Welcome to the Leeds Book Awards website.
Leeds Book Awards 2013
Our new shortlists have just been announced!
We have a great selection of books for you to read. They are:
- Rachel Billington, Poppy's Hero
- Charlotte Haptie, Granny Grabbers' Whizz Bang World
- Conrad Mason, The Demon's Watch
- William Osborne, Hitler's Angel
- Michelle Paver, Gods and Warriors
- Marcus Sedgwick, Fright Forest
- Kerry Drewery, A Brighter Fear
- Caroline Green, Cracks
- Mark Lowery, Socks are not Enough
- Simon Packham, Silenced
- Laura Powell, Burn Mark
- Mark Walden, Earthfall
- Phil Earle, Saving Daisy
- Sarah Hammond, The Night Sky in my Head
- Sam Hawksmoor, The Repossession
- Edward Hogan, Daylight Saving
- David Massey, Torn
- Teri Terry, Slated
For full details of the shortlisted books and their authors, please go to the shortlists page.
The 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009 Leeds Book Awards websites are still available.
Want to take part? Here's how:
Read
You get to be the judge!
Look at the shortlist categories on this website and choose which list is best for you.
We have 3 categories to choose from:
- Best Book for 9-11 year olds
- Best Book for 11-14 year olds
- The Breezereads Award - Best Book for 14-16 year olds
Find out more about Breezereads at www.breezeleeds.org/pg/3/Breezereads.
Read the books and talk about them with your friends, teachers, carers and librarians.
Look at the authors' (or their publishers') websites to find out more about them and all the books they have written.
Look at the reviews on this website to see what others think and have your say.
Decide which is your favourite book and VOTE!
Voting
- You can vote for your favourite book in your local library or through your Leeds Book Awards school book group.
- Voting won't close until Friday 26th April 2013, so don't worry, there is plenty of time to make up your mind.
- When all the votes have been counted, the winners will be announced on 21st May 2013 for the 9-11 category and on 23rd May 2013 for the 11-14 and 14-16 categories.
The Awards
This year there will be TWO celebration days and Awards ceremonies, the first on Tuesday 21st May 2013 at The Pudsey Civic Hall, for the primary schools reading the 9-11 shortlist. The second celebration day will be on Thursday 23rd May 2013 at Leeds Civic Hall for the two older categories.
Some of the shortlisted authors will be at both Award ceremonies for you to meeet.
For more information about which authors are coming, look at our News page, and for more information about the Awards ceremonies and other exciting events, go to the Events page.
So, start reading, and most of all... have fun!!!
