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Branford Boase Prize Shortlist

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The shortlist for the 2018 Branford Boase Award is 

  • A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars by Yaba Badoe, edited by Fiona Kennedy (Head of Zeus: Zephyr)
  • The Starman and Me by Sharon Cohen, edited by Sarah Lambert (Quercus Children’s Books)
  • Fish Boy by Chloe Daykin, edited by Leah Thaxton (Faber)
  • Knighthood for Beginners by Elys Dolan, edited by Clare Whitston and Elv Moody (Oxford)
  • Kick by Mitch Johnson, edited by Rebecca Hill and Becky Walker (Usborne)
  • Potter’s Boy by Tony Mitton, edited by Anthony Hinton (David Fickling Books)
  • The City of Secret Rivers by Jacob Sager Weinstein, edited by Gill Evans (Walker Books)

The Branford Boase Award is given annually to the author of an outstanding debut novel for children. Uniquely, it also honours the editor of the winning title and highlights the importance of the editor in nurturing new talent.

Now in its nineteenth year the Branford Boase Award is recognised as one of the most important awards in children’s books with a hugely impressive record in identifying authors with special talent at the start of their careers. 

This year’s judges are Urmi Merchant of children’s bookshop Pickled Pepper Books; Helen Swinyard, librarian at Heartlands High School and founder of the Haringey Children’s Book Award; author and reviewer Philip Womack; and M.G. (Maya) Leonard, author of Beetle Boy, winner of the 2017 Branford Boase Award. The panel is chaired by Julia Eccleshare, children’s director of the Hay Festival.

Carmelite Picture Book Prize Winner

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The Carmelite Pircture Book Prize 2018 (established in 2016 and organised by Hachette Children’s Group) has been won by Riko Sekiguchi.

For this year’s prize, students of illustration were asked to create two colour spreads for Peter Bently’s Where the Sea Meets the Sky, a rhyming story about a sea otter.

Sophie Stericker, group creative director at HCG, told The Bookseller: “We had a huge number of outstanding entries this year, so many of which showed originality and advanced visual storytelling skill. Choosing a winner was extremely difficult but Riko’s work showed such energy and spirit the judges were unanimous.”

Sekiguchi, a student at Falmouth University, receives £1,000 and Hodder Children’s Books, an imprint of HCG, will give consideration publishing her work with Bently’s text.

The second prize (of £500) was won by Andy Ellis from Norwich University of the Arts and Robin Mommers from Leeds Arts University won the third prize of £250.
Luke Broadley from Norwich University of the Arts and Pui Jo Ng from University of Hertfordshire were both highly commended.

The work of the first Carmelite Prize winner, Mark Nicholas, (illustrations for The Story of Tantrum O’Furrily written by Cressida Cowell) has just been published, and Free-range Freddy by Rachel Bright, illustrated by last year’s winner, Isobel Evans, will be published next year.

More information about the prize >>> https://carmeliteprize.co.uk

CLiPPA 2018 Shortlist Announced

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Congratulations to indie Otter-Barry Books, publisher of half the books on this years CLiPPA shortlist, announced by CLPE today.

Established in 2003, the CLiPPA encourages and celebrates outstanding poetry published for children.

The shortlist is evenly split between 3 previous winners and 3 debut collections, with 3 out of the 6 shortlisted books coming from independent publisher Otter-Barry Books.

Louise Johns-Shepherd, Chief Executive, CLPE said “CLiPPA is leading an essential movement to build on the current huge popularity of poetry and the growing poetry market to ensure that poetry for children is acknowledged as an essential part of this landscape. The shortlist recognises not just great children’s poets but great poets full stop. We want as many people as possible to know about these wonderful works and CLiPPA, the Shadowing Scheme and the resources we produce all come together to make sure that they receive the high profile they deserve.”

This year there was an increase in submissions of almost 70%, from 19 books from 9 publishers in 2017 to 32 books from 19 publishers in 2018.

