Friday, June 08, 2018
SCHOLASTIC UK ANNOUNCE LOLLIES 2018 SHORTLIST...
...OF FUNNIEST BOOKS IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Michael Rosen, children’s novelist, poet and former Children’s Laureate, today announced the shortlist for the 2018 Laugh Out Loud Awards (The Lollies), a set of awards, now in its third year, created by Scholastic UK, to celebrate the funniest children’s books.
Having long championed humorous books for children, Rosen said of the shortlist: “Anyone around children looking for books to have them giggling and laughing over and over again, these 12 books will do the job. They are infectious and contagious and dangerous! Children will want to read them and ask for more. People talk about the importance of getting children reading, well, these shortlisted books do the work all by themselves.”
Rosen and his judging panel, consisting of Katie Thistleton, presenter and host of the CBBC Children’s Book Club, primary school teachers and bloggers, Jo Cummins and Jonny Walker, as well Kate Newport, Product Director for Scholastic Book Clubs and Book Fairs, were tasked with selecting the shortlist from nearly 120 titles submitted by children’s publishers.
Rachel Partridge, Group Marketing & Publicity Director, added “The Lollies continues to grow apace as a celebration of all that is wonderful about funny books. The quality of the submissions for this year’s Lollies demonstrated the strength and depth of author and illustrator talent that abounds in UK publishing. We cannot wait to share these incredible books with teachers, kids and parents and have ambitious plans this year to engage even more schools and get as many kids as possible reading the shortlisted books and voting for their favourites before the votes closes on 14th December 2018.”
The Lollies are awarded in three categories: Best Laugh Out Loud Picture Book, Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 6-8 year olds and Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 9-13 year olds. The shortlisted books in each category are as follows:
Best Laugh Out Loud Picture Book:
Mr Bunny’s Chocolate Factory by Elys Dolan (OUP)
The Squirrels Who Squabbled by Rachel Bright and Jim Field (Hachette)
Oi Cat! by Kes Gray and Jim Field (Hachette)
I Can Only Draw Worms by Will Mabbitt (PRH)
Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 6-8 year olds:
Barry Loser and the Birthday Billions by Jim Smith (Egmont)
The Big, Fat, Totally Bonkers Diary of Pig by Emer Stamp (Scholastic)
There’s a Werewolf in My Tent! by Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham (Nosy Crow)
Lyttle Lies: The Pudding Problem by Joe Berger (Simon and Schuster)
Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 9-13 year olds:
Tom Gates: Epic Adventure (Kind Of) by Liz Pichon (Scholastic)
My Mum’s Growing Down by Laura Dockrill and David Tazzyman (Faber)
Uncle Shawn and Bill and the Almost Entirely Unplanned Adventure by A. L. Kennedy and Gemma Correll (Walker)
Football Season 2: Where Football Saves the World by Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton and Spike Gerrell (Walker)
The winning book in each category will be decided solely by children’s votes, with schools and parents encouraged to help kids get involved and vote via the Lollies website, www.scholastic.co.uk/lollies, or via the Lollies PopJam channel.
The winning books will be announced in January 2019.
The Lollies were created in response to findings from the Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report™, (www.scholastic.co.uk/readingreport) which found that what two-thirds of children aged 6-17 looked for when choosing books for themselves were “books that make me laugh”.
The 2018 awards are sponsored by Happy Monkey Smoothies, with media partner PopJam also on board to provide a voting platform for children to pick their category winners.
Voting is open to teachers and their pupils, parents and children. The Lollies website will be open for voting from 4th June till 14th December 2018 at: www.scholastic.co.uk/lollies
Teachers can cast up to 35 votes on behalf of their class for each category.
The Lollies are also supported by Book Trust who will be working with Scholastic to encourage schools, parents and children to participate and vote for their favourites.
Scholastic received 118 submissions from publishers across all categories for the 2018 awards.
For further information, please contact:
Antonia Wilkinson antonia@wilkinson-pr.com / 0770 353 8554
Friday, March 02, 2018
The Children's Book Award Top 10 - FCBG
Top Ten Shortlist 2018 - Vote for your favourites!
Vote for your favourites and get involved in the only national children's book award voted for entirely by children. Your vote matters! You can vote online at www.childrensbookaward.org.uk/vote
Voting closes online at 12.00 Friday 18th May 2018
Books for Younger Children
Edgar and the Sausage Inspector, written and illustrated by Jan Fearnley, published by Nosy Crow ISBN 978-0857638229
Mrs Mole, I’m Home!, written and illustrated by Jarvis, published by Walker ISBN 978-1-4063-6727-0
The Secret of Black Rock, written and illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton, published by Flying Eye Books ISBN 978-1-911171-25-6
I Dare You, written and illustrated by Reece Wykes, published by Andersen Press ISBN 978-1-78344-537-0
Mrs Mole, I’m Home!, written and illustrated by Jarvis, published by Walker ISBN 978-1-4063-6727-0
The Secret of Black Rock, written and illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton, published by Flying Eye Books ISBN 978-1-911171-25-6
I Dare You, written and illustrated by Reece Wykes, published by Andersen Press ISBN 978-1-78344-537-0
Books for Younger ReadersThe Goldfish Boy, written by Lisa Thompson, published by Scholastic ISBN 978-1407170992
The Explorer, written by Katherine Rundell, published by Bloomsbury ISBN 978-1408882191
The Island at the End of Everything, written by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, published by Chicken House ISBN 978-1910002766
The Explorer, written by Katherine Rundell, published by Bloomsbury ISBN 978-1408882191
The Island at the End of Everything, written by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, published by Chicken House ISBN 978-1910002766
Books for Older ReadersI Have No Secrets, written by Penny Joelson, published by Electric Monkey (Egmont) ISBN 978-1405286152
Optimists Die First, written by Susin Nielsen, published by Andersen Press ISBN 978-0553496932
Ink, written by Alice Broadway, published by Scholastic ISBN 978-1407172842
Optimists Die First, written by Susin Nielsen, published by Andersen Press ISBN 978-0553496932
Ink, written by Alice Broadway, published by Scholastic ISBN 978-1407172842
The winners will be announced at the Award Ceremony on Saturday 9th June.
