Summertime . . . . and the living gets easier

Well! How are you guys all doing now that Schools out and over and done with ’till september? Lovin’ every second I’d guess! I thought I might let you in on some summertime activities to keep you occupied during the long hot days of lounging in the garden.
Firstly, Leicester Libraries are doing a fantastic reading [...]

And The Winner Is . . . .

Wow!
What a night! the glamorous award ceremony for the book of the year was held last night at the beautiful Guildhall in Leicester. A fantastic location for a fantastic award ceremony. Everyone had a great time! We had speeches from Councillor Connolly and The Lord Mayor and some really impressive presentations from 3 schools involved [...]

The Awards Ceremony

Hey there guys and dolls,
How are you doing with the books? Chosen a winner yet? The time is coming soon when you will all have to vote and choose your favourite book. Shortly after that we will be having our glizty, glamorous awards ceremony at the Guildhall in Leicester with entry and exit entertainment from [...]

Decisions, decisions . . .

hey there guys and dolls,
How are you getting on with your tricky decision as to which Book of the Year shortlist books is the best then? Which one do you think is going to win top spot? I do have my suspicions, but it would be wrong for me to tell you, so i’m afraid [...]

Sneak Peak Publicity

hey there guys n dolls,
thought you might appreciate a bit of a sneak peak at the publicity for this years’ BotY poster – soon to be seen in a school library near you – and hopefully everywhere else too !!!
boy-a4-poster-08.pdf
There will also be stickers, bookmarks and various other cool things with the logo etc [...]

The Shortlist . . . . is on it’s way

hey guys,
just a note to those of you who are desperately awaiting the announcement of the 5 shortlisted books, i’m afriad we are still waiting on the votes from one schools, so you may have to wait just a little longer!! we’re hoping they get back to us before the end of the day, in which case i will post the result up here immediately. If not you may have to wait until tomorrow! sorry! i know you all want to know – and trust me, you’re not the only ones! i’m desperate to know!!!
my apologies again, and keep checking back often, the results will be here real soon, promise!
CRGW
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New Logo for 2008 Book of the Year!

Well, we had our first meeting with all the book groups last wednesday and it was so nice to see all of the reading groups there, getting excited about their section of the longlist books – i even saw some of you reading them as you left the library! Good luck with all the readng [...]

Its all going on on here . . .

There’s so much going on with the Book of the Year award at the moment – it’s hard to know where to begin!
The leicester teenage fiction blog has had a bit of a makeover recently – as you may well have seen! If you have any suggestions for the blog, or comments on the new look, please let [...]

Longlists Announced

The Leicester Young People’s Book Award longlist’s are announced today. The two longlists are for the Leicester Book of the Year Award for Teenage Fiction (Ages 11-16) and the Our Best Book Award for Junior Fiction. The longlists were selected from hundreds of titles nominated by every major UK publisher. Click on the links [...]

Now Open for Nominations

The Leicester Young Peoples Book Awards are now open for nominations. The Leicester Book of the Year Award for Teenage Fiction celebrates the best young adult work for ages 11 – 16.  The Our Best Book Award selects the best children’ books for ages 7 – 11. Publishers guidelines for nominating titles can be found [...]