Where did you write The Strangeworlds Travel Agency? I do most of my writing at home, in my office. I sometimes write on the sofa but if I do that I end up cricking my neck all out of shape. I tried writing on my phone over the summer, but I just ended up getting […]
Book Review Competition
We would love to hear what your pupils thought of the amazing books. Please encourage your pupils to submit a review of their favourite of the five shortlisted titles. Reviews can be written on paper, scanned and emailed, or forwarded on an electronic document, to info@awesomebookawards.com. We will be accepting entries up until the day of […]
January’s Author of the Month: Nizrana Farook
Where did you write The Girl Who Stole an Elephant? I wrote the beginning of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant sitting at my desk one cold and dreary December while wishing myself somewhere warm and colourful. I think the book reflects that! What inspired you to write your book? I was doing a piece […]
Awesome Christmas Books
Whilst our shortlist is hopefully keeping your pupils busy, there is always time to snuggle up in front of the tree with a Christmas classic. We have selected our top five awesome Christmas books from Bookshop to get children into the festive spirit this year; the perfect stocking fillers to keep imaginations running wild over […]
December’s Author of the Month: A M Howell
Where did you write The Garden of Lost Secrets? I wrote it at my kitchen table after work and at weekends. What inspired you to write your book? The story is set in the kitchen gardens of a real country estate called Ickworth Park, now run by the National Trust. I read about the discovery […]
A Librarian’s Lockdown Reflection
It was with a mixture of trepidation and excitement that I returned to School in September this year following our enforced extended time away. I had missed the contact with the children so much; the crowded break times with pupils vying to be the first to read the latest edition of The Beano, the groups of […]
November’s Author of the Month: Thomas Taylor
Where did you write Malamander? On my desktop computer, in my work room, in my house by the sea, on the south coast of England. But it started with daydreaming on beach walks. What inspired you to write your book? Moving to a seaside town and living there all year round, and discovering that these […]
Book Review Competition Winners 2020
We have loved reading all of the fantastic, creative and inspiring book reviews sent to us this year! Thank you to each and every one of you for continuing to send them in to us. We have now had the chance to review them all and have chosen our winners! Congratulations to the following pupils, who […]
Awesome Book Awards 2020: Event Plans
Dear Readers With a heavy heart we are writing this post to tell you that this year’s Awesome Book Awards event on April 30th has been cancelled. Like your pupils we are really disappointed but the uncertainty around school closures and illness following the Easter break leaves us with no option. At such a time […]
March’s Author of the Month: P. G. Bell
Where did you write The Train to Impossible Places? I wrote it in a local coffee shop (where fellow children’s author Claire Fayers and I still get together to write every week), and at work in Cardiff University’s physics and engineering library. I was a part time library assistant there, and in the evenings after […]