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On 19 March a selection of 'Model Schools' in the UK are inviting headteachers and literacy leads to attend an open day to see the Read Write Inc. education programme in practice. Attendees can find out how the programme, published by Oxford University Press, can improve literacy and help to decrease the 'word gap' between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and their more affluent peers.
The open day will take place on Monday 19 March in Caerphilly, Cornwall, Derby, Norfolk, Romford, Wokingham, Birmingham and East Sussex at 'Model School's for Read Write Inc., and will be open to all headteachers and literacy leads in the local area. At the open day visitors can expect to find out how the Read Write Inc. programme is implemented in their schools and see the benefits of the programme and it is improving literacy. During the day, visitors will be able to observe lessons, meet other schools in the area, get advice on how to implement the programme and see the positive impact on behaviour across the school.
One of the highlight factors of Read Write Inc. schools is that they are talk-a-lot schools where speaking and listening skills are developed through partner work. By developing children’s vocabulary, Read Write Inc. helps to address problems associated with the ‘word gap’, recently highlighted by the government’s Department for Education single departmental plan. The ‘word gap’ has been identified in children from disadvantaged backgrounds, who by the age of 3 are on average almost a full year and a half behind their more affluent peers in language development. In the report the DoE make recommendations on how to eliminate the 'word gap' through education in order to improve social mobility and equality of opportunity, the Read Write Inc. programme is in line with this.
“Our Model Schools demonstrate an inspirational passion and excitement for teaching. Their attention to detail and focus on continuous professional development
marks them out and is the key to their success in getting every child to read by 6. No child should get left behind and with the right teaching and assessments we can ensure
every child is understood and the gaps in their knowledge identified and addressed.”
- Ruth Miskin, Creator of Read Write Inc.
marks them out and is the key to their success in getting every child to read by 6. No child should get left behind and with the right teaching and assessments we can ensure
every child is understood and the gaps in their knowledge identified and addressed.”
- Ruth Miskin, Creator of Read Write Inc.
For more information on which schools are taking part and to book a place at one of the schools teachers can visit this webpage: https://global.oup.com/education/content/primary/series/rwi/model-schools-open-morning/?region=uk
Or for booking enquiries please email oxfordprimaryevents@oup.com
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHILDREN’S BOOKS
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHILDREN’S BOOKS LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO BRING STORIES TO LIFE FOR CHILDREN WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS
SEVEN Stories, The National Centre for Children’s Books has launched a crowdfunding campaign to bring books and stories to life for North East children with additional needs. The Life-changing Stories campaign goes live on Crowdfunder UK from 26th February 2018.
The museum and gallery, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, is seeking support to raise £7000 to fund a range of fully accessible events and experiences that will allow children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities to step into their favourite stories in an inclusive and sensory environment.
Kate Edwards, chief executive of Seven Stories said, “Our ambition is for Seven Stories to be a hub for parents and carers of children with disabilities to socialise, play and learn more about how to enrich their children’s lives through the wonderful world of children’s books.
“All of the money raised will go towards making our activities more accessible to children with additional needs and their families by providing sensory resources that will bring our exhibitions, events and stories to life in a whole new way.
“All children deserve the chance to enjoy books and stories, however they experience the world. We already work with parents, carers and schools across the UK to inspire children and families to choose, enjoy and share books together and this is a chance to bring this offer to even more young people.”
Award-winning author and illustrator Nick Sharratt (Tracy Beaker, Shark in the Park, You Choose) recently donated his archive to Seven Stories and added his voice to the campaign. Nick said, “I love coming to Seven Stories and this campaign will open up the magic and power of children’s books to even more families, in a completely new way. I am always amazed at the creativity and dedication that goes into making Seven Stories an inclusive and immersive experience for every child and I urge everyone who has ever been transported by the power of stories to get behind this campaign. I am extremely excited to see all of the fantastic offers that it will help deliver.”
As well as providing additional sensory experiences and BSL / Makaton interpretation for performances and story times, the money raised will also allow the team to increase opportunities for children with additional needs and their families to experience Seven Stories in a calmer, quieter environment.
