Hans Christian Andersen Award Winners
The Hans Christian Andersen Jury of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) announces that Jürg Schubiger (Switzerland) is the winner of the 2008 Hans Christian Andersen Author Award and Roberto Innocenti (Italy) is the winner of the 2008 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration.
The Awards will be presented to the winners at the opening ceremony of IBBY's Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark on Sunday, 7 September 2008.
The Bisto Book of the Year Awards Shortlist
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
The Black Book of Secrets by FE Higgins
Discover Art by Jessica O'Donnell
Gaiscioch na Beilte Uaine le Caitriona Nic Sheain agus Andrew Whitson
The Last of the High Kings by Kate Thompson
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
The Thing With Finn by Tom Kelly
Titanic 2020 by Colin Bateman
The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers
Wilderness by Roddy Doyle
Joanne Harris, who wrote Chocolat and is now writing for children, said that it would be "depressing beyond anything" if Price wins on April 9. "If this is an award for people who write books then it should be open only to people who write books, not to somebody who lends their name to a book, or who would have written a book if they had time but didn't."... ...
However, the current Children's Laureate has leapt to Price's defence. Michael Rosen said that Roald Dahl was a rarity among children's writers in producing books that were purely his own work. "We get too hung up about authorship. None of us writes a book entirely on our own. We get help from editors, or ideas might come from conversations with our families, or children. The issue is whether the book's good, not who has written it. If Jordan or any of her helpers have written a very good book then absolutely good luck to them."What do you think?
Full shortlist:
That's Not My Penguin Fiona Watt
Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman Francesca Simon
Katie Price's Perfect Ponies Katie Price
Born to Run Michael Morpurgo
Kiss Jacqueline Wilson
UKLA Children's Book Award Shortlist
The United Kingdom Literacy Association has announced the shortlist for its 2008 Children's Book Award. Two awards - one for a picture book and one for fiction - will be made.
The award is given to honour writers whose use of language has a powerful impact on the reader. It is unique amongst children book awards in that the shortlist is decided by teachers. This year 66 books were submitted by publishers, and teachers from Liverpool and Croydon read and shared books, before voting to produce the shortlist.
The two prize winners of this year's award will be announced on July 12th at UKLA's 44th International conference, to be held at Liverpool Hope University, July 11th-13th.
Picture Book Shortlist
The Cow that Laid an Egg - Andy Cutbill & Russell Ayto
The Way Back Home - Oliver Jeffers
A Long Way Home - Elizabeth Baguley & Jane Chapman
Eliza and the Moonchild - Emma Chichester Clark
Stuck in the Mud - Jane Clarke & Garry Parsons
Penguin - Polly Dunbar
Fiction Shortlist
Here Lies Arthur - Philip Reeve.
Give me Shelter - Ed.Tony Bradman
Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror - Chris Priestley
Anna Hibiscus - Atinuke
My Dad's a Birdman - David Almond
Tamburlaine's Elephants - Geraldine McCaughrean
The Bower Bird - Ann Kelly
The Story Spinner told by Phil McDermott
