A production manager for Hodder Children's Books has made the longlist (from over 1,500 entries) for Lit Idol, a competition for unpublished authors.
"Tom Easton (London), Jennifer's Friend
I am 32, living in Blackheath, London. I work for Hodder Children's books as a Production Manager. I love books and enjoy my current work, but I'd love to be able to make a living as a writer."
EducationGuardian.co.uk | eG weekly | The results of our ghost story competition
"In the fourth Guardian/Piccadilly Press short story competition, teenagers were invited to create the perfect ghost story. Over 1,000 were submitted, a list of 20 strong contenders was drawn up, and then I joined the other judges - writers Helen Dunmore and Cathy Hopkins, and Brenda Gardner, publisher of Piccadilly Press - to decide on the 10 best stories, which will be published later this year by Piccadilly Press."
JOANNA CAREY
CILIP and the Library & information Show have announced that Andrew Motion, the Poet Laureate, will present the 12th Libraries Change Lives Award at this year's Library & Information Show on 21st April 2004 at ExCeL, London. Andrew Motion will talk about his work and give a short reading of his poetry.
This is the 12th year of the national award that recognises innovative and exciting work in libraries and their communities.
The winning project receives a trophy and ?4,000 prize money. The two runners-up both receive a cheque for ?1,000.
The shortlists for this year?s Calderdale Children's Book of the Year Awards are currently being read by a total of 200 children and their teachers, and all of the child judges will attend Literary Lunches at the Central Library, Halifax in June and July.
Older children will be entertained by poet Ian Macmillan, and the teenagers will meet and work with all the shortlisted authors.
The shortlists are:
Children?s Novels:
Fine, Anne The More the Merrier
Gross, Philip Marginaliens
Kennemore, Tim Sabine
McKay, Hilary Indigo?s Star
Spinelli, Jerry Loser
Teenage Novels:
Augarde, Steve The Various
Gray, Keith Malarkey
Gross, Philip The Lastling
Laird, Elizabeth A Little Piece of Ground
Rai, Bali The Crew
Scoop: NZ Post Book Awards Winners Announced
Finalists Announced - New Zealand Post Book Awards For Children & Young Adults 2004
