Hats off to the winners of this years CBCA Book of the Year Awards!

Booked Out are very pleased to especially congratulate Fiona Wood for taking out the top prize for Older Readers with Wildlife and  Freya Blackwood for her Honorary Prize for Younger Readers with Banjo and Ruby Red.

In their comments, the judges acknowledged the tough themes in Wildlife are ‘handled brilliantly with honest and authentic teenage voices’.

Of Banjo and Ruby Red, the judges commented ‘the elegant brevity of language carries the action along with every word carefully selected for  maximum impact.’

If you are keen to find out more, you can read the full run down of the judges comments, here.  And for the full list of books and authors who have been awarded this year, please visit the CBCA webpage.

Photo of Fiona Wood by David Johns