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2024 GCBA Shortlist

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Congratulations to @lizkesslerbooks, who has just won her 10th award for the incredible WHEN THE WORLD WAS OURS. We are so proud to publish your books!

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We are incredibly excited to be welcoming the wonderful Cressida Cowell to Aberdeen for an in store signing! The event takes place at 2pm on Saturday the 26th August. It is free but ticketed so please do head over to our website and book your tickets there!

There's a kind of magic that happens when a child falls in love with a book! It's the kind of magic that changes lives forever, and will never be forgotten. Every child deserves to experience the magic of reading for pleasure. #literacy (Art: Quentin Blake)

🎉 BIG BIRTHDAY COMPETITION! 🎉 To celebrate our 4th birthday, we're giving away 4 lucky dips of 10 books! To enter: 1) Follow us 2) Like this post and 3) Retweet this post 📚 Competition ends 31st August. T&C's: bit.ly/boldwoodtcs

GCBA Awards ceremony complete. What a great afternoon. Thanks to all who came along. Hope you all enjoyed the afternoon. And the winner is…

Not long now until the Grampian Children’s Book Awards ceremony. Good luck to all the shortlisted authors @katyabalen @alastair_ch @sophiemckenzie_ @chrispriestley @lizkesslerbooks

Congratulations @SueWallman our 2022 winner

We're delighted that lovely @CressidaCowell mentioned @OnjaliRauf Boy at the Back of the Class in her interesting @guardian article as a great book for empathy. It was on our #ReadforEmpathy list 2019. This year's list will be launched on 22 January ow.ly/oYX150xNqH6

Well here it is folks! In shops from January 9 or maybe a bit earlier depending on your bookseller. #TheKidWhoCameFromSpace. Hope you like it

Congratulations to @tompalmerauthor, who is this year’s winner of the #RuthRendellAward! Tom was chosen as the author who has done the most for literacy in the past year. 📚

How lovely do these brand new books look? All set and ready to hand out to 1C today as we start shadowing @GrampBookAward 2020. Mrs Bennett and I are working our way through the shortlist too. #TeamCults #reading #bookawards #accschoollibraries

The votes have been counted, and we are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Grampian Children's Book Award 2020! Congratulations to our six shortlisted authors! 📚 bit.ly/2MUxsaL

For Remembrance Day 2019. Free literacy and history resources, including posters, activity sheets (such as blackout poetry) and videos. Please use and share. tompalmer.co.uk/schools-librar…

In schools, I am often asked about plans and how important they are. They are. This is my latest basic structure for a novel in 40 scene/chapters.

People with the biggest, brightest hearts never end up in the ground. They end up in the sky. #TheStarOutsideMyWindow the breathtaking new book from @onjalirauf - the multi-award-winning author of #TheBoyAtTheBackOfTheClass - is out today ⭐ Order now: amzn.to/2oH3YUq

A very happy #bookbirthday to @FisherAuthor The Velvet Fox publishes today! Sequel to the award-winning The Clockwork Crow 'Catherine Fisher has woven her magic once more, twisting fairy tales, folklore and fantasy into a spellbinding tale.' fireflypress.co.uk/node/503