The winners of this year’s CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, the UK’s oldest book awards for children and young people, have been announced.
Carnegie Medal
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
Kate Greenaway Medal
Small in the City by Sydney Smith
Manjeet Mann’s debut novel Run, Rebel and Sharon King-Chai’s Starbird take home the Shadowers’ Choice Awards from the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal shortlists respectively.
The Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist 2021 has been announced. Of note is Amnesty by Aravind Adiga.
Little Rebels Award shortlist 2021 has been announced. The "award celebrates children’s fiction which challenges stereotypes, promotes social justice and advocates for a more peaceful and fairer world."
The winners of the Nebula Awards 2021 have been announced. Of particular interest is the winner of the Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher.
The UKLA Book Awards are the only children's book awards judged by teachers. The 2021 winners are:
Look Up! by Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola
Check Mates by Stewart Foster
Run, rebel by Manjeet Mann
Last paper crane by Kerry Drewery
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson
The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top ten finalists in each category of the 2021 Locus Awards.
The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld has won the 2021 Stella Prize.
The shortlist for the 2021 Branford Boase Award has been announced.
The shortlists for the 2021 UKLA Book Awards have been announced.
The Hugo Award finalists have been announced. Of particular interest:
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas
A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik
Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger
Legendborn, Tracy Deonn
Raybearer, Jordan Ifueko
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, T. Kingfisher
The Aurealis Awards recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers. The shortlists for the 2020 Aurealis Awards are here.
The shortlists for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have been announced.
The CBCA shortlist 2021 has been announced.
Be sure to watch the fabulous announcement in this film featuring SA authors and illustrators and made in the SA Museum.
The Nebula Award finalists 2020 have been announced. Of special interest is the Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction:
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
A Game of Fox & Squirrels by Jenn Reese
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar
The NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2021 shortlists have been announced. Of special interest: