Waterstone's adds new categories to kid's book prize

Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Wed, 14/09/2011 - 09:28 Waterstone’s has extended its children’s book prize to include teen fiction and picture books, in addition to books for five to 12 year olds. Waterstone’s spokesman Jon Howells said: “The children’s award had done very well for us in its previous eight years of existence but it was time to see how we could take it to the next level and make it more inclusive across the breadth of children’s publishing.” read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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