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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

The Blue Peter Book Awards have ended following an announcement by Booktrust, which managed the award, that the focus of its work had changed.

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

The Historical Association's Young Quills Awards is given to writers of historical fiction for children and young adults. This year's winners have been announced:

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Monday, July 4, 2022

Joseph Coelho, award-winning performance poet, playwright and children's author, has today been crowned the Waterstones Children's Laureate 2022 - 2024.

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Friday, July 1, 2022

Hot on the heels of her Carnegie Medal win, Katya Balen wins the 2022 UKLA Book Awards for her novel, October, October (Bloomsbury Children's Books).  You can see a short video where Katya introduces October, October and her earlier book, The Space We're In, <a href="/news/katya-balen-...

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Saturday, June 25, 2022

The Children's Book Award 2022 winners - chosen and voted for entirely by children - are announced in a celebratory in-person awards ceremony. And Peter Bently and Steven Lenton's picture book, Octopus Shocktopus!, comes 1st!

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022

The winners of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2022, challenging those aged four to 18 years to make a picture book, have been announced!

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Thursday, June 16, 2022

The winners of the Yoto Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals 2022 have been announced. The awards celebrate outstanding achievement in children's writing and illustration respectively and are judged by children's and youth librarians, with the Shadowers' Choice Award voted for b...

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Monday, June 13, 2022

This week the winners of the prestigious Carnegie Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal will be announced. Here's a reminder of the shortlists.

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