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SLA Information Book Award 2024 longlist announced
Book Awards
Thursday, April 25, 2024
The School Library Association has announced the 2024 longlist for the Information Book Award (IBA), which aims to highlight the importance of non-fiction by celebrating the high standard of children's information books being published.
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Shortlists announced for the 2024 Jhalak Prize
Book Awards
Thursday, April 18, 2024
The shortlists for the Jhalak Children's and YA Prize have been announced. The Jhalak Prize and the Jhalak Children's & YA Prize, celebrate books by writers of colour in Britain and Ireland.
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Oscar's Book Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Five books have made it to the shortlist of the Oscar's Book Prize 2024, which celebrates pre-school books. This year's selection ranges from anxious dogs, hungry dinosaurs and subverted fairy tales to a grief-stricken turtle and a tiny blue whale, with the...
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UKLA Book Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 UKLA Book Awards, voted for by teachers, have now announced. There are six books shortlisted for each category: ages 3-6 years; 7-10+ years and 11-14+ years, as well as Information Books ages 3-14 years. The UKLA Book Awards judges seek texts from a 'wide and inclu...
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Winners of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2024 announced
Book Awards
Friday, March 22, 2024
Pari Thomson, author of Greenwild: The World Behind The Door, is the Overall Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for her debut fantasy adventure, as voted for by Waterstones booksellers.
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Carnegie Medals 2024 shortlists are announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
The shortlists for the Carnegie Medals 2024 for writing and illustrating books for children and young people have been announced, with poetry dominating the shortlist for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing and picture books the focus of the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration shortli...
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Longlist announced for the 2024 Klaus Flugge Prize
Book Awards
Thursday, February 15, 2024
The longlist for the 2024 Klaus Flugge Prize has been announced. The Klaus Flugge Prize is awarded to the most promising and exciting newcomer to children's picture book illustration. It honours Klaus Flugge, founder of publisher Andersen Press and an influential figure in picture books.
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Carnegies 2024 longlists announced
Book Awards
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
The longlists for the Yoto Carnegies 2024 awards for writing and illustration for children and young people, have been announced. The 36 titles on the longlists include 19 for the Carnegie Medal for Writing, and 18 for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration.