Beth Coverdale, learning and participation co-ordinator and access champion said, “Hustle and bustle can be overwhelming and we want to offer high-quality sensory performances tailored for children with additional access needs. Our relaxed story times and performances will have all the magic of a Seven Stories event and will provide a supportive but informal atmosphere for everyone that needs it. These sensory performances have a slightly smaller audience capacity than other showings, to help contribute to a calmer environment for children experiencing stress or anxiety.”
Seven Stories is one of the leading inclusive cultural venues in the region and was awarded the Inclusive Tourism Award at the annual North East England Tourism Awards in 2017.
The ceremony, held on Thursday 16th November, celebrated the very best of the North East’s prestigious tourism businesses, recognising excellence in a variety of categories and credited Seven Stories for their ongoing partnership with St Oswald’s Hospice to create accessible experiences for children with life limiting illness and their families. This project kick-started the cross organisational initiative to make Seven Stories as accessible and inclusive as possible to all public visitors, including an extensive building refurbishment in 2015.
Money raised through the campaign will be eligible for match funding though the Newcastle Culture Investment Fund, in partnership with Newcastle City Council and the Community Foundation for Tyne & Wear and Northumberland if they successfully reach their target.
To pledge your support to children and families across the North East visit http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/life-changing-stories today and join the conversation online by using #lifechangingstories.
Henrietta Branford Writing Competition
Call for entries: 2018 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition
For young people who enjoy writing stories!
Finish a story started by 2017 Branford Boase Award winner, Beetle Boy author M. G. Leonard
The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition, the annual competition for young people which runs in conjunction with the Branford Boase Award, is now open.
The Branford Boase Award recognises a debut children’s author and their editor and was set up in memory of the outstanding children’s writer Henrietta Branford and the gifted editor, Wendy Boase, Editorial Director of Walker Books. They both died of cancer in 1999.
The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition aims to find and encourage writers of the future, something Henrietta Branford was always keen to do.
The 2018 competition is open now and anyone under the age of 19 can enter. Entrants are invited to complete this story begun by last year’s winner, author of Beetle Boy, M. G. Leonard:
‘The map had led us to an old wall covered with ivy. I reached through the leaves till I was touching the bricks and felt my way sideways. The wall continued three paces then changed from the rough touch of fired sand to the smooth damp texture of rotting wood. We pulled the evergreen curtain aside. Beneath it was a hidden door. I grabbed the heavy iron ring handle that was riveted to the ancient wood and twisted it with both hands, hoping the door would open.’
The story should be no longer than 1000 words, must follow on from the starter paragraph, and have a title. All entrants must live in the UK and be under 19 years of age. Entries will be judged by Prue Goodwin, consultant and lecturer in children’s literature. She says: ‘We are looking for stories that keep the reader wanting to know what is going to happen from beginning to end, are imaginative and unpredictable, and are written with a genuine reader in mind’.
Six winners will be invited to attend the Branford Boase Award celebration party in London in July. There they will meet M. G. Leonard and the authors shortlisted for the 2018 award as well as editors, publishers, agents, and other professionals in this field. They will receive a copy of each of the books shortlisted for theBranford Boase Award and be able to have their books signed.
The closing date for the competition is Saturday 21 April 2018.
Full details are available on the website:
http://www.branfordboaseaward.org.uk/HBWC/HBWC_current/henriettabranfo1.html
07807893369 or andrea.reece@zen.co.uk
The annual Branford Boase Award celebrates the most promising book for seven year-olds and upwards written by a first-time novelist and also highlights the importance of the editor in the development of new authors. The shortlisted authors may have published other books in another genre – for example, poetry or a picture book – but eligibility for the prize requires that this is their first children’s novel. As well as encouraging publishers to find and promote new writers, the Award sets out to alert readers of all ages to the work of interesting newcomers.
The Branford Boase Award was set up in memory of the outstanding and prize-winning author Henrietta Branford and Wendy Boase, editorial director and one of the founders of Walker Books. They worked together on a number of Henrietta’s novels, a partnership they greatly enjoyed. Both Henrietta and Wendy died of cancer in 1999.
Running alongside the Branford Boase Award, the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition encourages writing talent in under 19s.
The Award is the joint idea of Julia Eccleshare and Anne Marley. Julia is the director of the children’s programme at the Hay Festival and a regular contributor to Radio 4’s Front Row and Open Book programmes. Anne is co-founder of Authors Aloud UK and was Head of Children’s, Youth & Schools Services for Hampshire Library & Information Service for many years. She has served on many children’s book award panels, including the CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Awards.
For more information about the award and the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition visitwww.branfordboaseaward.org.uk .
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SCOTTISH BOOK TRUST ANNOUNCES 2018/19 BOOKBUG BAG BOOKS
SCOTTISH BOOK TRUST ANNOUNCES
2018/19 BOOKBUG BAG BOOKS
2018/19 BOOKBUG BAG BOOKS
Scottish Book Trust is pleased to announce the books chosen for the 2018/19 Bookbug Bags that are distributed free to every baby, toddler and 3-year-old in Scotland.
Every year, Bookbug, the Scottish Government funded initiative, gifts over 800,000 books to families across Scotland. Bookbug bags help children to develop a love of books and promote the health and developmental benefits of sharing stories, songs and rhymes. The new bags will include books by some of the UK’s favourite authors and illustrators including Lucy Cousins, Nick Sharratt and Polly Dunbar.
