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Klaus Flugge 2019 Shortlist

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Photos of the presentation will follow in a separate post

The shortlist for the 2019 Klaus Flugge Prize was announced live at an event held at Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London earlier this evening (Wednesday 15th May).

Set up to honour publisher Klaus Flugge, founder of Andersen Press and one of the most important and influential figures in children’s picture books, this important award, now in its fourth year, is for the most promising and exciting newcomer to picture book illustration.

From a longlist of twenty picture books by debut illustrators, a panel of judges comprising former Waterstones Children’s Laureate and preeminent illustrator Anthony Browne; Kate Milner, 2018 Klaus Flugge Prize winner; Derek Brazell, of the Association of Illustrators; Seven Stories bookseller Billiejo Carlisle; and Farrah Serroukh, Learning Programme Leader at CLPE (Centre for Literary inPrimary Education), have chosen a shortlist of six.

The shortlist this year is notable for being all female.

The Klaus Flugge Prize 2019 Shortlist

The Extraordinary Gardener – Sam Boughton
(Tate)

Editor Holly Tonks, designer Ness Wood
What the judges said: There’s an exuberance in the artwork; some wonderful spreads and Joe’s urban world is really well done; it has real child appeal

Sam Boughton graduated with a BA in Illustration from Bristol UWE before studying at the Cambridge School of Art where she was awarded a distinction in the MA in Illustration. Shortly after that she won the Ronald Searle Award for Creativity and was Highly Commended for the Macmillan Prize.
Website: http://www.samboughton.co.uk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samboughton/

Looking After Daddy – Eve Coy
(Andersen Press)

Editor Libby Hamilton, designer Rebecca Garrill
What the judges said: The images tell their own stories; really good interplay between text and illustration; I smiled all the way through

Eve Coy studied at Edinburgh University and became an artist working for Aardman Animation. She gained in MA in children’s illustration at the Cambridge School of Art.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eve.coy/

The King Who Banned the Dark – Emily Haworth-Booth
(Pavilion Children’s Books)

Editor Neil Dunnicliffe, designer Lee-May Lim
What the judges said: A great idea and it really makes the most of light and dark; there’s lots of variety in the use of page layout, and lots of surprises; it’s full of energy and humour

Emily Haworth-Booth teaches at the Royal Drawing School in London. Alongside her picture books, Emily is currently working on a long-form graphic memoir for adults. Her short comics have previously appeared in print in the Observer and Vogue.
Website: http://emilyhaworthbooth.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyhaworthbooth/

I Can Fly – Fifi Kuo, editor Leilani Sparrow
(Boxer Books)

Designer David Bennett
What the judges said: A beautiful book; a lovely sense of movement; the story has been done before but she’s transformed it; fantastic drawing skills, every penguin is different

Fifi Kuo trained at the Cambridge School of Art and is Taiwanese. Since graduation she has won Bronze in the Macmillan Prize, been shortlisted for the AOI World Illustration Award and won merit in the iJungle Illustration Awards. She is keen for her picture books to conveya meaningful message.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fifisillustration/

Julian is a Mermaid – Jessica Love
(Walker Books)

Editor Tanya Rosie, art director Deirdre McDermott
What the judges said: It reminded me of Sendak, it’s hard to believe it’s a debut; the illustrations say things that words would struggle to express; delivers an important message without feeling didactic

Jessica Love is an author-illustrator and a New York based actor. She has a BA in studio art from the University of California as well as a graduate degree from The Juilliard School for performing arts. Julian is a Mermaid is also shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.
Website: https://jesslove.format.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jesslovedraws/

Red and the City – Marie Voigt
(Oxford)

Editor Peter Marley, designer Kate Adams
What the judges said: The characters are simply drawn but have real personality; there’s a European feel to the artwork; a clever, multi-layered retelling of a well-known story

Marie Voigt was born in former East Berlin and  holds degrees in Media Technology and Marketing and had a successful career in TV, branding and graphic design before realising that making picture books allows her to combine all her passions.
Website: http://www.marievoigt.com

