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Two years after her untimely death from breast cancer at the age of 47, Siobhan Dowd’s fourth and final novel, ‘Bog Child’, has been awarded the UK’s premier accolade for children’s writing: the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2009.
“This is the greatest endorsement of the quality of Siobhan’s writing yet,” comments her editor and publisher, David Fickling, “The CILIP Carnegie Medal has real integrity and is unique amongst literary awards: there is no prize money; it does not reflect the commercial interests of publishers and book-sellers; it does not depend on votes or the celebrity status of the author Judged by librarians who spend their lives connecting young people to good writing it is the purest recognition of quality writing for children.”
Dowd wrote her fourth and final novel ‘Bog Child’ in Spring 2007, completing it just as Waterstone’s named her one of only three children’s authors amongst their 25 ‘Great Writers of the Future’.
‘Bog Child’ is set in Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles |
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| Theakstons Crime Writers Novel of the Year 2009 | | |
The winning title will be announced at the opening of the 2009 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate on Thursday 23 July at a glittering Awards Ceremony hosted by Radio 4’s Mark Lawson.
The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year is the only award of its kind voted for by the general reading public You can vote on the following link.
www.harrogate-festival.org.uk crime award polling-page |
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| Desmond Elliott Prize | | |
| The shortlist for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2009, the award for a first novel published in the UK, is announced today, Tuesday 26 May 2009 The line-up features three outstanding first novels described by the judges as 'three haunting books, all gripping in different ways' |
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