The full shortlist is:

  • John Agard: The Rainmaker Danced, illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura, Hodder – witty and satirical poems that focus on social observations, play with myths and traditional tales and reflect on the nature of humanity
  • Ruth Awolola, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Abigail Cook, Jay Hulme, Amina Jama: Rising Stars, Otter-Barry Books, illustrated by Riya Chowdhury, Elanor Chuah and Joe Manners – a showcase for five fresh and exciting emerging writer-performers
  • Joseph Coelho: Overheard in a Tower Block, illustrated by Kate Milner, Otter-Barry Books – a powerful collection, offering glimpses into the challenges of a boy’s life, ingeniously threaded through with fantasy, story,myth and magic
  • Sarah Crossan: Moonrise, Bloomsbury – a moving verse novel for young adults, seen from the viewpoint of a young man whose brother is on death row
  • Sue Hardy-Dawson: Where Zebras Go, Otter-Barry Books – a first solo collection uniting a variety of voices with a wide range of poetic forms
  • Karl Nova: Rhythm and Poetry, illustrated by Joseph Witchall, Caboodle Books – the first published collection from a Hip Hop poet, demonstrating the currency and significance of rap as a form, especially for young people

The judging panel, chaired by CLiPPA 2003 winner, Grace Nichols, included Kate Wakeling, poet and CLiPPA 2017 winner for Moon Juice; Imogen Lycett Green, Director of the Betjeman Prize for Young Poet; Charlotte Hacking, CLPE Learning Programme Leader; and Anthony Anaxagorou, poet, poetry educator and founder of Out-Spoken Press.

The winner of the 2018 Award will be announced on 22nd June in the Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre in London. This will be the 4th year that CLPE has partnered with the National Theatre to deliver the Poetry Show which will include performances from children participating in the Shadowing Scheme and the shortlisted poets.

The winning poet receives £1000.

The free Shadowing Scheme to involve schools in the Poetry Award 2018 is launched alongside the announcement of the shortlist. The scheme has run for 3 years, reaching more than 600 teachers and 14,000 children.

To support schools to take poetry into the classroom, videos of poets performing from the shortlisted books and talking about their work and high quality teaching resources,
are available free of charge to all schools www.clpe.org.uk/poetryline. Shadowing schools are invited to apply for free tickets to attend the Award Ceremony.

New for 2018: CLPE will be partnering with ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) to educate teachers and children about copyright and about the rights of writers.

Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Winner

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Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give is the

Overall Winner of Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2018

Waterstones said,  “This remarkable debut seizes the sorrow and hope of the Black Lives Matter movement and creates a story that blazes with injustice and inspiration.”

Waterstones has issued an exclusive collector’s edition of this year’s winner.

 

The Illustrated Books category winner was The Secret of Black Rock by Joe Todd-Stanton

And the Younger Fiction Category winner  Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

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Egmont Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards Winners

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Teachers have been recognised for their important work in encouraging reading for pleasure in new awards from Egmont, with the Open University and UKLA

The winners of the inaugural Egmont Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards, in association with the Open University and the UK Literacy Association (UKLA), were announced in London today, at the UKLA/BERA/OU Research Symposium 2018.

Emily Crumbleholme from Peover Superior Primary School, Knutsford won the Early Career Teacher category, which recognises the work of teachers who are still in the early stages of their career. By creating a relaxed environment within the classroom and ensuring dedicated reading time, Emily encourages her pupils to discuss books, and focus on their current interests as well as reaching out to engage parents.

Jon Biddle from Moorlands Primary Academy, Belton, Norfolk won the Experienced Teacher category, for teachers who have been in the role for over three years. Jon has established a ‘book buddy’ system, specifically designed for helping children who need extra assistance with their reading. The system utilised teachers, pupils, support and office staff, so creating a reading community.

St Matthew’s C of E Primary School in Birmingham won the Whole School Award, in recognition of coherent school-wide initiatives to dedicate time and space to reading for pleasure in every classroom with staff and students.

Each category winner receives an individual award, Egmont books to the value of £250 for their school and 20 copies of Help Your Child Love Reading by Alison David.

The awards were launched following extensive research into reading for pleasure by Egmont and the OU and UKLA over many years. Together these studies suggest teachers have limited awareness of children’s literature beyond the tried and tested classics, and lack a coherent reading for pleasure teaching strategy. However, curriculum pressures and an emphasis on testing detracts from their abilities to dedicate time and space for this which in turn this has a direct knock-on effect on children’s development as readers. The aim of the Egmont Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards is to demonstrate the positive impact that reading for pleasure can have on all aspects of a child’s life. By recognising and celebrating teachers who are currently putting reading for pleasure at the heart of their classrooms, it is hoped the award will serve to inspire others to use similar practices in the future.

