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Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2012 – winners

March 29th, 2012 | Add a Comment

Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2012 – winners

The overall winner and category winners of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2012 have been announced. Now in its eighth year, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize celebrates new and emerging talent in children’s writing. The author must have published no more than one other children’s fiction title and author/illustrator teams no more than four previous picture books. This year, for the first time, the prize has been divided into three categories: Picture Book, Fiction 5-12, and Teen … Read entire article »

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CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2012 – shortlist

CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2012 – shortlist

This year’s Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist has been announced. The Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded annually to an outstanding illustrator of a children’s book. Books first published in the UK during the 12 months ending 31 August are eligible (ie. for this  year’s award books published between 1 September 2010 – 31 August 2011). CILIP also announced the 2012 Carnegie Medal for an … Read entire article »

CILIP Carnegie Medal 2012 – shortlist

CILIP Carnegie Medal 2012 – shortlist

This year’s Carnegie Medal shortlist has been announced. The Carnegie Medal is awarded annually to an outstanding  children’s book. Books first published in the UK during the 12 months ending 31 August are eligible (ie. for this  year’s award books published between 1 September 2010 – 31 August 2011). CILIP also announced the 2012 Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration in … Read entire article »

UKLA Book Awards 2012 – shortlists

UKLA Book Awards 2012 – shortlists

The UKLA (United Kingdom Literacy Association) Book Awards shortlists were announced yesterday. The awards honour children and young people’s literature—both fiction and non-fiction—which uses ‘language rich in layered meanings, imaginative expression and exciting vocabulary’. In short, UKLA is looking for children’s books ‘in which the language is powerful’. The award is judged by education professionals from a different region each year: this year 60 teachers … Read entire article »

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012 – longlist

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012 – longlist

The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize is awarded annually to the best work of fiction in translation published in the previous year. The prize is awarded to both the writer and the translator equally unlike other literature in translation awards. A shortlist of six books will be announced on Thursday 12 April 2012. The winner will be announced on Monday 14 May … Read entire article »

Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 – longlist

Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 – longlist

The Orange Prize for Fiction is the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written by a woman and celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing throughout the world. The longlist announcement coincided with the 2012 International Women’s Day. The longlist of 20 titles was selected from a total of 143 novels submitted the the judges. A shortlist of six titles … Read entire article »

Blue Peter Book Awards 2012

Blue Peter Book Awards 2012

The winner of the Blue Peter Book Awards 2012 was announced yesterday on 1 March 2012. In a change of format from previous years, two fiction books and two non-fiction books were chosen by a panel of judges to make up a shortlist of four books. From this shortlist the Blue Peter Book of the Year was decided by around 200 young … Read entire article »

Duff Cooper Prize 2011 – winner and shortlist

Duff Cooper Prize 2011 – winner and shortlist

The winner of the Duff Cooper Prize 2011 was announced yesterday. The prize, given annually since 1956, celebrates the best writing in English non-fiction, covering history, biography, politics, and poetry. It is named after Alfred Duff Cooper,1st Viscount Norwich GCMG, DSO, PC, an author who was also a British Conservative Party politician and diplomat. This year’s winning book, announced on 29 February … Read entire article »

Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2011

Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2011

The winners of the 2011 Scottish Children’s Book Awards (formerly the Royal Mail Awards) have been announced. I list the winners and the other two shortlisted titles in each category and then the highly commended books. There are three categories: Bookbug Readers (0-7 years), Younger Readers (8-11 years), and Older Readers (12-16 years). The shortlists were announced on 6 September 2011, the winners on … Read entire article »

Costa Book Awards 2011 – category winners

Costa Book Awards 2011 – category winners

The Costa Book Awards are divided into five categories: Novel Award, First Novel Award, Biography Award, Poetry Award, and Children’s Book Award. Four titles were shortlisted in each of the five categories on Tuesday 15 November 2011 (see earlier posts). The category winners—the five titles listed below—were announced on Tuesday 3 January 2012. An overall winner will be picked out of these five titles and announced … Read entire article »

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