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Frank Cottrell-Boyce announced as the new Children's Laureate
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Frank Cottrell-Boyce, the multi award-winning author and screenwriter, has been announced as the Waterstones Children's Laureate 2024 - 2026, taking over from outgoing laureate Joseph Coelho. At today's ceremony, Cottrell-Boyce declared his ambitions for childr...
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Winners of the Carnegie Medals 2024 announced
Book Awards
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 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration is Aaron Becker for his "beautifully crafted" a...
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ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024
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Wednesday, June 19, 2024
The winners of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition has been announced. ReadingZone challenged those aged four to 18 years to make a picture book for the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024, in partnership with World Book Day.
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Innovative approaches to Reading for Pleasure win awards
Monday, June 17, 2024
The winners of the HarperCollins Reading for Pleasure Awards 2024, in association with the Open University and the UK Literacy Association (UKLA), have been announced. The awards recognise and celebrate teachers who are putting Reading for Pleasure at the heart...
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Registration opens for Bookbuzz 2024 book gifting programme
Friday, June 14, 2024
BookTrust has announced the 16 titles which will be available as part of this year's Bookbuzz programme aimed at young teenagers. Schools can now register for the reading programme, designed for pupils in Year 7 and 8, which gives students the chance to discover and explore specially s...
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YA Book Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Book Awards
Thursday, June 13, 2024
The YA Book Prize 2024 shortlist has been announced and includes six debut authors alongside established writers. Now in its tenth year, the YA Book Prize was set up to celebrate books for teenagers and young adults and to encourage more young people to read books.
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Help change the world with a story or poem!
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Pop Up Projects is looking for ten brilliant young writers to help change the world! Ten young writers aged 8 to 12 years will win the chance to have their story or poem included the Children for Change ebook anthology, a collection of storie...
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Children's Book Award 2024 winners announced
Book Awards
Saturday, June 8, 2024
Press Start! Game On, Super Rabbit Boy! written and illustrated by Thomas Flintham and published by Nosy Crow has won the Federation of Children's Book Group (FCBG) Children's Book Award 2024. The award ceremony in Birmingham was attended by children from the...
