[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-presenting-the-fcbg-childrens-book-awards":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Today I got to host the 39th\u003Cb> Children's Book Award\u003C/b> ceremony for the \u003Ca href=\"http://fcbg.org.uk/childrens-book-award/\">Federation of Children's Book Groups\u003C/a>, at the Copthorne Tara Hotel in London. And since I was hosting, the coordinators set a hat theme - how cool is that! Here's a young comics creator who sat at my table, wearing a very fine hat: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/745897_original-6bb51febce.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Tweeted by @Juliebroadbent3\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nHere you can see all the shortlisted writers and illustrators on stage, from left to right: a reader standing in for \u003Cb>Matt Stanton\u003C/b> (who was in Australia, author of \u003Ci>Funny Kid Stand Up\u003C/i>), writer \u003Cb>Catherine Doyle\u003C/b> with \u003Ci>The Storm Keeper's Island\u003C/i>, writer-illustrator \u003Cb>Alex T Smith\u003C/b> with \u003Ci>Mr Penguin: The Fortress of Secrets\u003C/i>, writer-illustrator \u003Cb>Duncan Beedie\u003C/b> with \u003Ci>The Last Chip\u003C/i>, writer-illustrator \u003Cb>Arree Chung\u003C/b> with \u003Ci>Mixed\u003C/i>, writer \u003Cb>Tom Palmer\u003C/b> with \u003Ci>Armistice Runner\u003C/i>, writer \u003Cb>Lisa Thompson\u003C/b> with \u003Ci>The Light Jar\u003C/i>, illustrator \u003Cb>Steve Brown\u003C/b> and writer \u003Cb>John Condon\u003C/b> with \u003Ci>The Wondrous Dinosaurium\u003C/i>, writer \u003Cb>John Kelly\u003C/b> with \u003Ci>What Do You Do if your House is a Zoo?\u003C/i> (illustrated by Steph Laberism), and illustrator \u003Cb>PJ Lynch\u003C/b> with \u003Ci>The Dog Who Lost his Bark\u003C/i> (written by Eoin Colfer). \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/746160_original-090d44fd19.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Tweeted by @CBACoordinator\u003C/i>\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more under the cut!-->\\r\nChildren from the different book groups who travelled to the ceremony from around the country presented porfolios they'd made; so every shortlisted writer and illustrator got a beautifully-bound collection of the children's writing and drawing in response to their work. (Here you can see John Kelly and Alex T Smith with their portfolios.) The books were voted on by children, over 100,000 of them, and... drum roll... here are the winners! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/746443_original-2abcc6262b.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Tweeted by @son1bun and @CBACoordinator\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nWinning the \u003Cb>Books for Younger Children... and The Overall Award: Arree Chung!\u003C/b> Arree had come all the way from San Francisco with his publisher, Macmillan, and said this was the first big book award he'd won, which was very exciting. Congratulations, Arree! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/746743_original-be608f65f0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThe award for \u003Cb>Books for Younger Readers\u003C/b> went to \u003Cb>PJ Lynch and Eoin Colfer\u003C/b>, for \u003Ci>The Dog Who Lost his Bark\u003C/i>, published by Walker Books: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/746888_original-e8efeeb91f.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Tweeted by @CBACoordinator\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nIn the \u003Cb>Books for Older Readers\u003C/b> category, \u003Cb>Tom Palmer\u003C/b> took the prize, Armistice Runner published by Barrington Stoke: \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/747126_original-bb643e9e57.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Tweeted by @CBACoordinator\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nCongratulations to all the shortlisted writers and illustrators, sponsor \u003Ca href=\"https://www.booklife.co.uk/pages/booklife-childrens-book-award\">Book Life\u003C/a>, and a big thanks to the FCBG team, including \u003Cb>Sarah Stuffins\u003C/b>, \u003Cb>Chris Routh\u003C/b>, \u003Cb>Kate Poels\u003C/b>, \u003Cb>Jane Etheridge\u003C/b>, \u003Cb>Marc Thomas\u003C/b>, \u003Cb>Annie Everall\u003C/b>, \u003Cb>David Blanche\u003C/b> and so many more contributors! A few more hat photos: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/747297_original-0bc241fe92.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/747565_original-dda57a273d.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/747858_original-5d2af3f19c.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">","2019-06-08T21:25:00.000Z","presenting-the-fcbg-childrens-book-awards",[],"presenting the FCBG children's book awards",1776628730203]