Other books longlisted for the Prize were:

  • The Long Island, Drew Beckmeyer, editor Taylor Norman, designer Kristine Brogno (Chronicle Books)
  • Mini Rabbit Not Lost, John Bond, editor Alice Blacker, designer Goldy Broad (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
  • The Ink House, Rory Dobner, editor Jo Lightfoot and Katherine Pitt, designer Mariana Sameiro, (Laurence King)
  • Cycle City, Alison Farrell, editor Taylor Norman, designer Ryan Hayes (Chronicle Books)
  • Erik the Lone Wolf, Sarah Finan, editor Jenny Broom, designer Zoë Tucker (Lincoln Children’s Books)
  • Maybe the Moon, Frances Ives, editor Jocelyn Norbury, designer Jack Clucas (LOM Art)
  • Say Hi to Hedgehogs, Jane McGuiness, editor Becky Watson, designer Beth Aves (Walker Books)
  • You’re Safe with Me, Poonam Mistry, written by Chitra Soundar, editor Alice Curry (Lantana Publishing)
  • The Red Dread, Tom Morgan-Jones, editor Emma Hargarve, designer Julie-Ann Murray (Barrington Stoke)
  • The Story of Tantrum O’Furrily, Mark Nicholas, written by Cressida Cowell, editor Anne McNeil (Hodder Children’s Books)
  • The Buildings that Made London, Josie Shenoy, editor Saskia Gwinn, designer Sophie Gordon (Bloomsbury)
  • I Love You Bunny, Alina Surnaite, editor Katie Cotto, designer Mike Jolley and Karissa Santos (Lincoln Children’s Books)
  • The Wardrobe Monster, Bryony Thomson, editor Ruth Huddleston, designer Mike Jolley (Old Barn Books)
  • The Best Sound in the World, Cindy Wume, editor Katie Cotton, designer Zoë Tucker (Lincoln Children’s Books)

CLiPPA 2019 Shortlist

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CLiPPA (Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award) is now in its 17th year and is the only award for published poetry for children in the UK. CLiPPA highlights an important branch of children’s literature, ensuring that it receives proper recognition.

The CLiPPA 2019 shortlist, announced on 25 April is :

  • Kwame Alexander – Rebound (Andersen Press)
  • Steven Camden – Everything All At Once ( Macmillan Children’s Books)
  • Eloise Greenfield – Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me (Tiny Owl) 
  • Philip Gross – Dark Sky Park (Otter-Barry Books)
  • Rachel Rooney – A Kid in My Class (Otter-Barry Books)

The judges also wanted to give special mention to England Poems From A School (Picador), edited by Kate Clanchy, in acknowledgement of the raw, emotional and yet extremely accomplished collection of poems written by the group of teenage girls from a small comprehensive school in Oxford.

The Poetry Show, where the 2019 winner will be announced, will be held on 3 July 2019 at the National Theatre.

Louise Johns-Shepherd, Chief Executive at CLPE said: “At CLPE we want to make poetry integral to the school curriculum and for it to be in every school, classroom, library, corridor and book bag. This shortlist – selected from the biggest number of submissions in the award’s history -shows such a range and breadth of what poetry for children is and can be and recognises a real variety of voices and styles. We look forward to more children, teachers and schools discovering these works through our shadowing scheme.”

 

CLiPPA 2019 Chair and Judges:

This year the Chair of the Judging panel is AF Harrold, multi-award winning author, performer and poet.

AF will be joined by a range of poetry experts who share a passion for poetry and its place in children’s literacy.

Karl Nova – 2018 CLiPPA winner with his debut collection Rhythm and Poetry

Susannah Herbert – director of Forward Arts Foundation and National Poetry Day

Ruth Awolola – highly commended at CLiPPA 2018 with her poems which were included in the Rising Stars: New Young Voices in Poetry collection

Charlotte Hacking – CLPE Learning Programme Leader

 

Shadowing Scheme:

For the fifth year we will be running the Schools Shadowing Scheme alongside CLiPPA.