Every year, Bookbug, the Scottish Government funded initiative, gifts over 800,000 books to families across Scotland. Bookbug bags help children to develop a love of books and promote the health and developmental benefits of sharing stories, songs and rhymes. The new bags will include books by some of the UK’s favourite authors and illustrators including Lucy Cousins, Nick Sharratt and Polly Dunbar.
Among other things this year’s bags also include Song & Rhyme Library postcards highlighting Bookbug’s new Song & Rhyme Library, with beautiful artwork from Nick Sharratt, Ross Collins and Catherine Rayner.
Bookbug also gifts Gaelic language editions of the selected titles and tactile books to support children with additional needs. These can be requested from your local Bookbug Co-ordinator or Bòrd na Gà idhlig Early Years Worker. Three-year-old children in Gaelic Medium Education will receive their Gaelic Bookbug Explorer Bag from their nursery.
Bookbug also gifts Gaelic language editions of the selected titles and tactile books to support children with additional needs. These can be requested from your local Bookbug Co-ordinator or Bòrd na Gà idhlig Early Years Worker. Three-year-old children in Gaelic Medium Education will receive their Gaelic Bookbug Explorer Bag from their nursery.
The Bookbug programme is managed by Scottish Book Trust and run in partnership with libraries, local authorities, health professionals and nurseries.
Marc Lambert, CEO of Scottish Book Trust, said:
“We are excited to once again be gifting books to every child across Scotland through Bookbug bags. The books selected have been chosen carefully by our Early Year experts, and we are sure families across the country will delight in sharing these stories. Bookbug bags are an excellent way to start a story time routine, and accompanied with our new song and rhyme library, will help to develop children’s language skills.”
Maree Todd, Minister for Childcare and Early Years, said:
“Sharing books and stories is a fun and easy way for parents to help their children develop their reading and listening skills. And snuggling up together to read a book helps create strong bonds and makes children feel loved and secure. When my own children were little reading together was a genuine pleasure and as they have grown we have continued to share and discuss books together to carry on that love of reading.
“It is extremely important to introduce children to books as early as possible – that is why we provide over £1.6 million each year to Scottish Book Trust, to deliver the Bookbug initiative to every child in Scotland.”
The books to be distributed free in Bookbug bags to every baby, toddler and three-year-old in Scotland in the coming year are as follows:
Bookbug Baby Bag
· Peekaboo! in the Jungle by Cocoretto (Child’s Play)
· Baby’s Very First Black and White Book: Faces by Stella Baggott (Usborne)
· If You’re Happy and You Know It… by Annie Kubler (Child’s Play)
Bookbug Toddler Bag
· How to Bath Your Little Dinosaur by Jane Clarke & Georgie Birkett (Penguin Random House)
· Maisy's Bus by Lucy Cousins (Walker Books)
· Flip and Find Farmers by Samantha Meredith (Campbell / Macmillan)
Bookbug Explorer Bag
· You Choose by Pippa Goodhart & Nick Sharratt (Penguin Random House)
· Penguin by Polly Dunbar (Walker Books)
· Is That an Elephant in My Fridge? by Caroline Crowe & Claudia Ranucci (Scholastic)
Bookbug Book Bags
Bookbug is Scotland’s national book gifting programme, gifting books to every baby, toddler, 3 and 5-year-old in Scotland in four free Bookbug bags:
· Baby Bag (gifted by a health visitor to every baby)
· Toddler Bag (gifted by a health visitor to every toddler)
· Explorer Bag (gifted at nursery to every 3-year-old)
· Primary 1 Family Bag (gifted at school to every P1 pupil, announced at a later date)
The Bookbug programme is managed by Scottish Book Trust and run in partnership with libraries, health professionals and nurseries. The programme benefits from sponsorship from children’s publishers and central funding from the Scottish Government through a Strategic Funding Partnership Grant, with support from Local Authorities, Library Services and Health Boards through the provision of local staff time and logistics solutions.
Bookbug Sessions are run by local libraries or community groups. There are 23,000 Bookbug sessions happen across Scotland every year. These are free, fun-filled story and rhyme sessions for babies to four-year-olds, attended by thousands of parents and children a year. Details of local Bookbug Sessions can be found here.
Bookbug’s targeted outreach programme, Bookbug for the Home, trains Early Years practitioners to give support to families on a one-to-one basis. Since 2012, Bookbug for the Home has helped over 14,000 families, encouraging parents to do more talking, book sharing and singing with their children.
Scottish Book Trust also supports the delivery of Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Scotland (free books delivered monthly to every Looked After Child aged 0-5).
Scottish Book Trust
Scottish Book Trust is a national charity changing lives through reading and writing. We inspire and support the people of Scotland to read and write for pleasure through programmes and outreach work that include:
- Gifting books to every child in Scotland to ensure families of all backgrounds can share the joy of books at home.
- Working with teachers to inspire children to develop a love of reading, creating innovative classroom activities, book awards and author events.
- Supporting Scotland’s diverse writing community with our training, awards and writing opportunities.