The award has been endorsed by over 20 organisations, including The Reading Agency, Cambridge University and the School Library Association, who recognise the impact that dedicated reading time can have. The final submissions were judged by a panel of experts including Michael Rosen (Professor of Children’s Literature / Educational Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London), Teresa Cremin (Professor of Education Literacy), Open University), David Reedy (General Secretary, UKLA), Joy Court (Chair: CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medals,), Cally Poplak (Managing Director, Egmont Publishing) and Alison David (Consumer Insight Director, Egmont).

“We were so impressed with the creative, innovative and entertaining ideas that were demonstrated in the submissions,” said Alison David, Consumer Insight Director at Egmont Publishing. “From our research we know how important it is that children read for pleasure. The interesting thing about reading for pleasure is that you can’t teach it! It is not a set of skills to acquire. Teaching reading is teaching literacy, it’s incredibly important, but not to be confused with helping children establish a lifelong love of reading, simply for the pure joy of it. However, reading for pleasure can be shared, modelled, and encouraged. These amazing teachers and schools, with their inspirational research-informed ideas, understand that.”

 

 

CLiPPA Shadowing Is Now Open

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This is a fantastic opportunity. Can’t recommend it highly enough.The resources produced by the CLPE are always superb.

Bring poetry to life in your class with free resources and win the chance to perform at the National Theatre!

CLPE are running the 4th schools shadowing scheme alongside CLiPPA 2018, the only award for published children’s poetry in the UK.  

Primary schools from the UK and beyond are invited to take part. All of the planning is done as CLPE provides complete teaching sequences for EYFS to KS2 so that you can focus on getting your children to read, write and perform poetry over a 3 week period, a perfect post-SATs activity. Films of the shortlisted poets performing and giving writing tips will also be available.

Shadowing Scheme Schools can also apply for exclusive free class tickets to the Poetry Show and Winner Announcement at the National Theatre, London on 22 June 2018, where they can watch poets and children perform live.

It’s easy to take part:

  • The scheme is free but you’ll need to purchase the shortlisted books. Details on purchasing a discounted set will be shared in April
  • Look out for the announcement of the CLiPPA 2018 shortlist and release of the teaching resources on 26 April 
  • Use these resources to inspire your class and create a poetry classroom for up to 3 weeks 
  • If you wish, send us videos of your children performing from the shortlisted books as individuals, groups or as a class no later than 9am on 7 June 
  • 5 winning groups will be picked to perform at the Award Ceremony at the National Theatre, participate in performance workshops and meet the shortlisted poets. All participating schools will receive a certificate

Amnesty Honor Judges & Individual Title Resources

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The books shortlisted by CILIP for the Carnegie and Greenaway Awards are also eligible for the Amnesty Honour awards, judged separately and given to books that “best uphold, illuminate or celebrate human rights and the values that underpin them”.

Jake Hope, Chair of the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, chatting at the start of the event

It was good to be invited to the formal presentation of the shortlists at Amnesty headquarters last Thursday. The lists had been press-released by CILIP at the start of the day and much tweeted about throughout, so it was slightly strange to find the evening had been staged as a first unveiling of the two shortlists. 

Chris Riddell was live-drawing throughout the speeches:

The judges for the 2018 Amnesty CILIP honour are:

  • Nicky Parker, Publisher, Amnesty International UK
  • Rowena Seabrook, Human Rights Education Manager, Amnesty International UK
  • Abie Longstaff, children’s author and former human rights lawyer
  • Jamila Gavin, award-winning children’s author whose dual Indian and English heritage has been a constant source of inspiration
  • Gabrielle Cliff-Hodges, former Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Cambridge, specializing in children’s literature
  • Louise Johns-Shepherd, chief executive of the Centre for Literary in Primary Education
  • Autumn Sharif, singer-songwriter and daughter of Somali refugees and Jordan Stephens, writer and performer best known as one half of pop duo Rizzle Kicks

The judges for the 2018 Amnesty Kate Greenaway honour are:

  • Nicky Parker, Publisher, Amnesty International UK
  • Rowena Seabrook, Human Rights Education Manager, Amnesty International UK
  • Dan Jones, artist, storyteller, collector of nursery rhymes and Amnesty human rights educator
  • Chris Riddell, former Children’s Laureate and Amnesty Ambassador
  • Manya Benenson, artist and storyteller, daughter of Amnesty’s founder
  • Carlos Reyes-Manzo, Chilean social documentary photographer and poet* 
  • Evelyn Arizpe, educator specialising in children’s literature, senior lecturer in education at Glasgow University and Amy Leon, Harlem-born musician, poet and educator

*He was an Amnesty prisoner of conscience in Chile during Pinochet’s civic-military dictatorship and exiled to Panama in 1975. In November 1979 he was kidnapped in Panama by the Chilean secret police and sent back to Chile via London where he escaped from the plane.

