CBI Book of the Year Awards
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Country | Ireland |
Website | childrensbooksireland |
The CBI Book of the Year Awards (Irish: Duaiseanna Leabhair na Bliana CBI), previously known as the Bisto Book of the Year Awards, are literary awards presented annually in the Republic of Ireland to writers and illustrators of books for children and young people. The Awards are run by Children's Books Ireland (CBI) and are open to authors and illustrators born or resident in Ireland; books may be written in English or Irish. Many bestselling, internationally renowned authors have won a "Bisto", including Eoin Colfer, John Boyne and several times winner Kate Thompson.
The awards were sponsored by Bisto (Premier Foods) from their inception.[1]
First awarded in 1990 (with the Book of the Decade Awards), prizes are awarded in three categories:
- CBI Book of the Year Award
- Eilís Dillon Award for a First Children's Book, named in honour of writer Eilís Dillon
- three Merit Awards, which in 2012 were:
- Judges' Special Recognition Award
- CBI Honour Award for Illustration
- CBI Honour Award for Writing
The winner of Book of the Year wins a perpetual trophy and €10,000; the 3 winners of the Merit Award share a combined prize fund of €6,000; the Eilís Dillon Award winner for first time writers also wins a trophy and €3,000.[2][citation needed]
In 2010, the Children's Choice award was introduced to mark the 20th anniversary of the Bisto Book of the Year Awards. It was chosen by 10 Junior Juries from all around Ireland, and was awarded to Jane Mitchell's Chalkline. The Judges' Special Recognition Award was not awarded in 2010.
Past winners[]
Source: Children's Books Ireland[3]
Book of the Year Award[]
Merit Awards[]
Year | Title | Winner | Publisher |
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2018[4] | Chocolate Cake | , illustrator | Puffin Books |
Star by Star | |||
Illegal | Eoin Colfer | Hodder | |
2017[5] | Goodnight Everyone | , illustrator | Walker Books |
Needlework | Deirdre Sullivan | ||
Bliain na nAmhrán | Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, , , , | ||
2016 | Gulliver | Lauren O'Neill, illustrator | The O'Brien Press |
Asking For It | Louise O'Neill | Quercus | |
Irelandopedia | & | Gill | |
2015 | Shh! We Have a Plan | Chris Haughton, illustrator | Candlewick Press |
Daideo | Áine Ní Ghlinn | ||
Haiku más é do thoil é! | Gabriel Rosenstock & | An Gúm | |
2014 | The Mysterious Traveller | P. J. Lynch | Walker Books |
The Sleeping Baobab Tree | Walker Books | ||
The Day the Crayons Quit | Oliver Jeffers, illustrator | HarperCollins | |
2013 | This Moose Belongs to Me | Oliver Jeffers | HarperCollins |
Dark Warning | Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick | Orion | |
Hóng | |||
2012 | Stuck | Oliver Jeffers | HarperCollins |
The Butterfly Heart | Walker Books | ||
Maitríóisce | Siobhán Parkinson | ||
2011 | The Heart and the Bottle | Oliver Jeffers | Philomel |
Mac Rí Eireann | New Island Books | ||
Taking Flight | Walker Books | ||
2010 | Solace of the Road | Siobhán Dowd | David Fickling |
There | Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick | ||
Chalkline | Walker Books | ||
2009 | Highway Robbery | Kate Thompson | The Bodley Head |
The Great Paper Caper | Oliver Jeffers | Harper Collins | |
Creature of the Night | Kate Thompson | The Bodley Head | |
2008 | The Black Book of Secrets | F. E. Higgins | Macmillan |
The Way Back Home | Oliver Jeffers | Harper Collins | |
Wilderness | Roddy Doyle | Scholastic | |
2007 | The Incredible Book-Eating Boy | Oliver Jeffers | Harper Collins |
Hurlamaboc | Éilís Ní Dhuibhne | ||
Something Invisible | Siobhán Parkinson | Penguin | |
2006 | Lost and Found | Oliver Jeffers | Harper Collins |
A Horse Called El Dorado | Kevin Kiely | O'Brien Press | |
Penny the Pencil | Mercier Press | ||
2005 | Something Beginning with P | , Alan Clarke and Emma Byrne | O'Brien Press |
How to Catch a Star | Oliver Jeffers | Harper Collins | |
The Gods and their Machines | Oisín McGann | O'Brien Press | |
2004 | Origins | Kate Thompson | The Bodley Head |
You Can Do It Sam | Anita Jeram | Walker Books | |
The Ravenous Beast | Niamh Sharkey | Walker Books | |
2003 | Fox | Matthew Sweeney and | Bloomsbury |
An Tóraíocht | |||
War Children | Gerard Whelan | O'Brien Press | |
2002 | Artemis Fowl | Eoin Colfer | Puffin |
Caught on a Train | Carlo Gébler | Egmont | |
An Sclábhaí | |||
2001 | The Wish List | Eoin Colfer | O'Brien Press |
Dirt Tracks | Poolbeg Press | ||
The Orchard Book of Ghostly Stories | Martin Waddell | Orchard Press | |
2000 | Siúloid Bhreá | Mary Arrigan | An Gúm |
Fierce Milly | Egmont | ||
Silent Stones | Mark O'Sullivan | ||
1999 | The Long March | Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick | |
The Moon King | Siobhán Parkinson | O'Brien Press | |
