News - 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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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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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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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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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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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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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. 

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Every year Waterstones' expert booksellers vote for the books they believe are the very best in new children's writing and illustration. Their 2024 Children's Book Prize shortlists have just been announced.

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