Manchester Book Award
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The Manchester Book Award is a project run in Manchester, UK, organised by School Services at the Manchester Library & Information Service; it is funded by the . The project is currently in its fourth year.
Each year, a longlist of twenty-four children's books is drawn up from nominations by secondary-school pupils, school and library staff, and publishers. To be eligible for the longlist books have to be standalone books (that is, not sequels) published between 1 July and 30 June, written by authors living in the UK. Reading groups in schools and libraries then narrow this to a shortlist of six. In the following January, young people across Manchester start voting for their favourite, either online or in libraries and schools; voting for the 2009 award closed on 5 March.
The winner of the award is announced each year at a ceremony at the City of Manchester Stadium attended by pupils from the 24 state secondary schools in Manchester. The ceremony was compered in 2008 and 2009 by Paul Sleem.
The 2009 award was announced by Coronation Street actress, Julie Hesmondhalgh, on 11 March 2009.
List of Prize Winners[]
- 2009 by Sophie McKenzie
- 2008 Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie
- 2007 Beast by Ally Kennen
- 2006 by Jeremy Strong
Shortlists[]
- 2009
- Forget Me Not by Anne Cassidy
- Crash by
- The Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson
- by Sophie McKenzie
- Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
- by Sarah Singleton
- 2008
- by Kevin Brooks
- by David Gilman
- by Graham Joyce
- Berserk by Ally Kennen
- by Catherine MacPhail
- Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie
- 2007
- Ingo by Helen Dunmore
- by
- by Alan Gibbons
- by Nigel Hinton
- Beast by Ally Kennen
- by
- 2006
Longlists[]
- 2009
- Angel Boy by Bernard Ashley
- Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
- by Anne Cassidy
- Lucky Star by Cathy Cassidy
- Abela by Berlie Doherty
- Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd
- by
- Dragonfly by Julia Golding
- Ghosting by
- by
- Slam by Nick Hornby
- The Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson
- by Elizabeth Laird
- by Rhiannon Lassiter
- by
- The Knife That Killed Me by Anthony McGowan
- by Sophie McKenzie
- by Michael Morpurgo
- The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
- Ways To Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
- by Chris Priestley
- by
- by Sarah Singleton
- Broken Soup by Jenny Valentine
- 2008
- Darkside by Tom Becker
- Dirty Work by Julia Bell
- by Kevin Brooks
- by N. M. Browne
- Sundae Girl by Cathy Cassidy
- Sebastian Darke by Philip Caveney
- Waves by
- by
- by David Gilman
- by Graham Joyce
- Berserk by Ally Kennen
- Roundabout by Rhiannon Lassiter
- by
- by James Lovegrove
- by Catherine MacPhail
- Twin Freaks by Paul Magrs
- Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie
- Angel by Cliff McNish
- Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve
- by Nigel Richardson
- by Malcolm Rose
- My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick
- Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine
- by
- 2007
- Clay by David Almond
- Smokescreen by Bernard Ashley
- by Melvin Burgess
- Scarlett by Cathy Cassidy
- Thieves Like Us by Stephen Cole
- Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce
- by
- Ingo by Helen Dunmore
- by
- by Alan Gibbons
- The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
- Fur by
- by Nigel Hinton
- Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz
- Beast by Ally Kennen
- by Paul Magrs
- The Riddles of Epsilon by Christine Morton-Shaw
- Seeker by William Nicholson
- Tamar by Mal Peet
- The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick
- by Alex Shearer
- by
- Heretic by Sarah Singleton
- Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton
- 2006
- by
- by Bernard Ashley
- Paralysed by
- Divided City by Theresa Breslin
- by Kevin Brooks
- Candy by Kevin Brooks
- Indigo Blue by Cathy Cassidy
- Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce
- Jimmy Coates: Killer by Joe Craig
- The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney
- by
- by
- by
- SilverFin by Charlie Higson
- Jacob's Ladder by Brian Keaney
- Roxy's Baby by Catherine Macphail
- by Michael Morpurgo
- Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver
- The Hunted by Alex Shearer
- Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean by Justin Somper
- by Jeremy Strong
- Branded by Robert Swindells
- by
- Gangsta rap by Benjamin Zephaniah
External links[]
- British children's literary awards
- Awards established in 2005
- 2005 establishments in England
- Culture in Manchester
- Education in Manchester