The website url beneath these supplementary photos contains large cover-images of the shortlisted titles that link to Exploring Human Rights resources for each book…


 

 

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/cilip-carnegie-and-greenaway-medal-shortlisted-books-2018-and-human-rights-story-explorer-resources

 

British Book Awards 2018 shortlists

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CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 SHORTLIST

  • Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo (Particular Books)
  • La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One by Philip Pullman (David Fickling Books in association with Penguin Random House Children’s)
  • The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris (Hamish Hamilton)
  • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Walker Books)
  • Oi Cat! by Kes Gray (Hodder Children’s Books)
  • Bad Dad by David Walliams (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

 

https://www.thebookseller.com/british-book-awards/shortlists/2018#

Carnegie & Greenaway Shortlists Announced

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Jake Hope, Chair of the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals judging panel for 2018, says: “The books on the 2018 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals shortlists offer moments of breath-taking poignancy and insight for all readers, young or old.  The scope is truly global, stretching from forests to seas, traversing continents and cultures as well as time. The titles explore topical issues with remarkable emotional honesty embracing themes of prejudice, personal growth and development whilst eliciting a wider understanding of the wonders and complexities of the world young people inhabit.  Verve and vibrancy radiate memorably from the impressive range of styles in writing and illustration on offer in these books, making the lists perfect for stimulating personal connections and conversation.”

The shortlists of 15 books were whittled down from a longlist of 40 titles (20 per medal), selected from a record-breaking 237 nominated books, each read by the 12 members of the judging panel.

The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018 shortlist (alphabetically by author surname):

  1. Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans (David Fickling Books)
  2. After the Fire by Will Hill (Usborne)
  3. Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean (Usborne)
  4. Rook by Anthony McGowan (Barrington Stoke)
  5. Release by Patrick Ness (Walker Books)
  6. Saint Death by Marcus Sedgwick (Orion)
  7. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Walker Books)
  8. Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk (Corgi)

The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2018 shortlist (alphabetically by illustrator surname):

  1. King of the Sky illustrated by Laura Carlin and written by Nicola Davies (Walker Books)
  2. Night Shift illustrated and written by Debi Gliori (Hot Key Books)
  3. A First Book of Animals illustrated by Petr Horáček and written by Nicola Davies (Walker Books)
  4. The Song from Somewhere Else illustrated by Levi Pinfold and written by A.F. Harrold (Bloomsbury)
  5. Town is by the Sea illustrated by Sydney Smith and written by Joanne Schwartz (Walker Books)
  6. Thornhill illustrated and written by Pam Smy (David Fickling Books)
  7. Under the Same Sky illustrated and written by Britta Teckentrup (Little Tiger)

Patrick Ness could win a third Carnegie Medal win with Release. If he does, it would make him the first author to secure a hat-trick in the Medal’s 81-year history.

Geraldine McCaughrean and Marcus Sedgwick both find themselves on the shortlists for a seventh time. McCaughrean has won the Medal once before, with A Pack of Lies (1988).

There are three author-illustrators on the seven-strong Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist: Debi Gliori with Night Shift, Pam Smy with Thornhill and Britta Teckentrup with Under the Same Sky. 

In Other Words Shortlist 2018

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Eight titles have been selected from nearly 200 submissions from around the world.

The shortlist showcases outstanding books for children age 6-12 picked for their literary merit as well as commercial potential. All shortlisted titles have been partially translated (available to read by viewing the titles below) and World English Language Rights are available to buy. A marketing bursary of £1500 is available from BookTrust to support the UK publication of each of the shortlisted titles.
Three Honour Titles – books that are highly recommended for English translation and publication – will be revealed on 11th April at London Book Fair with Children’s Laureate Lauren Child and former Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell.