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As the excitement mounts, we speak to last years winner and judge mal peet, as well as other authors, readers and agents. Jul 28, 2016 this entry was posted in children s literature, uncategorized and tagged alex wheatle, black british, carnegie medal, david almond, guardian children s fiction prize, kate saunders, malorie blackman, ruth thomas, sf said, tanya landman, zana fraillon on july 28, 2016 by sandsk2014. Gillian cross s latest book, after tomorrow, has been longlisted for this year s guardian children s fiction prize. Join us to experience last nights events at the guardian childrens fiction prize, britains most prestigious prize for childrens authors. See more ideas about fiction, book sites and books.
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Nov 19, 2015 the winner of the guardian childrens fiction prize 2015 is david almond for a song for ella grey hodder. The guardian children s fiction prize or guardian award is a literary award that annually recognises one fiction book written for children or young adults and published in the united kingdom. Words of colour archive childrens fiction and cultural. Alex wheatle wins 2016 guardian childrens fiction prize. It is conferred upon the author of the book by the guardian newspaper, which established it in 1965 and inaugurated it in 1967.
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