News - Book Awards

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Look out for some great new writers in the 2024 Branford Boase Award longlist, highlighting outstanding debut novels for children. The award also honours the editor of the winning book.      The shortlist will be announced on 25 April 2024. 

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures has won the Waterstones Book of the Year 2023, a much-coveted award that will see Impossible Creatures supported by Waterstones' booksellers nationally.  The bookseller also announced In Memoriam by Alice Winn as Waters...

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Coffee house Caffè Nero has announced the 16-strong shortlist for the inaugural Nero Book Awards, recognising the outstanding books of the past 12 months across four categories: Children's Fiction, Debut Fiction, Fiction and Non-Fiction. Twelve category judges - a mix of authors, books...

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Monday, November 20, 2023

Dapo Adeola, Tracy Darnton, Joseph Coelho and Chitra Soundar are among the 19 authors and illustrators longlisted for the Inclusive Books for Children's Award 2023.  Seeking representation in children's books, the longlisted titles feature protagonists that include a racialised minority, disab...

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Monday, November 6, 2023

The nominations for this year's Carnegie Medals (see below) have been announced, with 129 books put forward for the awards.

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

The winners of the Diverse Book Awards 2023 have been announced, with one winner from each of the four categories announced: Picture book, Children's, YA and Adult.

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Thursday, September 21, 2023

The 2023 shortlists have been announced for The Diverse Book Awards, which aims to highlight the best of the diverse voices published in the UK & Ireland, both traditionally and self-published. The book award has been established by award-winning author Abiola Bello and aw...

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

The longlists for the 2024 UKLA Book Awards, covering ages from three years to 14+, have been announced. The 84 judges covering the four categories now have until mid-March to read the longlisted books, discuss them with their group leaders, and share them with pupils. All the groups w...

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