The Bisto Book of the Year Award – Chris Haughton’s A Bit Lost
The Eilís Dillon award for a first children’s book – Chris Haughton’s A Bit Lost (as far as I know this is the first time two awards have gone to the same author)
The Honour Award for Fiction – Sheena Wilkinson’s Taking Flight
The Honour Award for Illustration – Caitríona Hastings and Andrew Whitson’s Mac Rí Éireann
The Special Judges Award – Oliver Jeffers’ Heart and the Bottle
The Children’s Choice Award (voted for by children's juries all around the country) - Sheena Wilkinson for Taking Flight!
Congrats to all the winners.
More details can be found on the CBI site here and analysis of the awards (and some books and authors that missed out on a nomination) can be found here on the new-look Inis magazine's web site