- Funding a range of author events for the public to enjoy and promoting Scottish writing to people worldwide.
Friday, February 16, 2018
Longlist announced for the 2018 Klaus Flugge Prize
Fifteen debut picture books in the running for important illustration prize, now in its third year. Children’s Laureate Lauren Child joins 2018 judging panel
@KlausFluggePr #KFP18
Established in 2016, the Klaus Flugge Prize is awarded to the most promising and exciting newcomer to children’s book illustration. It honours publisher Klaus Flugge, founder of children’s publisher Andersen Press and a supremely influential figure in picture books.
This year more than fifty books were submitted for consideration; fifteen have made the longlist. Walker Books dominate with three titles on the longlist while Templar and last year’s winning publisher Flying Eye Books each have two. In total 11 publishers are represented including independents Childs Play and Barrington Stoke.
The judges for the 2018 prize are award-winning illustrator and Waterstones Children’s Laureate, Lauren Child; leading designer and art director Goldy Broad; Charlotte Colwill, head of children’s books at Foyles; and last year’s winner Francesca Sanna. The panel will be chaired by Julia Eccleshare, director of the children’s programme of the Hay Festival.
Julia Eccleshare said: “We are very pleased that this year’s Klaus Flugge Prize attracted the highest number of entries yet and delighted to be putting these fifteen highly talented illustrators into the spotlight. From dragons to paper boats, a public swimming pool to Mars, the range of subjects and settings is hugely varied; techniques used to tell the different stories on our longlist range too from watercolour, lino-cut and two-colour screen printing to collage and skilful use of Photoshop. Klaus Flugge has always sought out and published illustrators from across the world and this is reflected in our longlist. Alongside illustrators born and based in the UK are those from the US, South Africa, Argentina, Japan, Russia and Bulgaria and it is fitting that this is such an international line up of artists.”
The 2018 Klaus Flugge Prize longlist in full:
Jabari Jumps, Gaia Cornwall, editor Tanya Rosie, art editor Deirdre McDermott (Walker) Leaf, Sandra Dieckmann, editor Harriet Birkinshaw, art editor Camille Pichon (Flying Eye) Cranky Caterpillar, Richard Graham, edited by Roger Thorp and Anna Ridley (Thames & Hudson) Beyond the Fence, Maria Gulemetova, editor Sue Baker, art editor, Annie Kubler (Child’s Plays) Woolf, Patrick Latimer, written by Alex Latimer, editor Neil Dunnicliffe, art editor Lee-May Lim (Pavilion) The Night Box, Ashling Lindsay, written by Louise Greig, editor Melissa Fairley, art editor Tiffany Leeson (Egmont) My Name is Not Refugee, Kate Milner, editor Emma Hargrave, art editor Julie-Ann Murray (Barrington Stoke) Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover, Markus Motum, editor Denise Johnstone-Burt, art editor Louise Jackson (Walker Studio) Hortense and the Shadow, Lauren O’Hara, written by Natalia O’Hara, editor by Andrea MacDonald, art editor Anna Billson (Puffin) The Real Boat, Victoria Semykina, written by Marina Aromshtam, editor Katie Howarth, art editor Genevieve Webster (Templar) Fergal is Fuming, Robert Starling, editor Libby Hamilton, art editor Rebecca Garill (Andersen Press) Big Hid, Roisin Swales, editor Harriet Birkinshaw, art editor Camille Pichon (Flying Eye) Magnificent Birds, Narisa Togo, editor Alice Primmer, art editor Charlie Moyler (Walker Studio) Big Box, Little Box, Edward Underwood, editor Emma Blackburn (Bloomsbury) Dino, Diego Vaisberg, editor Carly Blake, art editor Genevieve Webster (Templar)
The shortlist will be announced on 16 May 2018 live at a special evening event at Foyles Charing Cross Road and the winner will be revealed on 12 September 2018.
For more information, interview requests and images contact Andrea Reece andrea.reece@zen.co.uk 020 8889 1292/ 07807893369 www.klausfluggeprize.co.uk
The judges
Lauren Child is an award-winning writer and artist. She is the creator of many much-loved characters, including Clarice Bean, Ruby Redfort and Charlie and Lola. Her books have sold over 15 million copies worldwide. In October 2005, the BBC launched a 78-part animated series of Charlie and Lola. The series has won four BAFTAS and is aired in more than 34 countries. In 2008 Lauren launched UNESCO’s ‘My Life is a Story’ Campaign for UNESCO’s Programme for the Education of Children in Need, and was named a UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2008. She was awarded an MBE for Services to Literature in 2010, and was announced as the 10th Waterstones’ Children’s Laureate in 2017. Lauren is an international ambassador for the excellence of UK illustration: she’s been at the forefront of innovation for 15 years and has raised the profile of illustration as a sophisticated art form for all ages. She works with mixed media, pioneered text as an integral part of illustration and collaborates with artists across different fields. She is a trustee of the House of Illustration.
Goldy Broad is a hugely respected and influential art director and book designer specialising in picture books and books for pre-school children. Now freelance, she has worked at Puffin and with illustrators including Helen Oxenbury and Lauren Child.
Charlotte Colwill has been a full time bookseller and bookshop manager, in London and Melbourne, since finishing her Masters Degree in Publishing in 2010. She has worked at Waterstones, Blackwell's, Daunt Books, Readings (Australia) and Slightly Foxed and is currently the Head of Children's Books at Foyles on Charing Cross Road.
Francesca Sanna grew up in Italy and is currently based in Zurich, Switzerland. Her book The Journey won the 2017 Klaus Flugge Prize. It has been translated into 14 languages, and has been awarded with the gold medal of the Society of Illustrators (US) and the Premi Llibreter (Spain). It was shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and won the Amnesty CILIP Honour 2017.
Klaus Flugge
Klaus Flugge was born in Hamburg in 1934, apprenticed to a bookshop and sent to Book Trade School in Leipzig. He emigrated to America at the age of 23 as an East German refugee who spoke only German and Russian. After a variety of jobs, and two years as an American GI, he was offered a job working as a Personal Assistant to Lew Schwartz, owner of Abelard-Schuman publishing in New York. After only a year and a half Schwartz suggested he go to Europe to build up the very small list they had there and came to London in 1961. He launched Andersen Press – named after Hans Christian Andersen - in the autumn of 1976.
The roll call of artists Klaus Flugge has worked with at Andersen Press reads like a textbook on illustration: David McKee, Tony Ross, Satoshi Kitamura, Michael Foreman, Susan Varley, Emma Chichester Clark, Sir Quentin Blake, Chris Riddell, Ruth Brown and David Lucas to name but a very few.
In 1999, he became the first publisher to receive the Eleanor Farjeon Award for outstanding contribution to children’s books and in 2010 he became the first and so far only publisher to be awarded Honorary Membership of the Youth Libraries Group. In 2013 Klaus was made an honorary citizen of the City of Bologna in recognition of his commitment to children's books abroad.
Andersen Press is one of the world’s leading independent children’s publishers, publishing some of the biggest names in children's books including the much-loved picture book characters the Little Princess and Elmer the patchwork elephant. Andersen Press is the
home of many award-winning authors and illustrators including Melvin Burgess, Rebecca Stead, Satoshi Kitamura, Tony Ross, David McKee, Chris Judge and Jeanne Willis.
The Klaus Flugge Prize is funded by Klaus Flugge and run independently of Andersen Press. It is administered by Julia Eccleshare, children’s director of the Hay Festival and head of Public Lending Right policy and advocacy; by Anne Marley co-director of Authors Aloud UK and former head of Children’s, Youth & Schools Services for Hampshire Library & Information Service; and Andrea Reece, reviews editor at Lovereading4kids, managing editor of Books for Keeps, and children’s director of the FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival.
@KlausFluggePr #KFP18
Established in 2016, the Klaus Flugge Prize is awarded to the most promising and exciting newcomer to children’s book illustration. It honours publisher Klaus Flugge, founder of children’s publisher Andersen Press and a supremely influential figure in picture books.
This year more than fifty books were submitted for consideration; fifteen have made the longlist. Walker Books dominate with three titles on the longlist while Templar and last year’s winning publisher Flying Eye Books each have two. In total 11 publishers are represented including independents Childs Play and Barrington Stoke.
The judges for the 2018 prize are award-winning illustrator and Waterstones Children’s Laureate, Lauren Child; leading designer and art director Goldy Broad; Charlotte Colwill, head of children’s books at Foyles; and last year’s winner Francesca Sanna. The panel will be chaired by Julia Eccleshare, director of the children’s programme of the Hay Festival.
Julia Eccleshare said: “We are very pleased that this year’s Klaus Flugge Prize attracted the highest number of entries yet and delighted to be putting these fifteen highly talented illustrators into the spotlight. From dragons to paper boats, a public swimming pool to Mars, the range of subjects and settings is hugely varied; techniques used to tell the different stories on our longlist range too from watercolour, lino-cut and two-colour screen printing to collage and skilful use of Photoshop. Klaus Flugge has always sought out and published illustrators from across the world and this is reflected in our longlist. Alongside illustrators born and based in the UK are those from the US, South Africa, Argentina, Japan, Russia and Bulgaria and it is fitting that this is such an international line up of artists.”
The 2018 Klaus Flugge Prize longlist in full:
Jabari Jumps, Gaia Cornwall, editor Tanya Rosie, art editor Deirdre McDermott (Walker) Leaf, Sandra Dieckmann, editor Harriet Birkinshaw, art editor Camille Pichon (Flying Eye) Cranky Caterpillar, Richard Graham, edited by Roger Thorp and Anna Ridley (Thames & Hudson) Beyond the Fence, Maria Gulemetova, editor Sue Baker, art editor, Annie Kubler (Child’s Plays) Woolf, Patrick Latimer, written by Alex Latimer, editor Neil Dunnicliffe, art editor Lee-May Lim (Pavilion) The Night Box, Ashling Lindsay, written by Louise Greig, editor Melissa Fairley, art editor Tiffany Leeson (Egmont) My Name is Not Refugee, Kate Milner, editor Emma Hargrave, art editor Julie-Ann Murray (Barrington Stoke) Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover, Markus Motum, editor Denise Johnstone-Burt, art editor Louise Jackson (Walker Studio) Hortense and the Shadow, Lauren O’Hara, written by Natalia O’Hara, editor by Andrea MacDonald, art editor Anna Billson (Puffin) The Real Boat, Victoria Semykina, written by Marina Aromshtam, editor Katie Howarth, art editor Genevieve Webster (Templar) Fergal is Fuming, Robert Starling, editor Libby Hamilton, art editor Rebecca Garill (Andersen Press) Big Hid, Roisin Swales, editor Harriet Birkinshaw, art editor Camille Pichon (Flying Eye) Magnificent Birds, Narisa Togo, editor Alice Primmer, art editor Charlie Moyler (Walker Studio) Big Box, Little Box, Edward Underwood, editor Emma Blackburn (Bloomsbury) Dino, Diego Vaisberg, editor Carly Blake, art editor Genevieve Webster (Templar)
The shortlist will be announced on 16 May 2018 live at a special evening event at Foyles Charing Cross Road and the winner will be revealed on 12 September 2018.
