Branford Boase Award
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The Branford Boase Award is a British literary award presented annually to an outstanding novel for young people
by a first-time writer.
Wendy Boase
, Editorial Director of Walker Books
and Henrietta Branford
worked together previously to produce a great number of books. Both Wendy Boase
and Henrietta Branford
died in 1999 of cancer
. The Branford Boase award was created to celebrate and commemorate their names and memories and to encourage new talent in writing which they worked for during their lives. The awards were a joint idea by Julia Eccleshare and Anne Marley who both had jobs do with books.
The Branford Boase Award runs alongside the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition for under 19s.
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
by a first-time writer.
Wendy Boase
Wendy Boase
Wendy Boase born in Melbourne, Australia, she was one of the co-founders of the children's publishing company Walker Books. She held the position of editorial director of Walker Books until her death in 1999 from cancer...
, Editorial Director of Walker Books
Walker Books
Walker Books is an independent British publisher of children's books, founded in 1978 by Sebastian Walker.The success of their Where's Wally? series enabled them to expand into the American market, starting a sister company called Candlewick Press in 1991.Amelia Edwards, co-founder of Walker Books,...
and Henrietta Branford
Henrietta Branford
Henrietta Branford born in India, she was a fiction writer who wrote many novels including Fire, Bed and Bone...
worked together previously to produce a great number of books. Both Wendy Boase
Wendy Boase
Wendy Boase born in Melbourne, Australia, she was one of the co-founders of the children's publishing company Walker Books. She held the position of editorial director of Walker Books until her death in 1999 from cancer...
and Henrietta Branford
Henrietta Branford
Henrietta Branford born in India, she was a fiction writer who wrote many novels including Fire, Bed and Bone...
died in 1999 of cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. The Branford Boase award was created to celebrate and commemorate their names and memories and to encourage new talent in writing which they worked for during their lives. The awards were a joint idea by Julia Eccleshare and Anne Marley who both had jobs do with books.
The Branford Boase Award runs alongside the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition for under 19s.
Winners
Winners receive a hand-crafted box with the Branford Boase Award logo on and a cheque for £1,000.- 2000 - Katherine RobertsKatherine RobertsKatherine Roberts is an English author, best known for her fantasy trilogy The Echorium Sequence. She was born in Torquay, England and spent most of her childhood in Devon and Cornwall, England...
- Song QuestSong QuestSong Quest is a fantasy novel by Katherine Roberts. It is the first book in The Echorium Sequence followed by Crystal Mask and Dark Quetzal. The novel was first published in 1999 by Chicken House as a hardback copy; later on in 2001, the first paperback was published...
- Chicken House - 2001 - Marcus SedgwickMarcus SedgwickMarcus Sedgwick was born in Kent, England. Marcus is a British author and illustrator as well as a musician. He used to play for two bands namely playing the drums for Garrett and as the guitarist in an ABBA tribute group...
- FloodlandFloodland (novel)Floodland is a children's fantasy novel by Marcus Sedgwick, published on March 2, 2000 by Orion Children's Books and aimed at children. Floodland won the Branford Boase Award in 2001 for an outstanding first published novel.- Plot introduction :...
- Orion - 2002 - Sally PrueSally PrueSally Prue is a British author known for her novel Cold Tom, which won the Branford Boase Award 2002 and the Smarties Prize Silver Award in 2002. Sally Prue has written eight novels.- Biography :...
- Cold TomCold TomCold Tom is a fantasy novel by Sally Prue, published on January 31, 2002 by Oxford University Press and aimed at teens and young adults. Cold Tom won the Branford Boase Award and the Smarties Prize Silver Award both in 2002.-Plot summary:...
- OUP - 2003 - Kevin BrooksKevin Brooks (writer)Kevin M. Brooks is an English author best known for his novels Lucas and Martyn Pig .- Johnny Delgado Series:...
- Martyn PigMartyn PigMartyn Pig is a thriller by Kevin Brooks, published on April 1, 2002 by The Chicken House and aimed at teens and young adults. Martyn Pig won the Branford Boase Award in 2003 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 2002.-Martyn Pig:...
- Chicken House - 2004 - Mal PeetMal PeetMal Peet is an English author who writes mainly for young adults. His novels have won several awards, including the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.- Biography :...
- KeeperKeeper (novel)Keeper is a fictional sports novel for children by Mal Peet, published on October 6, 2003 by Walker Books Ltd. The novel takes the form of an interview by Paul Faustino in which the world's best goalkeeper, El Gato , tells his life story...
- Walker - 2005 - Meg RosoffMeg RosoffMeg Rosoff is an American author based in London since 1989. She is best known for her novel How I Live Now, which won 3 awards including the Guardian Award , Michael L. Printz Award , Branford Boase Award and was shortlisted for the 2004 Whitbread Awards. Her second novel, , won the prestigious ...
- How I Live NowHow I Live NowHow I Live Now is a novel by Meg Rosoff, first published in 2004. The book won three notable awards including the Michael L. Printz Award and received generally positive reviews.-Plot summary:...
- Puffin - 2006 - Frances HardingeFrances HardingeFrances Hardinge is a British author best known for her novel Fly By Night which in 2006 won the Branford Boase Award and was listed as one of the School Library Journal's Best Books. She has also been shortlisted and achieved a number of other awards for both her novels as well as some of her...
- Fly By NightFly by Night (Hardinge novel)Fly by Night is a children's fantasy novel by Frances Hardinge, published on October 7, 2005 by Macmillan Publishers in the UK and on April 25, 2006 by HarperCollins in the US, and aimed at teens...
- Macmillan Children’s Books - 2007 - Siobhan DowdSiobhan DowdSiobhan Dowd was a British writer and activist.-Biography:Siobhan Dowd was born in London to Irish parents...
- A Swift Pure CryA Swift Pure CryA Swift Pure Cry is a 2006 novel by Siobhan Dowd about a teenager named Shell who lives in County Cork, Ireland. It won the 2007 Branford Boase Award and the Eilís Dillon Award.-Characters:...
- David Fickling Books - 2008 - Jenny DownhamJenny DownhamJenny Downham is a British novelist and an ex-actor. She has published two books, Before I Die, the fictional account of the last few months of a sixteen-year-old girl who has been dying of leukeamia for four years...
- Before I DieBefore I DieBefore I Die is a novel written by Jenny Downham. Tessa Scott is only 16, and she has just months left to live before she finally loses her battle with cancer. However, she has made a list of 10 things she wants to do before she dies, some which are dangerous and foolish, and others which will...
- David Fickling Books - 2009 - B. R. Collins - The Traitor Game - Bloomsbury Publishing
- 2010 - Lucy ChristopherLucy ChristopherLucy Christopher is a British/Australian author best known for her novel Stolen, which won the Branford Boase award 2010 in the UK, and the 2010 Gold Inky in Australia. Her second book, Flyaway, was shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards 2010...
- Stolen - Chicken House - 2011 - Jason Wallace - Out of Shadows - edited by Charlie Sheppard, Andersen Press
Shortlists
- 2000
- Dominic BarkerDominic BarkerDominic Barker is a British children's author.-Biography:Dominic Barker was born in Southport in 1966. He graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in English and then spent two years as part of a comedy double act before deciding to become a teacher...
- Sharp Stuff - Transworld - Gus Clarke - Can We Keep It, Dad? - Andersen Press
- Richard Kidd - The Giant Goldfish Robbery - Transworld
- Paul MayPaul MayPaul May was a German film director. He directed 40 films between 1935 and 1972.He was born in Munich, Germany and died in Taufkirchen, Germany.-External links:...
- Troublemakers - Transworld - Stephen Pots - Hunting Gumnor - Egmont
- Louise RennisonLouise RennisonLouise Rennison is an English author and comedienne.She is the author of the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series for teenage girls. This series records the exploits of a teenage girl, Georgia Nicolson, and her best friends, the Ace Gang...
- Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging - Piccadilly - Katherine RobertsKatherine RobertsKatherine Roberts is an English author, best known for her fantasy trilogy The Echorium Sequence. She was born in Torquay, England and spent most of her childhood in Devon and Cornwall, England...
- Song QuestSong QuestSong Quest is a fantasy novel by Katherine Roberts. It is the first book in The Echorium Sequence followed by Crystal Mask and Dark Quetzal. The novel was first published in 1999 by Chicken House as a hardback copy; later on in 2001, the first paperback was published...
- Chicken House
- Dominic Barker
- 2001
- Nick Manns - Control Shift - Hodder
- William NicholsonWilliam Nicholson (writer)William Nicholson FRSL is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist.-Family:A native of Lewes, Sussex, William Nicholson was raised in a Catholic family in Gloucestershire. By the time he reached his tenth birthday, he had decided to become a writer. He was educated at Downside School,...
- The Wind SingerThe Wind SingerThe Wind Singer is a novel written by William Nicholson and the first book of his Wind On Fire Trilogy. It was first published in 2000. The Wind Singer won the 2000 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the for "The Book I Couldn't Put Down".- Plot :...
- Egmont - Hazel Riley - Thanis - OUP
- Marcus SedgwickMarcus SedgwickMarcus Sedgwick was born in Kent, England. Marcus is a British author and illustrator as well as a musician. He used to play for two bands namely playing the drums for Garrett and as the guitarist in an ABBA tribute group...
- FloodlandFloodland (novel)Floodland is a children's fantasy novel by Marcus Sedgwick, published on March 2, 2000 by Orion Children's Books and aimed at children. Floodland won the Branford Boase Award in 2001 for an outstanding first published novel.- Plot introduction :...
- Orion
- 2002
- Emma Barnes - Jessica Haggerthwaite: Witch Dispatcher - Bloomsbury
- Adele Minchin - The Beat Goes On - Women’s Press
- Sally PrueSally PrueSally Prue is a British author known for her novel Cold Tom, which won the Branford Boase Award 2002 and the Smarties Prize Silver Award in 2002. Sally Prue has written eight novels.- Biography :...
- Cold TomCold TomCold Tom is a fantasy novel by Sally Prue, published on January 31, 2002 by Oxford University Press and aimed at teens and young adults. Cold Tom won the Branford Boase Award and the Smarties Prize Silver Award both in 2002.-Plot summary:...
- OUP - Bali RaiBali RaiBali Rai is an author of teenage novels. He was born in Leicester in 1971.He is hailed as a great author and visits many schools også sutter han pik...-For his book arranged marriage:*South Lanarkshire Book Award shortlist...
- (Un)arranged Marriage - Corgi - Philip ReevePhilip ReevePhilip Reeve is a British author and illustrator. He presently lives on Dartmoor with his wife Sarah and their son Samuel.-Biography:...
- Mortal EnginesMortal EnginesMortal Engines is the first of four novels in Philip Reeve's quartet of the same name, which is also known as the Hungry City Chronicles in the United States...
- Scholastic
- 2003
- Julia Bell, Massive, Pan Macmillan
- Kevin BrooksKevin Brooks (writer)Kevin M. Brooks is an English author best known for his novels Lucas and Martyn Pig .- Johnny Delgado Series:...
- Martyn PigMartyn PigMartyn Pig is a thriller by Kevin Brooks, published on April 1, 2002 by The Chicken House and aimed at teens and young adults. Martyn Pig won the Branford Boase Award in 2003 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 2002.-Martyn Pig:...
- Chicken House - Patricia ElliottPatricia ElliottPatricia Elliott is an American actress. She graduated from South High School in Denver.With many appearances on television, film and stage, Elliott currently portrays Renee Divine Buchanan on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, a role she has played on-and-off since 1987...
- Ice Boy - Hodder - Richard MacSween - The Firing - Andersen
- Livi MichaelLivi Michael-Personal life:Livi Michael,also known as, Olivia Michael, born March. 15, 1960 in Manchester, England, is a British fiction authoress who has published a total of 15 children and adult novels. She is the daughter of civil servant Ann Wood. Michael has been married twice, divorced from her first...
- Frank and the Black Hamster of Narkiz - Puffin - Simon MasonSimon Mason (author)-Biography:Simon Mason was born in Sheffield in 1962. He was educated at local schools and studied English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. He splits his time between writing at home and a part-time editorial position with David Fickling Books, an imprint of Random House and publisher of his 2011...
- The QuigleysThe QuigleysThe Quigleys are a series of children's books about the Quigley family written by Simon Mason. There are currently 4 books and there are expected to be 7 in total...
- David Fickling Books - Nicky Singer - Feather BoyFeather BoyFeather boy is a novel by Brighton-based author Nicky Singer; it was first published in 2002 by HarperCollins, under the Collins imprint. The story is about Robert Nobel, a boy who despairs of his newly divorced parents. Robert is the butt of classroom jokes and a victim of Niker, the classroom...
- HarperCollins
- 2004
- Steve Augarde - The VariousThe VariousThe Various is a children's fantasy novel written and illustrated by Steve Augarde, published in 2003. It is the first book of the Touchstone Trilogy which continues with Celandine and Winter Wood...
- David Fickling Books - Graham GardnerGraham GardnerGraham Gardner is a British novelist who writes books aimed at the Young Adult market. He was born and brought up in the county of Worcestershire, England, and is the second eldest of ten children...
- Inventing Elliott - Dolphin - Julie Hearn - Follow Me DownFollow Me Down"Follow Me Down" is a song by American group 3OH!3 featuring English artist Neon Hitch.- Chart performance :It debuted at #89 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at #36 on the Canadian Hot 100, and has since re-entered at #89 on the Hot 100...
- OUP - L. S. Matthews - Fish - Hodder
- Mal PeetMal PeetMal Peet is an English author who writes mainly for young adults. His novels have won several awards, including the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.- Biography :...
- KeeperKeeper (novel)Keeper is a fictional sports novel for children by Mal Peet, published on October 6, 2003 by Walker Books Ltd. The novel takes the form of an interview by Paul Faustino in which the world's best goalkeeper, El Gato , tells his life story...
- Walker - Eleanor UpdaleEleanor UpdaleEleanor Updale is the author of the Montmorency Series. She has written four novels and some short stories, and has won several awards for her writing.-Biography:...
- MontmorencyMontmorency/ ScarperThe Montmorency Series are a set of Victorian era crime novels focused on an ex-convict turned spy named Montmorency written by Eleanor Updale. The first novel in the series was released on April 1, 2004...
- Scholastic
- Steve Augarde - The Various
- 2005
- Alison Allen-Gray - Unique - OUP
- Frank Cottrell BoyceFrank Cottrell Boyce-Awards:*2004: Buch des Monats des Instituts für Jugendliteratur/Book of the Month by the Institute for Youth Literature , Millions*2004: Carnegie Medal, Millions*2004: Luchs des Jahres , Millions...
- MillionsMillions (novel)Millions is a children's novel by Frank Cottrell Boyce, published in 2004. It was originally written solely as a screenplay for the film Millions, but screenwriter Cottrell Boyce decided to adapt it into a novel while the film was in the process of being made. It was his first novel...
- Macmillan - Cathy CassidyCathy CassidyCathy Cassidy is a British author of young adult fiction, mainly focusing on domestic fiction. She was born in Coventry, but now lives in Galloway, Scotland. She has written 14 books...
- Dizzy - Puffin Books - John DoughertyJohn Dougherty (author)John Dougherty is a Northern Irish author, born in the town of Larne in 1964. He now lives in Gloucestershire.He worked as a primary school teacher in London during the 1990s and early 2000s, and during this period began to write stories for children...
- Zeus on the Loose - Random House - Michelle PaverMichelle PaverMichelle Paver is a British-based novelist and children's writer, author of the six-book series Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, set in the pre-agricultural Stone Age.- Biography :...
- Wolf BrotherWolf BrotherWolf Brother is the first book in the series Chronicles of Ancient Darkness by Michelle Paver. Wolf Brother takes place 6000 years ago during the New Stone Age, and tells the story of twelve-year-old Torak, a boy of the Wolf Clan....
- Orion - Meg RosoffMeg RosoffMeg Rosoff is an American author based in London since 1989. She is best known for her novel How I Live Now, which won 3 awards including the Guardian Award , Michael L. Printz Award , Branford Boase Award and was shortlisted for the 2004 Whitbread Awards. Her second novel, , won the prestigious ...
- How I Live NowHow I Live NowHow I Live Now is a novel by Meg Rosoff, first published in 2004. The book won three notable awards including the Michael L. Printz Award and received generally positive reviews.-Plot summary:...
- Puffin - Leslie WilsonLeslie Wilson (author)Leslie Wilson is an author of novels and short stories for adults and children. She was born in Nottingham to a German mother and an English father. Her mixed-heritage upbringing in England in the years following the Second World War is a major influence on her writing. Her hobbies are gardening,...
- Last Train from Kummersdorf - Faber
- 2006
- Nicola DaviesNicola Davies (author)Nicola Davies is an English zoologist and writer. She was one of the original presenters of the BBC children's wildlife programme The Really Wild Show. More recently, she has made her name as a children's author...
- Home - Walker - Joshua DoderJosh LaceyJosh Lacey is a British writer. He has written several children’s books and one book for adults, God is Brazilian, a biography of Charles Miller, the man who introduced football to Brazil...
- A Dog Called GrkGrk Book SeriesThe Grk books are series of children's books following the adventures of a boy called Tim and a dog called Grk. The series is written by Josh Lacey under the pseudonym Joshua Doder...
- Andersen Press - Frances HardingeFrances HardingeFrances Hardinge is a British author best known for her novel Fly By Night which in 2006 won the Branford Boase Award and was listed as one of the School Library Journal's Best Books. She has also been shortlisted and achieved a number of other awards for both her novels as well as some of her...
- Fly By NightFly by Night (Hardinge novel)Fly by Night is a children's fantasy novel by Frances Hardinge, published on October 7, 2005 by Macmillan Publishers in the UK and on April 25, 2006 by HarperCollins in the US, and aimed at teens...
- Macmillan Children’s Books - Ann KelleyAnn KelleyAnn Kelley is the author of The Burying Beetle and The Bower Bird ]...
- The Burying Beetle - Luath Press - Sarah SingletonSarah SingletonSarah Singleton is a British journalist and author of adult and young adult fiction. She was awarded the Booktrust Teenage Prize for her novel Century in 2005.-Biography:...
- Century - Simon & Schuster - Anthony McGowanAnthony McGowanAnthony McGowan is a British author of novels for adults and children.- Biography :Anthony McGowan was born in Manchester and now lives in London with his wife, author and fashion designer Rebecca Campbell, and their two young children...
- HellbentHellBent (novel)HellBent is a book by Anthony McGowan, published in 2005. It tells the story of Connor O'Neil and his dog, who are killed by an ice cream truck and sent to hell. It was received very well, despite being called "Down-right disgusting just for the sake of it".- Plot summary:Sixteen-year-old Connor is...
- Doubleday - Cat Weatherill - Barkbelly - Puffin
- Nicola Davies
- 2007
- Linda Buckley-ArcherLinda Buckley-ArcherLinda Buckley-Archer is a British writer born in the 1900s. She was born in Sussex, but spent most of her childhood on a blackcurrant farm in Staffordshire, and now lives in London....