An Rógaire agus a Scáil | Gabriel Rosenstock | An Gúm | |
1998 | The Hungry Wind | Poolbeg Press | |
When Jessie Came Across the Sea | P. J. Lynch | Poolbeg Press | |
Four Kids, Three Cats, Two Cows, One Witch (maybe) | Siobhán Parkinson | O'Brien Press | |
1997 | An Eala Dubh | Cliodhna Cussen and | Coiscéim |
The Lantern Moon | Poolbeg Press | ||
The Guns of Easter | Gerard Whelan | O'Brien Press | |
1996 | Hannah or Pink Balloons | Mary Beckett | |
Sceoin sa Bhoireann | Cló Iar-Chonnachta | ||
Lockie and Dadge | Frank Murphy | O'Brien Press | |
1995 | Goodbye Summer, Goodbye | Attic Press | |
Catkin | P. J. Lynch | Poolbeg Press | |
Ecstasy agus Scéalta Eile | Cló Iar-Chonnachta | ||
1994 | The Chieftain's Daughter | Sam McBratney | O'Brien Press |
The Hiring Fair | Elizabeth O'Hara (Éilís Ní Dhuibhne) | Poolbeg Press | |
The Pony Express | Máirín Johnston | Attic Press |
Éilís Dillon Award for a First Children's Book[]
Year | Title | Author | Publisher |
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2018 | The Space Between | ||
2017 | The Ministry of Strange, Unusual and Impossible Things | ||
2016 | Irelandopedia | & | Gill |
2015 | Only Ever Yours | Louise O'Neill | Quercus |
2014 | Not awarded | ||
2013 | The Weight of Water | Sarah Crossan | Bloomsbury |
2012 | The Butterfly Heart | Paula Leyden | Walker |
2011 | A Bit Lost | Chris Haughton | Walker |
2010 | The Third Pig Detective Agency | Bob Burke | HarperCollins |
2009 | Anila's Journey | Mary Finn | Walker Books |
2008 | The Thing With Finn | Tom Kelly | Macmillan |
2007 | A Swift Pure Cry | Siobhán Dowd | David Fickling |
2006 | Snakes' Elbows | Deirdre Madden | Orchard Books |
2005 | An Bhó Riabhach | Siobhán Ní Shíthigh | An Gúm |
2004 | Amach | Alan Titley | An Gúm |
2003 | Gyrfalcon | Grace Wells | O'Brien Press |
2002 | Adam's Starling | Gillian Perdue | O'Brien Press |
2001 | The Lost Orchard | Patrick Deeley | O'Brien Press |
2000 | Fierce Milly | Marilyn McLaughlin | Egmont |
1999 | Dea-Scéala | Caitríona Hastings | Cló Iar-Chonnachta |
1998 | It's a Jungle Out There | Ed Miliano | Wolfhound Press |
1997 | The Guns of Easter | Gerard Whelan | O'Brien Press |
1996 | Lockie and Dadge | Frank Murphy | O'Brien Press |
1995 | Melody for Nora | Mark O'Sullivan | Wolfhound Press |
Awards in discontinued categories[]
- Best Emerging Author (1991) – Brian Boru by Morgan Llywelyn, O'Brien Press
- Book for Young Readers (1991) – Grandma's Bill by Martin Waddell, Simon and Schuster
- Illustration (1991) – Fairy Tales of Ireland by P. J. Lynch, Collins
- Historical Fiction (1992) – Wildflower Girl by Marita Conlon-McKenna, O'Brien Press
- Picture Book (1992) – The Sleeping Giant by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, Brandon Books
- First Children's Novel (1992) – The Secret of the Ruby Ring by Yvonne MacGrory, Children's Press
- Information Book (1993) – Tamall sa Chistin by Mairin Uí Chomain, An Gúm
- Teenage Fiction (1993) – Put a Saddle on the Pig by Sam McBratney, Methuen
- Historical Fiction (1993) – Strongbow by Morgan Llywelyn, O'Brien Press
Bisto Children's Book of the Decade (1980–1990)[]
Fiction: Run with the Wind; Run to Earth; Run Swift; Run Free by Tom McCaughren, Jeanette Dunne (Wolfhound Press)
Information Books: Exploring the Book of Kells: Brendan the Navigator by George Otto Simms, David Rooney (O'Brien Press)
Books for Young Readers: Grandma's Bill by Martin Waddell, illus. Jane Johnson (Simon and Schuster)
Irish Language: An Chanáil by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, transl. Bernadine Nic Ghiolla Phádraig An Gúm
Winners of multiple awards[]
- Most Bisto Book of the Year Awards: Kate Thompson (4), Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (4), Siobhán Dowd (2), Chris Haughton (2)
- Most Merit Awards: Oliver Jeffers (9), Kate Thompson (3), P. J. Lynch (3)
- Most Bisto Awards (total): Oliver Jeffers (10), Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (10), Kate Thompson (7), P. J. Lynch (5), Gerard Whelan (4), Siobhán Dowd (4), Chris Haughton (4), Siobhán Parkinson (3), Éilis Ni Dhuibhne/Elizabeth O'Hara (3)
References[]
- ^ General Info: Bisto Book of the Year Awards – Leabhar-Ghradaim Bisto"]. October 2008. Children's Books Ireland. Archived 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
- ^ Children's Books Ireland - About The Awards Archived December 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Past Winners" Archived 2016-01-22 at the Wayback Machine. CBI Awards. Children's Books Ireland (childrensbooksireland.com). Retrieved 2015-09-14.
- ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/children-s-books-ireland-book-of-the-year-revealed-1.3504396
- ^ https://www.writing.ie/news/27th-childrens-books-ireland-book-of-the-year-awards/
External links[]
- Irish children's literary awards
- Awards established in 1990