2023 Novel and Picture Book Shortlists: Revealed
2023 Novel & Picture Book Awards Shortlists
Thank you to the longlist judging team
NOVEL LONGLIST JUDGES
- Eishar Brar, Editorial Director, Knights Of
- Tom Bonnick, Editorial Director, HarperCollins Children’s Books
- Jo Clarke, Librarian
PICTURE BOOK LONGLIST JUDGES
- Alice Bartosinski, Senior Commissioning Editor, Picture Books, Nosy Crow
- Charlie Castelletti, Editor, Macmillan Children’s Books
- Sanchita Basu De Sarkar, Bookseller, Children’s Bookshop, London
Shortlisted texts will now be read by literary agents
SHORTLIST JUDGES
- Christabel McKinley, Agent, David Higham Associates
- Rachel Petty, Agent, The Blair Partnership
- Lucy Irvine, Agent, Peters Fraser & Dunlop
- Molly Jamieson, Agent, United Agents
Congratulations to the shortlist writers
| PICTURE BOOKS | NOVELS |
| Fatima & Nani – Best Friends Forever | Maisie and the Space Catapult |
| Labracadabrador | Curse of the Possum O’Hair |
| Medals for Marvin | Nan Crabapple is Spellbound |
| The Fibs | Sea-Born |
| Every Cloud | Hazel and the Last Sea Dragon |
| Hares Versus Tortoises | Ruby Madder’s Field Guide to Poisonous Plants |
| Rocktopus | |
| Story Trees | |
| The Monster Train |
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