For more information, interview requests and images contact Andrea Reece andrea.reece@zen.co.uk 020 8889 1292/ 07807893369 www.klausfluggeprize.co.uk
The judges
Lauren Child is an award-winning writer and artist. She is the creator of many much-loved characters, including Clarice Bean, Ruby Redfort and Charlie and Lola. Her books have sold over 15 million copies worldwide. In October 2005, the BBC launched a 78-part animated series of Charlie and Lola. The series has won four BAFTAS and is aired in more than 34 countries. In 2008 Lauren launched UNESCO’s ‘My Life is a Story’ Campaign for UNESCO’s Programme for the Education of Children in Need, and was named a UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2008. She was awarded an MBE for Services to Literature in 2010, and was announced as the 10th Waterstones’ Children’s Laureate in 2017. Lauren is an international ambassador for the excellence of UK illustration: she’s been at the forefront of innovation for 15 years and has raised the profile of illustration as a sophisticated art form for all ages. She works with mixed media, pioneered text as an integral part of illustration and collaborates with artists across different fields. She is a trustee of the House of Illustration.
Goldy Broad is a hugely respected and influential art director and book designer specialising in picture books and books for pre-school children. Now freelance, she has worked at Puffin and with illustrators including Helen Oxenbury and Lauren Child.
Charlotte Colwill has been a full time bookseller and bookshop manager, in London and Melbourne, since finishing her Masters Degree in Publishing in 2010. She has worked at Waterstones, Blackwell's, Daunt Books, Readings (Australia) and Slightly Foxed and is currently the Head of Children's Books at Foyles on Charing Cross Road.
Francesca Sanna grew up in Italy and is currently based in Zurich, Switzerland. Her book The Journey won the 2017 Klaus Flugge Prize. It has been translated into 14 languages, and has been awarded with the gold medal of the Society of Illustrators (US) and the Premi Llibreter (Spain). It was shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and won the Amnesty CILIP Honour 2017.
Klaus Flugge
Klaus Flugge was born in Hamburg in 1934, apprenticed to a bookshop and sent to Book Trade School in Leipzig. He emigrated to America at the age of 23 as an East German refugee who spoke only German and Russian. After a variety of jobs, and two years as an American GI, he was offered a job working as a Personal Assistant to Lew Schwartz, owner of Abelard-Schuman publishing in New York. After only a year and a half Schwartz suggested he go to Europe to build up the very small list they had there and came to London in 1961. He launched Andersen Press – named after Hans Christian Andersen - in the autumn of 1976.
The roll call of artists Klaus Flugge has worked with at Andersen Press reads like a textbook on illustration: David McKee, Tony Ross, Satoshi Kitamura, Michael Foreman, Susan Varley, Emma Chichester Clark, Sir Quentin Blake, Chris Riddell, Ruth Brown and David Lucas to name but a very few.
In 1999, he became the first publisher to receive the Eleanor Farjeon Award for outstanding contribution to children’s books and in 2010 he became the first and so far only publisher to be awarded Honorary Membership of the Youth Libraries Group. In 2013 Klaus was made an honorary citizen of the City of Bologna in recognition of his commitment to children's books abroad.
Andersen Press is one of the world’s leading independent children’s publishers, publishing some of the biggest names in children's books including the much-loved picture book characters the Little Princess and Elmer the patchwork elephant. Andersen Press is the
home of many award-winning authors and illustrators including Melvin Burgess, Rebecca Stead, Satoshi Kitamura, Tony Ross, David McKee, Chris Judge and Jeanne Willis.
The Klaus Flugge Prize is funded by Klaus Flugge and run independently of Andersen Press. It is administered by Julia Eccleshare, children’s director of the Hay Festival and head of Public Lending Right policy and advocacy; by Anne Marley co-director of Authors Aloud UK and former head of Children’s, Youth & Schools Services for Hampshire Library & Information Service; and Andrea Reece, reviews editor at Lovereading4kids, managing editor of Books for Keeps, and children’s director of the FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival.
