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UKLA Award Ceremony and Party
On 5th July I headed to Liverpool for the UKLA Book Award Ceremony, since A Face Like Glass was one of the shortlisted books for the 7-11 category.
I didn’t win the award, but all the authors on the shortlists were presented with certificates and had a fuss made of us. The prize for my category went to the excellent The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan. (The Weight of Water is a verse novel, which makes it particularly unusual. It’s good to see the prize going to such an adventurous and interesting book!)
After a lovely dinner spent gossipping with some of the judges (who were all exceptionally good fun) I headed to the bar for the poetry readings. There were some excellent offerings from the talented Claire Kirwan of the Dead Good Poets Society (great name), but lots of other people also stepped up to read poems, including a show-stopping demonstration of ‘baby rap’ by Rebecca Patterson.
I can neither confirm nor deny rumours of a late night slumber party involving giggling and false moustaches.
UKLA shortlist and tBKMAG ‘Top 40’
The shortlists for the UK Literary Association Book Awards have now been announced… and A Face Like Glass is on the shortlist for the 7-11 age category!
The full shortlist for the category is:
The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Call me Drog by Sue Cowing
The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan
To Be a Cat by Matt Haig
A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge
The Flask by Nicky Singer
You can find all the shortlists here.
In other news, tBKMAG have just brought out the 40th issue of their excellent magazine for keen readers aged 8-12.
To celebrate, for this issue tBKMAG have chosen their favourite featured book from each issue, and put them all together to make a ‘Top 40’ list of books.
Twilight Robbery, which appeared in issue 32, has made the Top 40!