View the Shadowing Scheme Video to find out more

The scheme is all about getting children to read, write and perform poetry using the shortlisted works and the free teaching resources provided by CLPE. Schools then send in videos of children’s performances from which 5 winning groups are selected to perform at the CLiPPA awards ceremony on 3 July at the National Theatre. 

 

Flemish Author Bart Moeyaert Wins Astrid Lindgren Award 2019

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The Flemish author Bart Moeyaert is the laureate of Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2019

Bart Moeyaert was born in 1964 and lives in Antwerp, Belgium. He made his debut at age 19 with the award-winning novel Duet met valse noten (1983). His large and diverse body of work includes more than 50 titles, ranging from picture books and YA novels to poetry. His critically acclaimed books have been translated in more than 20 countries. He also writes television screenplays and stage plays, has translated a number of novels, and teaches creative writing.

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (Swedish: Litteraturpriset till Astrid Lindgrens minne) is an international children’s literary award established by the Swedish government in 2002 to honour the Swedish children’s author Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002). The prize of five million SEK, makes it the most financially advantageous award in children’s literature and the one of the richest literary prizes in the world.

The award is administered by the Swedish Arts Council funded solely by the central government

Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019 – The Winner

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The category winners, and outright winner, of the fifteenth Waterstones Children’s Book Prize were announced last night on the second floor of the company’s Piccadilly store. It was a glittering event, attended by many of the previous years’ winners.

Congratulations to Onjali Q. Rauf for being delcared the outright winner.

For sheer exuberance and joy of winning nothing could beat the response of the first category winners, the author and illustrator team behind The Girls.

As I left the event and waited for the next 38 bus I had a short chat with the partner of the illustrator, who was outside taking a short ciggy break. He spoke with enormous and touching pride having just seen his girlfriend, Jenny Løvlie, accept such an influential award for her very first picture book. Apparently she is currently working on four more titles, one of them taking inspiration from her rural upbringing in Norway. Scroll down for a video about this promising young illustrator. Click images in the gallery for fuller-sized view and slideshow. There will be a video supplement to this post in due course.

 

Carnegie & Greenaway Shortlists

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CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlist (alphabetical by author surname):

  1. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (Electric Monkey)
  2. Rebound by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile (Andersen Press)
  3. The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson, illustrated by Elisa Paganelli (Usborne Books)
  4. Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay (David Fickling Books)
  5. A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s Books)
  6. Things A Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls (Andersen Press)
  7. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Chris Priestley (Faber & Faber)
  8. The Land of Neverendings by Kate Saunders (Faber & Faber)

CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist (alphabetical by illustrator surname):

  1. The Day War Came illustrated by Rebecca Cobb, written by Nicola Davies (Walker Books)
  2. Ocean Meets Sky illustrated and written by Eric Fan and Terry Fan (Lincoln Children’s Books)
  3. Beyond The Fence illustrated and written by Maria Gulemetova (Child’s Play Library)
  4. The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett (Walker Books)
  5. Julian is a Mermaid illustrated and written by Jessica Love (Walker Books)
  6. You’re Safe With Me illustrated by Poonam Mistry, written by Chitra Soundar (Lantana Publishing)
  7. The Lost Words illustrated by Jackie Morris, written by Robert Macfarlane (Hamish Hamilton)
  8. Suffragette: The Battle for Equality illustrated and written by David Roberts (Two Hoots)

The Carnegie shortlist contains three verse novels for the first time in the Medal’s 81-year history. Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X, Kwame Alexander’s Rebound and Jason Reynold’s Long Way Down each use free verse to create coming-of-age stories, blending influences from slam poetry and hip-hop to explore identity, first love, loss and gang crime. The Carnegie Medal was first won by verse nove in 2016, by Sarah Crossan for One.

