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YA Book Prize 2023 shortlist announced
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Thursday, June 15, 2023
The YA Book Prize launched in 2014 to celebrate great books for teenagers and young adults and aims to get more teens reading and buying books. It is the first prize in the UK and Ireland to specifically focus on fiction for young adults. The prize is organised by book...
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Children's Book Award 2023 winners announced
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Saturday, June 10, 2023
Louie Stowell's Loki, A Bad God's Guide To Being Good - about the Norse god being banished to earth to live as an 11 year old schoolboy - has won the Children's Book Award 2023, following a nationwide vote by children's book groups.
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Shortlist for the Information Book Award (IBA) 2023 announced
Book Awards
Thursday, June 8, 2023
The School Library Association has announce the 2023 shortlist for the Information Book Award (IBA), which celebrates the importance of information books and highlight the wealth of resources available.
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Branford Boase judge Sajeda Amir on choosing the 2023 shortlist
Book Awards
Thursday, June 1, 2023
The Branford Boase Award highlights debut authors, and often discovers the 'big names' at the start of their writing careers. We wanted to find out more about how this year's shortlist was chosen. Branford Boase judge Sajeda Amir is an English teacher a...
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Branford Boase Award 2023 Shortlist
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Thursday, April 27, 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 Branford Boase Award has been announced. The award is given annually to the author of the year's outstanding debut novel for children. Uniquely, it also honours the editor of the winning title and highlights the importance of the editor in nurturing new talen...
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Little Rebels 2023 Shortlist announced
Book Awards
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
The 2023 Little Rebels Award shortlist, with books spotlighting social justice issues for the youngest readers and celebrating young people's resilience and strength, has been announced. In these stories, children band together to protest and push back against economic...
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Shortlists announced for the UKLA Book Awards 2023
Book Awards
Friday, March 31, 2023
The shortlists for the UKLA Book Awards, judged entirely by teachers, have been announced. The awards seek books from a "wide and inclusive range" of publishers that "recognise a broad range of perspectives, experiences and voices".
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Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2023 winners announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Nadia Mikail has been named Overall Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for her debut novel, The Cats We Meet Along The Way, which also won the Older Reader's Category. M.T. Khan's Nura and the Immortal Palace won the Young...
