Greatest Hits - July 2023

Greatest Hits – Book award winners

This month our libraries are celebrating book award winners and shortlisted authors.  The categories are fiction/non-fiction/illustrations/poetry/adult literature/children and young people’s literature.

Here are some of the main book awards in the industry:

·         International Booker Prize

·         Rathbones Folio Prize

·         Dylan Thomas Prize

·         The Walter Scott Prize

·         The Yoto Carnegies award

We have 7 titles from the 2023 awards in our collection, including 4 of the named winners:

  

Winner of the International Booker Prize

https://library.beds.ac.uk/record=b2303513~S20

Winner of the non-fiction Rathbones Folio Prize

https://library.beds.ac.uk/record=b2303508~S20

Winner of the fiction Rathbones Folio Prize

https://library.beds.ac.uk/record=b2303503~S20

Winner of writing Yoto Carnegies Award

https://library.beds.ac.uk/record=b2303441~S20

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 Book Award Winners

In our libraries, this month, we celebrate book award winners and shortlisted authors who have made a difference with their work. Some of the main categories are fiction/non-fiction/ illustrations/ format of book/ poetry/ adult literature/ children and young people's literature.

Some of the most important running book awards in the industry are:

·         Booker Prize.

·         The John Newbery Medal.

·         Edgar Awards.

·         National Book Critics Circle Award.

·         National Book Awards.

·         Costa Book Awards.

The Booker prize is awarded every year for the best original full-length novel written in English language. The writer has to be a citizen of either the Commonwealth Nations or the Republic of Ireland. The selection process for the winner of the prize is very strict.

In our resources you can find previous “Book Prize winners”. Make sure you have a read!

Library Catalogue Link: https://library.beds.ac.uk/record=b1963402~S20

Library Catalogue Link: https://library.beds.ac.uk/record=b1928931~S20

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Use the Library Catalogue and make a search "Reading for Pleasure" you will find books that have been shortlisted or even won book awards.

Visit: https://library.beds.ac.uk/search~S20?/dReading+for+Pleasure/dreading+for+pleasure/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&FF=dreading+for+pleasure&1%2C275%2C