Jon Klassen is the only previous winner to appear on this year’s Medal shortlists, having won the 2014 Kate Greenaway Medal with This Is Not My Hat. Former shortlistees to make it onto this year’s lists are Frances Hardinge and Kate Saunders for the Carnegie Medal, and Rebecca Cobb, David Roberts and Jackie Morris for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

There is a strong showing for independent publishers on the lists, with seven of the 16 titles coming from Andersen Press, Child’s Play Library, David Fickling Books, Faber & Faber and Lantana Publishing. The two smallest presses – Child’s Play Library and Lantana Publishing – have books on the Kate Greenaway shortlist for the first time.

 

Lollies Award Winners

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Best Laugh Out Loud Picture Book

Mr Bunny’s Chocolate Factory by Elys Dolan 

Mr Bunny's Chocolate Factory book cover
 
 

Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 6-8s

The Big, Fat, Totally Bonkers Diary of Pig by Emer Stamp 

The Big, Fat, Totally Bonkers Diary of Pig book cover
 
 

Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 9-13s

Tom Gates: Epic Adventure (Kind Of) by Liz Pichon 

Tom Gates: Epic Adventure (Kind Of) book cover
 

Klaus Flugge Longlist Announced

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The 2018 Klaus Flugge Prize longlist in full:

  • The Long Island, Drew Beckmeyer, editor Taylor Norman, designer Kristine Brogno (Chronicle Books)
  • Mini Rabbit Not Lost, John Bond, editor Alice Blacker, designer Goldy Broad (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
  • The Extraordinary Gardner, Sam Boughton, edited by Holly Tonks, designer Ness Wood (Tate)
  • Looking After William, Eve Coy, editor Libby Hamilton, designer Rebecca Garrill (Andersen Press)
  • The Ink House, Rory Dobner, editor Jo Lightfoot and Katherine Pitt, designer Mariana Sameiro, (Laurence King)
  • Cycle City, Alison Farrell, editor Taylor Norman, designer Ryan Hayes (Chronicle Books)
  • Erik the Lone Wolf, Sarah Finan, editor Jenny Broom, designer Zoë Tucker (Lincoln Children’s Books)
  • The King Who Banned the Dark, Emily Haworth-Booth, editor Neil Dunnicliffe, designer Lee-May Lim (Pavilion Children’s Books)
  • Maybe the Moon, Frances Ives, editor Jocelyn Norbury, designer Jack Clucas (LOM Art)
  • I Can Fly, Fifi Kuo, editor Leilani Sparrow, designer David Bennett (Boxer Books)
  • Julian is a Mermaid, Jessica Love, editor Tanya Rosie, art director Deirdre McDermott (Walker Books)
  • Say Hi to Hedgehogs, Jane McGuiness, editor Becky Watson, designer Beth Aves (Walker Books)
  • You’re Safe with Me, Poonam Mistry, written by Chitra Soundar, editor Alice Curry (Lantana Publishing)
  • The Red Dread, Tom Morgan-Jones, editor Emma Hargarve, designer Julie-Ann Murray (Barrington Stoke)
  • The Story of Tantrum O’Furrily, Mark Nicholas, written by Cressida Cowell, editor Anne McNeil (Hodder Children’s Books)
  • The Buildings that Made London, Josie Shenoy, editor Saskia Gwinn, designer Sophie Gordon (Bloomsbury)
  • I Love You Bunny, Alina Surnaite, editor Katie Cotto, designer Mike Jolley and Karissa Santos (Lincoln Children’s Books)
  • The Wardrobe Monster, Bryony Thomson, editor Ruth Huddleston, designer Mike Jolley (Old Barn Books)
  • Red and the City, Marie Voigt, editor Peter Marley, designer Kate Adams (Oxford)
  • The Best Sound in the World, Cindy Wume, editor Katie Cotton, designer Zoë Tucker (Lincoln Children’s Books)

Established in 2016, the Klaus Flugge Prize is awarded to the most promising and exciting newcomer to children’s book picture book illustration. It honours publisher Klaus Flugge, founder of publisher Andersen Press and a supremely influential figure in picture books.

For the second year running more than fifty books were submitted and twenty have made the longlist. 

