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  • UKLA Book Awards 2023 winners announced

    UKLA Book Awards 2023 winners announced

    Book Awards

    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...

  • The winners of the 2023 Carnegie Medals are announced

    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. 

  • Primary and Secondary School Librarian of the Year 2023 finalists announced

    Primary and Secondary School Librarian of the Year 2023 finalists announced

    Meet A School Librarian

    Friday, June 16, 2023

    The School Library Association has announced the shortlist for their 2023 School Librarian of the Year Primary, and the Honour List for the 2023 School Librarian of the Year Secondary. In schools all over the UK, dedicated staff are working hard to bring reading and lea...

  • Uplift in reading for pleasure among older children hides falls elsewhere

    Uplift in reading for pleasure among older children hides falls elsewhere

    Thursday, June 15, 2023

    An annual report into children's reading for pleasure has found that more children aged 8-13 years read every day, or nearly every day, in 2022 compared with 2021. However, when all children aged 0-17 years is considered, nearly half (47%) don't read every day, or read infrequently; a...

  • YA Book Prize 2023 shortlist announced

    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...

  • Children's Book Award 2023 winners announced

    Children's Book Award 2023 winners announced

    Book Awards

    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.

  • Shortlist for the Information Book Award (IBA) 2023 announced

    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.

  • Deadlock

    Deadlock

    Author Videos

    Saturday, June 3, 2023

    Simon Fox introduces his new thriller, Deadlock, and tells us what inspired this story about a criminal gang, and a boy who is forced to become a jewel thief...  Deadlock is a fast-paced novel that pits a boy with superb lock-picking skills against a shadowy group of criminals...