- Gideon the CutpurseGideon the CutpurseGideon the Cutpurse, published in the US as The Time Travelers, is a 2006 science fiction novel by Linda Buckley-Archer, and is the first book in the The Gideon Trilogy...
- Simon & Schuster - Siobhan DowdSiobhan DowdSiobhan Dowd was a British writer and activist.-Biography:Siobhan Dowd was born in London to Irish parents...
- A Swift Pure CryA Swift Pure CryA Swift Pure Cry is a 2006 novel by Siobhan Dowd about a teenager named Shell who lives in County Cork, Ireland. It won the 2007 Branford Boase Award and the Eilís Dillon Award.-Characters:...
- David Fickling Books - Charlie FletcherCharlie FletcherCharlie Fletcher is a British screenwriter and author.After many years writing for film and television, he is now probably best known for his children's novel, Stoneheart.-Biography:...
- StoneheartStoneheartStoneheart is a children's novel by Charlie Fletcher, published in 2006. It is part of the Stoneheart Trilogy. Stoneheart is followed by "Ironhand", which is itself followed by "Silver Tongue"...
- Hodder - Ally KennenAlly KennenAlly Kennen is an award-winning British young adult and children's author.- Life :Ally Kennen grew up on a farm in Exmoor, England. Ally studied Archaeology and history at Birmingham University...
- BeastBeast (novel)Beast is a young adult novel by Ally Kennen, published in 2006. It won the 2007 Manchester Book Award, and was shortlisted for the 2006 Booktrust Teenage Prize, the 2007 Carnegie Medal and the 2007 Branford Boase Award...
- Scholastic - Sian Pattenden - The Awful Tale of Agatha Bilke - Short Books
- Andy StantonAndy StantonAndy Stanton is an English children's writer. He lives in North London.-Books:He has written nine books in the 'Mr. Gum' series:*You're a Bad Man, Mr. Gum!*Mr. Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire*Mr Gum in 'The Hound of Lamonic Bibber...
- You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum - Egmont - Tabitha SuzumaTabitha Suzuma- Biography :Tabitha Suzuma was born in London in 1975 to an English mother and a Japanese father, the eldest of five children. She went to the French Lycée, hated school, refused to work and sat at the back of the class, writing stories. When she was fourteen, she just stopped going to school -...
- A Note of Madness - Random House
- Linda Buckley-Archer
- 2008
- Atinuke - Anna Hibiscus - Walker
- L. Brittney - Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times - Macmillan
- Sharon Dogar - Waves - Chicken House
- Jenny DownhamJenny DownhamJenny Downham is a British novelist and an ex-actor. She has published two books, Before I Die, the fictional account of the last few months of a sixteen-year-old girl who has been dying of leukeamia for four years...
- Before I DieBefore I DieBefore I Die is a novel written by Jenny Downham. Tessa Scott is only 16, and she has just months left to live before she finally loses her battle with cancer. However, she has made a list of 10 things she wants to do before she dies, some which are dangerous and foolish, and others which will...
- David Fickling Books - Sarah Mussi - The Door of No Return - Hodder
- Jenny ValentineJenny ValentineJenny Valentine is a British children's novelist, best known for her award-winning novel Finding Violet Park.-Book history:Her first novel, Finding Violet Park, was published in 2007. It won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. The book's success caused...
- Finding Violet ParkFinding Violet ParkFinding Violet Park is a young adult novel by Jenny Valentine, first published in 2007. It is about a fatherless teenage boy, Lucas Swain, who finds an urn containing the ashes of the titular Violet Park abandoned in a minicab office and determines to lay her to rest...
- HarperCollins
- 2009
- Jeremy de Quidt - The Toymaker - David Fickling BooksDavid Fickling BooksDavid Fickling Books is an imprint of Random House which has published books by authors including Philip Pullman, Mark Haddon, John Boyne, Nick Ward and Linda Newbery.-List of Books Published:-References:...