The judges for the 2019 prize are:

  • Anthony Browne, award-winning illustrator and former Waterstones Children’s Laureate
  • Derek Brazell, of the Association of Illustrators
  • Billiejo Carlisle Seven Stories bookseller
  • Farrah Serroukh, Learning Programme Leader at CLPE (Centre for Literary in Primary Education)
  • Kate Milner last year’s winner

The panel will be chaired by Julia Eccleshare, director of the children’s programme of the Hay Festival.

The shortlist will be announced on 15 May 2019 by Anthony Browne at a special evening event at Foyles Charing Cross Road and the winner will be revealed on 11 September 2019.

Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019 – The Shortlists

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The shortlists for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019 (announced today) are as follows:

Illustrated Books:

  • The Girls by Lauren Ace and Jenny Løvlie (Little Tiger Press)
  • Mini Rabbit Not Lost by John Bond (HarperCollins)
  • Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison (Penguin)
  • The King Who Banned the Dark by Emily Haworth-Booth (Pavilion)
  • Julian Is A Mermaid by Jessica Love (Walker Books)
  • 100 Dogs by Michael Whaite (Penguin)

 

Younger Fiction:

  • The House With Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson (Usborne)
  • The Train To Impossible Places by P.G. Bell (Usborne)
  • Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy (Scholastic)
  • The Mystery Of The Colour Thief by Ewa Jozefkowicz (Head of Zeus)
  • The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf (Hachette Children’s)
  • The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd (Templar)

 

Older Fiction:

  • The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (Egmont)
  • Children Of Blood And Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Pan MacMillan)
  • A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos (Europa Editions)
  • The Truth About Lies by Tracy Darnton (Little Tiger Press)
  • Me Mam. Me Dad. Me. by Malcolm Duffy (Head of Zeus)
  • Boy 87 by Ele Fountain (Pushkin)

Congratulations to all involved with the shortlisted titles.

The winners will be announced at an evening reception at Waterstones Piccadilly (London), Europe’s largest bookshop, on Thursday 21st March, 2019. The winner of each category will receive £2000, with the overall winner receiving an extra £3000. In the event that the prize is awarded to a partnership, then the prize money will be split equally between the joint winners.

First awarded in 2005, the Prize has evolved into one of the most prestigious accolades for children’s books in the UK.  Now in its fifteenth year and with its shortlists exploring some highly topical subjects, the Prize shows its enduring relevance as a formidable platform for emerging talent. 

Last year’s winner, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, shot to the top of the bestseller charts after the announcement and saw an increase in sales of over 900% across the Waterstones estate.

Florentyna Martin, Waterstones Children’s Buyer says: “This year’s list showcases an exploration of wide topics including world-folklore, black history, mental health, refugees and the world around us, through dynamic forms of poetry, fables and sweeping fantasies. It is a truly enthralling time for children’s writing, and our booksellers have keenly chosen shortlists that they are inspired to share with readers and, in doing so, recognise the creators who will shape the future of children’s stories.”

James Daunt, Waterstones Managing Director says: “We are immensely proud of our Children’s Book Prize. It has chosen unfailingly wonderful books and in so doing propelled the careers of a succession of exceptional authors. Who knows how many might otherwise not have achieved such success? The Prize is the work of our booksellers and represents Waterstones at its very best.”

All the shortlisted titles will have “Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019” added to their listings entry over the next few days and we will be highlighting several of the titles during the six weeks leading up to the category and overall winners announcement on 21st March.

Previous Winners of the Prize are:

  • 2005 The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill
  • 2006 The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
  • 2007 Darkside by Tom Becker
  • 2008 Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
  • 2009 The Thirteen Treasures by Michelle Harrison
  • 2010 The Great Hamster Massacre by Katie Davies
  • 2011 Artichoke Hearts by Sita Brahmachari
  • 2012 The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle
  • 2013 Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher
  • 2014 Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
  • 2015 Blown Away by Rob Biddulph
  • 2016 My Brother is a Superhero by David Solomons
  • 2017 The Girl of Ink & Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
  • 2018 The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

 

Branford Boase Prize (20th Anniversary Year) Longlist Announced

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The longlist for the 2019 Branford Boase Award is announced today. This important award is celebrating its twentieth year. Set up in memory of author Henrietta Branford and her editor Wendy Boase, one of the founders of Walker Books, the Branford Boase Award is given annually to the author and editor of an outstanding debut novel for children and has highlighted many of the twenty-first century’s leading children’s authors at the start of their careers. Over its twenty year history winners and shortlisted authors have included Siobhan Dowd, Meg Rosoff, Mal Peet, Frank Cottrell Boyce and Patrick Ness as well as Frances Hardinge and Philip Reeve.

