News - 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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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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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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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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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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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.

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Saturday, June 8, 2024

Press Start! Game On, Super Rabbit Boy! written and illustrated by Thomas Flintham and published by Nosy Crow has won the Federation of Children's Book Group (FCBG) Children's Book Award 2024.  The award ceremony in Birmingham was attended by children from the...

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Thursday, June 6, 2024

The 2024 shortlist for the Information Book Award (IBA), which celebrates the importance of information books, has been announced. The award is run by the School Library Association to highlight the quality of resources available and to support school libraries...

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