Phoenix Book Award News

2012 Winner Announced

The winner of the 2012 Phoenix Book Award is Lincoln Peirce's Big Nate: The Boy with the Biggest Head in the World. Many thanks to Lambeth Public Libraries for hosting the event at Brixton Library, and to Sandra Davidson, Children's and Young Persons' Librarian, for all her hard work in the organisation of the event.

Please visit our photo gallery to view photos from the event.

2012 Shortlist Announced

The timetable for the Phoenix Book Award has changed, so there will be no award in 2011.

The 2012 shortlist has just been announced (Autumn 2011), and School Librarians and Teachers are busy preparing to take part.

In January and February 2012, Lambeth pupils from years 6 and 7 will be reading, reviewing and discussing the books.

In March 2012 we will be holding our Finale Event, with fun and goodies, and the VOTE for the winning book!

The shortlisted books are:

Cressida Cowell, How to Train Your Dragon
Catherine Fisher, The Ghost Box
Lincoln Peirce, Big Nate: The Boy with the Biggest Head in the World

These were selected by pupils from St Martin-in-the-Fields School Readers' Club and other schools from the 2011 "Booked Up" reading list. Pupils were asked to think about which books would appeal to Year 6 and Year 7 pupils, some of whom might be reluctant readers; which books would get these pupils excited about reading; and what could be a potential WINNER.

Find out which of the shortlisted titles will win by attending the Finale Event to be hosted by Lambeth Libraries on World Book Day, 1 March 2012 - check back here for details or e-mail us via the contact page on our website.

David Walliams wins 2010 Award for MR STINK

The winner of the 2010 Phoenix Book Award is David Walliams for the book Mr Stink.

The winner was announced at the Finale Event at Lilian Baylis Technology School on 8th December 2010.

View gallery of photos from the Finale event

2010 Shortlist Announced

The shortlist for the 2010 Phoenix Book Award has been announced. The three books which made it to the shortlist are:

Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
Anthony Horowitz, Beasts and Monsters
David Walliams, Mr Stink

Frank Cottrell Boyce wins 2009 Award for COSMIC

The winner of the 2009 Phoenix Book Award is Frank Cottrell Boyce with the book Cosmic.

Pupils from 10 different Lambeth schools read the three books on the shortlist this year, with more than 100 reviews posted on the website. The finale event was held on 9th December at Lilian Baylis School: 250 voted for their favourite book and a number of prizes were awarded by the Mayor of Lambeth to the best book reviewers.

Thanks to Lambeth Public Libraries and Kids' Company, every student also received a free book.

Photos from the event can be found on our Photo Gallery page.

2009 Shortlist Announced

The shortlist for the 2009 Phoenix Book Award has been announced. The three books which made it to the shortlist are:

Frank Cottrell Boyce, Cosmic
Tanya Landman, Mondays are Murder
Robert Muchamore, The Escape

Charlie James wins 2008 Award for DINO EGG

The winner of the 2008 Phoenix Book Award is Charlie James for Dino Egg.

250 pupils read the three books on the shortlist and many of them posted reviews on the website and attended the finale event on 9th December, which included voting for their favourite book, getting prizes for the best reviews and hearing from two of the shortlisted authors.

Thank you to Barclays Bank for funding the 2008 Award and congratulations to this year's winner!

New Website Launched

A brand new website for the Phoenix Book Award has just been launched. Designed and built by Intexta Web Services, who have also been responsible for the Doncaster and Southwark Book Award websites, the new site enables pupils to find out more about the shortlisted books, submit their own reviews and give each book a star rating. It also provides information about the award for librarians, teachers and other education professionals.

2008 Shortlist Announced

The shortlist for the 2008 Phoenix Book Award has been announced. The three books which made it to the shortlist are:

Catherine Johnson, A Nest of Vipers
Siobhan Dowd, The London Eye Mystery
Charlie James, Dino Egg

Charlie James wins 2007 Award for FISH

Charlie James has won the 2007 Phoenix Book Award for her funny, pacy debut novel Fish. Charlie attended the Finale event at Charles Edward Brooke Lower School and said she was delighted to have won the award. Fish has also been awarded the Fantastic Book Award by Lancashire School Library Service. Charlie James's hilarious sequel to Fish, Dino Egg, is on the Phoenix Book Award 2008 shortlist.