- B. R. Collins - The Traitor Game - Bloomsbury Publishing
- Sally NichollsSally Nicholls- Life :Nicholls was born and grew up in Stockton-on-Tees. She attended Great Ayton Friends' School until its closure and subsequently Egglescliffe School until 2001.On finishing school, Nicholls chose to travel around the world...
- Ways to Live ForeverWays to Live ForeverWays to Live Forever is a children's novel by Sally Nicholls, first published in 2008. The author's debut novel, it was written when Nicholls was 23 years old....
- Scholastic Press - Patrick NessPatrick NessPatrick Ness is an American author, journalist and lecturer who lives in London. He holds both American and British citizenship...
- The Knife of Never Letting GoThe Knife of Never Letting GoThe Knife of Never Letting Go is the first installment in the Chaos Walking Trilogy written by Patrick Ness and published on May 5, 2008. It has won numerous awards, including the Booktrust Teenage Prize, the Guardian Award, and the 2008 James Tiptree, Jr...
- Walker BooksWalker BooksWalker Books is an independent British publisher of children's books, founded in 1978 by Sebastian Walker.The success of their Where's Wally? series enabled them to expand into the American market, starting a sister company called Candlewick Press in 1991.Amelia Edwards, co-founder of Walker Books,... - Katy Moran - Bloodline - Walker BooksWalker BooksWalker Books is an independent British publisher of children's books, founded in 1978 by Sebastian Walker.The success of their Where's Wally? series enabled them to expand into the American market, starting a sister company called Candlewick Press in 1991.Amelia Edwards, co-founder of Walker Books,...
- Marie-Louise JensenMarie-Louise JensenMarie-Louise Jensen is an English children's author.-Biography:Marie Louise Jensen was born in Henley-On-Thames of an English father and Danish mother. Her early years were plagued by teachers telling her to get her head out of a book and learn useless things like maths...
- Between Two SeasBetween two seasBetween Two Seas is a children's novel by Marie-Louise Jensen, published in 2008. It was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize. It is about a young girl, Marianne Shaw, who sets out on a journey to Denmark in search of her father, after her mother dies in England.-Plot summary:The...
- Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as... - Emily Diamand - Flood Child (originally published as Reavers' Ransom) - Chicken House
- Jeremy de Quidt - The Toymaker - David Fickling Books
- 2010
- Sarwat Chadda - Devil's Kiss - Puffin
- Lucy ChristopherLucy ChristopherLucy Christopher is a British/Australian author best known for her novel Stolen, which won the Branford Boase award 2010 in the UK, and the 2010 Gold Inky in Australia. Her second book, Flyaway, was shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards 2010...
- Stolen - Chicken House - Damian Kelleher - Life, Interrupted - Piccadilly Press
- Anna Perera - Guantanamo Boy - Puffin
- Dan Tunstall - Big and Clever - Five Leaves
- Rachel Ward - Numbers - Chicken House
- Victor Watson - Paradise Barn - Catnip
- 2011http://www.fcbg.org.uk/uploads/pdf/Branford%20Boase%20Shortlist%20May%202011.pdf
- J P Buxton - I Am the Blade - edited by Beverley Birch, Hachette
- Keren David - When I Was Joe - edited by Maurice Lyon, Frances Lincoln
- Candy Gourlay - Tall Story - edited by Bella Pearson, David Fickling Books
- Gregory Hughes - Unhooking the Moon - edited by Roisin Heycock, Quercus
- Jason WallaceJason WallaceJason Wallace is a web designer , living in South West London . He is the author of Out of Shadows, the 2010 Costa Children's Book of the Year .- Personal Life :...
- Out of Shadows - edited by Charlie Sheppard, Andersen Press - Pat Walsh - The Crowfield Curse - edited by Imogen Cooper, Chicken House
External links
- Announcement uploaded to the Federation of Children's Book Groups website http://www.fcbg.org.uk/uploads/pdf/Branford%20Boase%20Shortlist%20May%202011.pdf
- Branford Boase Award homepage
- Henrietta Branford homepage