This year more than 40 books were submitted, twice as many as in its first year, and by two dozen different publishers; 20 have made it onto the longlist.

The 2019 Branford Boase Award longlist in full

The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson, edited by Rebecca Hill and Becky Walker (Usborne)

Boy Underwater by Adam Baron, edited by Nick Lake and Sarah Hughes (HarperCollins)

The Train to Impossible Places by P.G. Bell, edited by Rebecca Hill and Becky Walker (Usborne)

Rosie Loves Jack by Mel Darbon, edited by Sarah Stewart (Usborne)

The Fandom by Anna Day, edited by Kesia Lupo (Chicken House)

Me Mam. Me Dad. Me by Malcolm Duffy, edited by Fiona Kennedy (Head of Zeus)

Twister by Juliette Forrest edited by Lauren Fortune (Scholastic)

Flight by Vanessa Harbour, edited by Janet Thomas (Firefly)

Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy, edited by Linas Alsenas (Scholastic)

The Goose Road by Rowena House, edited by Mara Bergman (Walker Books)

Pages & Co: Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James, edited by Rachel Denwood and Sarah Hughes (HarperCollins)

The Mystery of the Colour Thief by Ewa Jozefkowicz, edited by Fiona Kennedy (Head of Zeus)

I Am Thunder by Muhammad Khan, edited by Lucy Pearse (Macmillan)

Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen, edited by Sarah Stewart (Usborne)

The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q Raúf, edited by Lena McCauley (Orion Children’s Books)

On a Scale of One to Ten by Ceylan Scott edited by Rachel Leyshon (Chicken House)

Outwalkers by Fiona Shaw, edited by Bella Pearson and Anthony Hinton (David Fickling Books)

Sunflowers in February by Phyllida Shrimpton, edited Emma Matthewson (Hot Key)

Run Riot by Nikesh Shukla, edited by Emma Goldhawk (Hodder Children’s Books)

The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle by Victoria Williamson, edited by Jennie Skinner and Sally Polson (Floris Books)

 

This year’s award judges are

  • Sanchita Basu De Sarkar of the Children’s Bookshop, Muswell Hill
  • Ellen Krajewski, librarian at Hemel Hempstead School, Hertfordshire
  • Louise Johns-Shepherd, chief executive of CLPE
  • Mitch Johnson, author of Kick, winner of the 2018 Branford Boase Award

As usual, the panel is chaired by Julia Eccleshare, children’s director of the Hay Festival

The Branford Boase Award is sponsored by Walker Books who have pledged new funding to ensure its future. Jane Winterbotham, publishing director said: “Walker Books is delighted to continue its support for the Branford Boase Award. We hugely value the contribution the award has made in encouraging and highlighting new writing talent, as well as in recognising the role played by the editor in supporting writers at the start of their career. The award is an inspiring memorial to the work of gifted novelist Henrietta Branford and Walker’s founding editor, Wendy Boase, in whose names the award was established 20 years ago.”

The shortlist for the Award will be announced on 1st May 2019.  The winner will be announced on 3rd July at a ceremony in London.

 

Walker Books have published a new edition of Henrietta Branford’s multi-award-winning book Fire, Bed and Bone. The story of the Peasants’ Revolt seen through the eyes of an old hunting dog, it gives a long-ago past an immediacy and freshness as it tells of working people’s struggle for survival in the face of cruelty by landlords and the church. Branford’s last book, it won the Guardian prize, a Smarties Award and was highly commended for the Carnegie Medal.