News - Book Awards

Monday, November 4, 2024

The nominations for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing and Carnegie Medal for Illustration have been announced.  Schools that would like to follow the judging process for the Carnegies can now sign up to the process. Key Dates:  The 20...

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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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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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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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