Bisto Book Awards
CBI/Bisto Awards are the only annual Childrens' Book Awards in Ireland. Now in their 20th year, the awards have been sponsored since their inception by Bisto (RHM Foods). The Awards are made annually by Children's Books Ireland for books by an author or illustrator born or resident in Ireland. The Shortlist is announced in March and the Awards are announced in May for books published in the previous year.
The 2009/2010 Bisto book of the year was awarded to 'There' by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick.
"This alluring book is one that will draw every reader, child and adult, into its charming spell. The little girl who starts out on her voyage reveals the wonders she encounters but has a constant question about her destination and the length of her journey. She experiences the wonders of urban and rural life, the ferocity of the weather, the beauty of the colours of the rainbow. Her persistent self-questioning is a true and honest echo of the voice of a child as she comes to terms with what she knows and what she doesn't."
(extract from CBI website).
Other awards made
- Bisto Honour Award - 'Solace of the Road' by Siobhan Dowd
- Bisto Honour Award for Illustration - 'There' by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
- Eilís Dillon Award - 'Third Pig Detective Agency' by Bob Burke
- Children's Choice Award - 'Chalkline' by Jane Mitchell
The 2010 shortlist:
- 'An Greasaí Bróg agus na Síoga' - Caitríona Hastings and Andrew Whitson
- 'Colm and The Lazarus Key' - Kieran Mark Crowley
- 'Gluaiseacht' - Alan Titley
- 'Lincoln and His Boys' - PJ Lynch
- 'The Eyeball Collector' - FE Higgins
- 'The Gates' - John Connolly
All of the Bisto books are available in Dublin City Libraries. Browse a list of all ten titles shortlisted for the 2009 Bisto Award in our catalogue.
The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards
This award was established by The Library Association in 1955, for distinguished illustration in a book for children.
Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2009 'Bog Child' by Siobhan Dowd published by David Fickling
"This is a beautifully written and controlled novel, strong on dialogue but with some beautiful descriptive phrases as well. The dual narrative is deftly done and Dowd is very good on family relationships and the atmosphere of the times. The ending is satisfying, and the whole believable and unflinching."
(summary from award website).
Winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2009 'Harris Finds His Feet' by Catherine Rayner, published by Little Tiger Press
"Harris is a triumph from the way he moves and his expressions to his velvety fur and his hands and feet. His relationship with his Grandad is beautifully evoked as are the times of day and the textures of the exquisite landscapes around him."
(summary from award website).
http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/
The CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist for 2010:
- 'Halse Chains' by Laurie Anderson
- 'The Graveyard Book' by Neil Gaiman
- 'The Vanishing of Katharina Linden' by Helen Grant
- 'Rowan the Strange' by Julie Hearn
- 'The Ask and the Answer' by Patrick Ness
- 'Nation' by Terry Pratchett
- 'Fever Crumb' by Philip Reeve
- 'Revolver' by Marcus Sedgewick
The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Shortlist for 2010:
- 'Crazy Hair' by Dave McKean (text by Neil Gaiman)
- 'Harry and Hopper' by Freya Blackwood (text by Margaret Wild)
- 'Leon and The Place Between' - Grahame Bakker Smith (text by Angela McAllister)
- 'The Great Paper Caper' by Oliver Jeffers
- 'Millie's Marvellous Hat' by Satoshi Kitamura
- 'The Graveyard Book' by Chris Riddell (text by Neil Gaiman)
- 'The Dunderheads' by David Roberts (text by Paul Fleischman)
- 'There are Cats in this Book' by Viviane Schwarz
Costa Childrens' Book of the Year
2009 Costa Children's Book Award Winner 'The Ask and the Answer' by Patrick Ness - (read more about 'The Ask and the Answer'... )
Judges: "From the first word, we were gripped by this dazzlingly-imagined, morally complex, compulsively-plotted tale. We are convinced that this is a major achievement in the making."
2009 Shortlist:
- 'Solace of the Road' by Siobhan Dowd
- 'Troubadour' by Mary Hoffman
- 'The Ask and the Answer' by Patrick Ness
- 'Guantanamo Boy' by Anna Perera
Costa Award website
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
2009 winner: 'Exposure' by Mal Peet
"A modern retelling of Othello, in which the Moor of Venice and his wife Desdemona are transformed into the South American equivalent of Posh and Becks."
(read an extract from 'Exposure')
2009 Shortlist:
- 'Nation' by Terry Pratchett
- 'Exposure' by Mal Peet
- 'Then' by Maurice Gleitzman
- 'Solace of the Road' by Siobhan Dowd
Guardian Award website