The shortlists for the 2018 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, the UK’s oldest book awards for children and young people, are announced today, Thursday 15th March.
Young writers invited to finish a story started by 2017 Branford Boase Award winner, Beetle Boy author M. G. Leonard read more...
The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition, the annual competition for young people which runs in conjunction with the Branford Boase Award, is now open.
The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell and Real-Life Mysteries written by Susan Martineau, illustrated by Vicky Barker, have been revealed as this year’s Blue Peter Book Award winners.
The Children’s Book Award 2018 shortlist has been announced. Among those shortlisted are this year’s Costa Children’s Book Award winner Katherine Rundell and previously shortlisted author illustrator Jan Fearnley. read more...
Iconic children’s authors John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury have jointly been presented with the BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award. read more...
Set up in 2015 the BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates the body of work of an author or illustrator who has made an outstanding contribution to children's literature. Previous winners are Shirley Hughes, Judith Kerr and Raymond Briggs.
Fifteen debut picture books are in the running for the 2018 Klaus Flugge Prize. Now in its third year the prize was set up to honour publisher Klaus Flugge, founder of Andersen Press and a supremely influential figure in picture books. read more...
This year more than fifty books were submitted for consideration from eleven different publishers.
The longlists for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, the UK’s oldest book awards for children and young people, have been revealed. The 40-strong list of titles for the 2018 Medals (20 on each longlist) were selected from 237 nominations, read by a judging panel of 12 Youth Librarians from across the UK. read more...
The shortlist for the 2018 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize has been announced. The prize was set up to reward and champion new and emerging talent in children’s books and winning authors and illustrators benefit from a significant boost in sales, together with the promise of an ongoing commitment to their writing career from all Waterstones shops nationwide. read more...
Fifteen debut picture books are in the running for the 2018 Klaus Flugge Prize. Now in its third year the prize was set up to honour publisher Klaus Flugge, founder of Andersen Press and a supremely influential figure in picture books. 