Former Waterstones children's laureate Chris Riddell is to join reading charity BookTrust as an ambassador. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Award-winning author and illustrator Lauren Child has been named as the next Waterstones Children’s Laureate, an honour she says she “wasn’t expecting”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Poet and playwright Kiran Millwood Hargrave has been named the winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2017 for her debut novel The Girl of Ink and Stars (Chicken House). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of books included in Waterstones‘ Children’s Book of the Month promotion in 2016 totalled 327,854 units through Nielsen BookScan, demonstrating the retailer’s influence in shaping the market for Middle Grade titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 18-strong shortlists for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2017 show a strong presence from independent Chicken House as well as publishers Hachette and Penguin Random House. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The chain of booksellers has announced its first profit in years – thanks in part to a bold decision to run each branch like a local bookshop Late on Thursday afternoon, would-be wizards across the UK dropped what they were doing to join the professors of Hogwarts for Harry Potter night. At 6pm... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author David Solomons has won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2016 for his novel My Brother is a Superhero (Nosy Crow). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Screenwriter David Solomons has won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2016 with his debut book, about an 11-year-old boy obsessed with comics Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fiction books reflecting the “concerns and issues” of modern day children and teenagers have been highlighted in the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2016 shortlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The tale of a misplaced penguin scoops the overall prize for new and emerging authors, with Sally Green taking the teen category and Robin Stevens winning the younger fiction awardSee Rob Biddulph’s step-by-step guide to How to draw… a windy dayAn adventure story about Penguin Blue and his... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rob Biddulph was today (26th March) announced as the overall winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, as well as the best illustrated book category. Biddulph, who is also the art director of the Observer magazine, won the prize for Blown Away (HarperCollins Children’s Books), about a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Female authors account for the vast majority of this year’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize this year, with 15 of the 18 titles written by women (see full shortlists below). The prize is divided into three categories – best illustrated book, best fiction for 5-12s and best book for teens –... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nominations for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize include journalist Dawn O'Porter's teen novel Paper Aeroplanes and books by an actress, a performance poet and a screenwriter. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber has achieved three shortlistings for this year’s 10th Waterstones Children’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Malorie Blackman has been appointed the Waterstones Children's Laureate for 2013-2015, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Annabel Pitcher's Ketchup Clouds is named winner of this year's Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House Children's Books, Egmont and Little Tiger Press have each picked up two... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The writer of US comedy Beavis and Butt-head is among 18 authors shortlisted for this year's Waterstones children's book prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year's shortlist for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize includes new talent... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]