Sebastian Walker Award for Illustration 2018
Illustration student Viola Wang revealed as the winner of the prestigious
Sebastian Walker Award for Illustration
Walker Books is very pleased to announce that Viola Wang has been awarded the 7th annual Sebastian Walker Award for Illustration. Viola’s illustration stood apart from a group of MA students’ work that was this year, once again, exceptional. Viola will be awarded her prize at a private viewing of the exhibition in the Candid Arts Gallery in Islington on Thursday 15th February, 2018.
Set up in honour of Walker’s founder, Sebastian Walker, this award is dedicated to discovering and celebrating exciting new unpublished illustration talent. The Sebastian Walker Award was created in 2011 and is partnered with Anglia Ruskin’s Cambridge School of Art and their MA course in Children’s Book Illustration. Walker Books have published more than 20 books by Cambridge School of Art graduates since Birgitta Sif’s Greenaway Medal shortlisted Oliver in 2012 and continue to work with many previous award winners and shortlistees.
About Viola Wang:
“I was born and raised in Beijing, China. Having spent ten years in England, I fully embrace the multicultural environment in London, to the point where diversity and equality have become my main focus – understanding where we come from and learning about other cultures. I see diversity as an increasingly important feature of children’s literature. I want the children who read my books to experience a wide range of information and views, so that they will grow up with their own opinions about – and solutions for – the world around them.”
Mirabel Cecil, Author said:
"I know that my brother, Sebastian Walker, who founded Walker Books nearly four decades ago, would have been incredibly proud of his company as it exists today – maintaining its independence and continuing to publish vibrant and relevant picture books for children everywhere. Walker Books remains the same generous and inclusive company as it was when it was originally conceived by Sebastian, and which is reflected in their giving this award in his memory to an outstanding student at the Cambridge School of Art.”
Professor Martin Salisbury, MA Children’s Book Illustration, Cambridge School of Art said:
“The Sebastian Walker Award is a brilliant inspiration for all our students. Seeing so many graduates of the MA course, and not just winners of the award, published by Walker gives encouragement to everyone. We are indebted to Walker for their continuing support.”
Deirdre McDermott, Walker Picture Book Publisher and Creative Director said:
Viola’s fresh and original work captured our attention from the moment we opened her portfolio. Her pictures combine a contemporary sense of style with bold colour with a strong understanding of artistic composition to create artwork that is truly striking. A concern for diverse representation and an intuition for the child’s perspective are threaded through her work, and we admire how her art seeks to explore and express the rich variety of our world. We look forward to seeing her first picture book and to watching her flourish into an exciting and relevant picture book maker.
This year we also remember our dear Louise Power, who passed away last year. Louise was our Art Department Manager at Walker for more than 25 years. She was heavily involved with, and so inspired by, the Sebastian Walker Award and we have truly missed her valuable and insightful contribution this year.
To find out more and to see a showcase of the 2018 graduates’ work, visit: http://www.cambridgemashow.com
The MA graduates run an exhibition at the Candid Gallery in London from 13th – 17th February
For further media information please contact:
Emma O’Donovan
E. emma.booksniffer.odonovan@gmail.com T. 07871 879 315
About the Award and Exhibition
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Sebastian Walker’s death in 2011, Walker Books established a brand new illustration award for students in his memory. The award is run in collaboration with the MA course in Children’s Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University.
Walker Books Picture Book Publisher and Creative Director Deirdre McDermott and her colleague Executive Art Director Ben Norland head up the award alongside Martin Salisbury, Professor of Illustration at Cambridge School of Art.
Since publishing Birgitta Sif’s Kate Greenaway shortlisted debut picture book, Oliver, in 2012, Walker has gone on to work with numerous Cambridge graduates and have published more than 20 picture books in collaboration with them.
The Graduation Exhibition will continue at Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT from Thursday 23rdFebruary until Saturday 4th March (10.00 - 16.30)
To read more about the Sebastian Walker Award, please visit: www.picturebookparty.co.uk/p/sebastian-walker-award.html#.WoQisa5l-1t
Previous winners of the award:
2012 joint winner: Heidi Deedman
2012 joint winner: Becky Palmer
2013 winner: Jemima Sharpe
2014 winner: Simona Ciraolo
2015 winner: Dave Barrow
2016 winner: Jane McGuinness
2017 winner: Rachel Stubbs
About Walker Books UK
Home to books for all ages, Walker Books UK publishes many award-winning authors, illustrators and brands including Anthony Horowitz, Cassandra Clare, Lucy Cousins, Anthony Browne, Polly Dunbar, Patrick Ness and Where’s Wally? Walker Books UK is part of the vibrant international Walker Books Group that includes Candlewick Press in America, Walker Books Australia, the Walker Group Licencing division, and Walker Productions, developing Walker content for other media platforms, including Hank Zipzer for BBC. The Walker Books Group enjoys a unique ownership structure which includes all of its employees worldwide and more than 150 authors and illustrators. Walker is the world’s leading wholly independent publisher of English-language children’s books. For more information visitwww.walker.co.uk
About Anglia Ruskin University
Anglia Ruskin University is passionate about the advancement of knowledge and the education of students, and pride ourselves on taking university education in imaginative new directions. Our key contribution is to the enhancement of social, cultural and economic well-being. We have three main campuses, in Cambridge, Chelmsford and Peterborough, with around 35,000 students and 1,000 academic staff.
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