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Independent Bookshop Week [IBW] Book Award Shortlists

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CHILDREN’S FICTION

The Explorer – Katherine Rundell
Things a Bright Girl Can Do – Sally Nicholls
Letters from the Lighthouse – Emma Carroll
Sky Song – Abi Elphinstone
A Skinful of Shadows – Frances Hardinge
The 91-Storey Treehouse – Andy Griffiths & illustrated by Terry Denton
We Come Apart – Sarah Crossan & illustrated by Brian Conaghan
The 1000 Year Old Boy – Ross Welford
Nevermoor – Jessica Townsend
Release – Patrick Ness
A Spoonful of Murder – Robin Stevens
The Bolds on Holiday – Julian Clary & illustrated by David Roberts
Where the World Ends – Geraldine McCaughrean

 

CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK
 
Fantastically Great Women who Made History – Kate Pankhurst
Lots: The Diversity of Life on Earth– Nicola Davies & illustrated by Emily Sutton
You Choose in Space – Pippa Goodhart & illustrated by Nick Sharratt
Grandad’s Secret Giant – David Litchfield
Katinka’s Tail – Judith Kerr
The Squirrels Who Squabbled – Rachel Bright & illustrated by Jim Field
I Love You, Stick Insect – Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
The Everywhere Bear – Julia Donaldson & illustrated by Rebecca Cobb
The Grotlyn – Benji Davies
Kevin – Rob Biddulph
What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday – Julia Donaldson & illustrated by Lydia Monks
Superbat – Matt Carr

 

BA president Nic Bottomley and co-chair o f the judging panels told The Bookseller, “This award is unique, in that its shortlist is generated from the opinions of the nation’s independent booksellers – the daily curators of an immense breadth of fiction and non-fiction titles. When a customer walks into a bookshop and asks for a recommendation, they never know what might fall into their hands; it could be a memoir of multiple close scraps with death, a novel set in 18th century Bristol or anything else in between. For myself and the rest of the panel, judging the variety of titles on offer is going to be a challenge, but an absolute joy to be a part of.”

The IBW Book Award judging panels will be chaired by former BA President, Rosamund de la Hey and current BA President Nic Bottomley, and will include Joanna Cannon, author (The Trouble with Goats & Sheep, Three Things About Elsie); Debbie James, The Kibworth Bookshop; Sandy Mahal, UNESCO Nottingham City of Literature; Will Smith, Sam Read Booksellers; Yasmeen Ismail, author and illustrator (I’m A Girl!, Time for Bed, Fred); Wei Ming Kam, author (contributor to The Good Immigrant), blogger; Natasha Radford, Chicken & Frog Bookshop and Tony West, Alligator’s Mouth Bookshop.

The winners of each category will be announced on Friday 15th June, the day before IBW starts. 

 

Closing Date Nears For Poetry Illustration Prize

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CLOSING: 9am GMT on Friday 1st June 2018

 

In partnership with the House of Illustration and the Betjeman Poetry Prize, Lauren Child, Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2017-2019, announces an international illustration competition:

  • An international illustration prize for illustrators aged 18- 25 years

  • Illustrate a poem by a Betjeman Poetry Prize finalist

  • £1000 first prize, plus prizes for commended illustrators

  • Top 12 illustrators will be commissioned to create further work to be exhibited at St Pancras International station, London, in September 2018

  • Judges: Lauren Child, award-winning author and illustrator; director of the House of Illustration Colin McKenzie and Imtiaz Dharker, Queen’s Gold Medal winning poet and artist

  • Competition opens February 1st 2018 and closes 9am GMT on Friday June 1st 2018

 

 

HOW TO ENTER

  1. Create an illustration for one poem of your choice from the 12 poems listed HERE
     

  2. Each illustration entered must be accompanied by the poem title
     

  3. We require full-page illustrations in black and white. Do not illustrate around the words. The illustrations can be in any medium suitable for reproduction. However, all entries must be appropriate for the dimensions given here: Your illustrations can either bleed off the page or be surrounded by a white border for a trimmed page size of 210 x 297mm (A4)
     

  4. Original artwork should not be submitted. You should submit your illustration at 150 dpi, Greyscale, JPEG (jpeg setting 8). If you are shortlisted, we will contact you for the master artwork. Master artwork must be a 300dpi Greyscale TIFF
     

  5. To enter, email your artwork as an attachment to . In the body of the email you should give your name, age, address and a contact telephone number. You MUST state to which poem your illustration corresponds
     

  6. Pay your entry fee of £15 by PayPal HERE. The email used for the PayPal payment MUST be the same used to send your illustration
     

  7. Your entry will be confirmed by email once we have received both your payment and your illustration. Original artwork sent by post will not be considered
     

  8. Artists may enter more than once with a separate entry fee for each illustration
     

  9. The 12 winning illustrators will be commissioned to create a fresh illustration for the Lauren Child Poetry Illustration Prize exhibition of poems and winning illustrations to be held on the Upper Concourse at St Pancras International, London in September 2018
     

  10. Read the terms and conditions HERE
     

  11. Any problems, email
     

  12. The final deadline for entries to the competition is 9am GMT on Friday 1st June 2018

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#