and young people, The Carnegies, were announced today at a ceremony in London. Debut author Margaret McDonald has won the Carnegie Medal for Writing for her "life changing and emotional" novel <a h...
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Information Book Award 2025 shortlist announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
The 12 shortlisted titles for the Information Book Award (IBA) have been announced by the School Library Association (SLA) and include a diverse range of information books that provide readers with new ways of looking at the world around them.
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I Am Rebel wins the FCBG Children's Book Award 2025
Book Awards
Monday, June 9, 2025
The Federation of Children's Book Groups has announced the Overall Winner of the 2025 Children's Book Award: I Am Rebel by Ross Montgomery. The Children's Book Award, now in its 45th year, is the only national award voted for entirely by children.
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Klaus Flugge Prize 2025 shortlist announced
Book Awards
Thursday, May 15, 2025
The shortlist for the Klaus Flugge Prize, which highlights the most promising and exciting newcomer to children's picture book illustration, has been announced. This is the only prize specifically to recognise a published picture book by a debut illustrator.
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Information Book Award longlist and new book club announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
The School Library Association has announced the longlist of 34 non-fiction books for the Information Book Award, together with the launch of a book club opportunity for schools focusing on the longlisted titles. Schools that take part in the IBA Book Club, base...
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Debut writers highlighted in the Branford Boase Award 2025 shortlist
Book Awards
Thursday, April 24, 2025
The Branford Boase Award celebrates new children's writers, helping to identifying trends and new directions in children’s literature. It is also is the only award to honour the editor of the winning title and highlights the importance of editors in nurturing...
