Awards: July 2005 Archives

Another 'belatedly' award listing (details from Andrea Deakin):

2005 Norma Fleck Award for Non-Fiction: Shortlist

Marthe Jocelyn: A Home for Foundlings (Tundra)

Marthe Jocelyn's book is an account of Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital. Her interest in the hospital was first aroused when she discovered that her grandfather was raised there. Her history, with its moving fictional first chapter, is packed with detail in text and illustration and written in a very accessible and interesting way.

Shari Graydon In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty and You (Annick Press)

An account of what was considered beauty throughout time allows young adults to look more carefully at our present culture of beauty. Shari Graydon helps teens to become critical of the pressures put upon them to conform to type.The book criticises popular culture without criticising the young people drawn to it.

Ange Zhang Red Land , Yellow River A Story from the Cultural
Revolution (Groundwood Books)

This is an account of his childhood in China and the impact of the "cultural revolution" on the Chinese people, particularly on the Zhang family. "All I wanted was to be just like the other kids...." It also depicts his growing determination to be himself , and the inner strength that he had to develop.

Hazel Hutchins A Second is a Hiccup: A Child's Book of Time (North Winds Press:Scholastic)

This book for young children tackles a child's perception of time. Each passage of time, "to jump a rope"- a second, "to build a sandy tower"- an hour, links into the experience of a small child in a very effective way.

Kathy Kacer The Underground Reporters (Second Story Press)

Forbidden to attend school, a small group of Jewish children found a swimming hole on the Vlatava River and founded their own centre. Here they wrote their own newspaper, typed out one copy and distributed it
person to person throughout the town. This picture of life under Nazism, and the way it affected young people also conveys their growing awareness of what is really happening to their community.

Belated conveyance of the Portsmouth Book Award result. The winners were:

LONGER NOVEL
(as judged by 133 Y8/9 pupils from ten Portsmouth secondary schools)

Private Peaceful by Michal Morpurgo

SHORTER NOVEL
(as judged by 1055 Y5 pupils from twenty Portsmouth junior and primary schools)

Grow Up, Dad! by Narinder Dhami

PICTURE BOOK
(as judged by 1076 Y1 pupils from twenty-one Portsmouth infant schools)

Jennifer Jones Won't Leave Me Alone by Frieda Wishinsky ill Nea Layton

Guardian Unlimited Books | News | Carnegie medal for Millions

Report from yesterday's Guardian about Frank Cottrell Boyce's winning of the Carnegie Medal

Carnegie and Greenaway Press Desk

Frank Cottrell Boyce and Chris Riddell are the winners of the Carengie & Greenaway Medals...

CILIP have issued the following Press Release, following today's bombings in central London:

Following this morning’s terrorist incidents in central London, we have reluctantly decided to postpone the ceremony for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards.

We have taken this decision with extreme reluctance, because we feel strongly that these Awards represent precisely the civilised values that the terrorists are seeking to destroy.

However we recognise that it would be irresponsible to encourage people to come into central London when the emergency services are so stretched, and we also feel that a celebration of this kind would be inappropriate when so many people are suffering from injury and, in some cases, the death of loved ones.

The ceremony was due to take place at the English Heritage headquarters in central London, on Friday 8 July. As soon as possible, we will make plans for a further ceremony when we can honour the achievements of the winners and the shortlisted authors and illustrators.

Meanwhile, we will announce the winners at 12:30 tomorrow, Friday 8 July, as arranged.

No, this is not the Branford Boase winner, nor is it Howard Hannah. It is, of course, Ted Dewan, snapped at last night's TES Summer Party. The only other photograph I took was this one of the TES front page encased in a block of ice.

It was a luxury not to have to flit around with camera in hand, just chat with some of the other Michael's on Geraldine Brennan's reviewing team, as well as speaking with Elaine Williams and Tom Deveson who, observing that my beard was bushier than when we had last met (he was polite enough not to add whiter) was told that it was a physical manifestation of impending grandfatherdom.

One reviewer I missed was Jan Mark who had left before I arrived to attend the Branford Boase Award presentations. (My own plans to attend both events were scuppered by the late running of my train up from Sussex.)

The winner was How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff. The award was presented by Mal Peet. Jacqueline Wilson, Children’s Laureate, who sponsored the £1000 cheque accompanying the award said “I have a special affection for this prize since I was invited to be the first Author Judge in 2000. It can be such a struggle for new writers starting out that I am thrilled to be able to offer this support to a prize which can make a real difference to their prospects”.

Read the Press Release in full...