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Marshmallow Clouds wins CLiPPA 2023 poetry award
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Monday, July 10, 2023
Marshmallow Clouds: Poems Inspired by Nature, by Ted Kooser and Connie Wanek, and illustrated by Richard Jones, has won the CLiPPA poetry award. The judges have also awarded Highly Commended to Nicola Davies for her powerful examination of the refugee experience, Choose Love...
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UKLA Book Awards 2023 winners announced
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Friday, June 23, 2023
Katya Balen (October, October), Manjeet Mann (The Crossing), Mariajo Ilustrajo (Flooded) and Jeffrey Boakye, illus Ngadi Smart (Musical Truth - A Musical History of Modern Black Britain in 28 Songs) have won the UKLA Book Awards 2023. The awards are judged by teachers and seek books fr...
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The winners of the 2023 Carnegie Medals are announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
The winners of the 2023 Carnegie Medals have been announced. The winners are chosen by an expert panel of children's and youth librarians, and celebrate outstanding achievement in children's writing and illustration.
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YA Book Prize 2023 shortlist announced
Book Awards
Thursday, June 15, 2023
The YA Book Prize launched in 2014 to celebrate great books for teenagers and young adults and aims to get more teens reading and buying books. It is the first prize in the UK and Ireland to specifically focus on fiction for young adults. The prize is organised by book...
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Children's Book Award 2023 winners announced
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Saturday, June 10, 2023
Louie Stowell's Loki, A Bad God's Guide To Being Good - about the Norse god being banished to earth to live as an 11 year old schoolboy - has won the Children's Book Award 2023, following a nationwide vote by children's book groups.
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Shortlist for the Information Book Award (IBA) 2023 announced
Book Awards
Thursday, June 8, 2023
The School Library Association has announce the 2023 shortlist for the Information Book Award (IBA), which celebrates the importance of information books and highlight the wealth of resources available.
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Branford Boase judge Sajeda Amir on choosing the 2023 shortlist
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Thursday, June 1, 2023
The Branford Boase Award highlights debut authors, and often discovers the 'big names' at the start of their writing careers. We wanted to find out more about how this year's shortlist was chosen. Branford Boase judge Sajeda Amir is an English teacher a...
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Branford Boase Award 2023 Shortlist
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Thursday, April 27, 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 Branford Boase Award has been announced. The award is given annually to the author of the year's outstanding debut novel for children. Uniquely, it also honours the editor of the winning title and highlights the importance of the editor in nurturing new talen...
