Book Awards
Tracey Wins at the Teach Early Years Awards 2019
Tracey Corderoy‘s The One-Stop Story Shop, illustrated by Tony Neal, has won the “Picture Books” category of the Teach Early Years Awards 2019. Congratulations to Tracey. See the full shortlists...
How It Ends on the East Anglian Book Awards Shortlist
Saskia Sarginson‘s How It Ends has been shortlisted for the East Anglian Book Awards in the fiction category. Now in their twelfth year, the awards celebrate writing talent within...
Just Jack Nominated for the Fantastic Book Awards
Kate Scott‘s Just Jack has been nominated for the Lancashire School Library Service’s “Lancashire Fantastic Book Awards”. See the announcement and the full list here. Huge congratulations to Kate. Find...
Iguana Boy Nominated for the Fantastic Book Awards
James Bishop‘s Iguana Boy Saves The World: With A Triple Cheese Pizza has been nominated for the Lancashire School Library Service’s “Lancashire Fantastic Book Awards”. See the announcement and the full...
“I Want to Write Good Fiction Full-Time and See Where it Takes Me”
James Clarke has been interviewed by the Society of Authors about his win of the Betty Trask Prize. Read the full thing, including tips from James for aspiring writers...
James Clarke wins the Betty Trask Prize
James Clarke has won this year’s Betty Trask Prize, awarded by the Society of Authors, for his debut novel, The Litten Path. See the announcement on the Society of...
Damian Wins Two at the Society of Authors Awards
Damian Le Bas has won both a Somerset Maugham Award and a Travelling Scholarship at the Society of Authors awards. The Somerset Maugham Award was for his debut travelogue, The...
Another longlisting for Damian Le Bas
The Stopping Places by Damian Le Bas has been longlisted for The Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writing. Here is the longlist, announced on World Environment Day: Underland by...
Mr Gum – ‘Essential’ says Hay Festival
Alongside J K Rowling, Margaret Atwood, Roald Dahl, Bryony Gordon, Jacqueline Wilson, Joseph Coelho, Matt Haig, Michelle Paver, Benjamin Zephaniah, Jeanette Winterson, Michael Morpurgo and poet laureate Simon Armitage,...
Damian Shortlisted for the Somerset Maugham Award
Damian Le Bas‘s The Stopping Places has been shortlisted for the Society of Authors’ Somerset Maugham Awards. Congratulations to Damian. See the full shortlist here. The winner will be announced at...
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