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The Bisto Book of the Year shortlist, and the winners, is the best kept secret in Ireland – but all will revealed on Monday! Ahead of hearing the shortlist I’m slipping on my fortune-telling garb and rubbing the crystal ball – i.e. guessing – to predict who will win what. I’m torn with various favourites [...]

With the Bisto Book of the Year shortlist being announced on Monday - Sarah Webb revealed her predictions for who she things will be listed, and who will win! Overall Winner –The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers The best book of the year – a stunning achievement. Eilis Dillon Award (for first book) [...]

There is no more waiting. No more blathering. No more long winded introductions in revealing the secret of who the Irish Book of the Year is. No. The wait is over. Bisto Honour Award for Writing goes to Siobhan Dowd for Solace of the Road Teenager Holly Hogan is a troubled young person. Adopting a [...]

I was elated to be invited back for a second term as a Bisto Book of the Year judge - and after months of turning pages, munching sandwiches and hours of debate, my second chance as a judge for the Bisto Book of the Year is at an end. So what did I learn this [...]

The announcement of the Bisto Book of the Year 2010 is here at last! The winners will be named at a ceremony in Dublin later today. While you’re waiting to hear who stole the Book of the Year - have a look at the shortlist - who is your favourite? An Greasai Brog agus na [...]

This year the Bisto Book Awards are doing something a little bit different. Not happy with the regular judging (not that there is anything wrong with the charming, handsome and witty judges*) the folks have set up a series of Junior Juries around the country - including  Scoil Cholmcille, Skryne. The gang in Skryne have [...]

And here it is, the moment some of you have been waiting for. The announcement of the Children’s Books Ireland Bisto Book of the year Shortlist 2010! An Greasai Brog agus na Sioga - Catriona Hastings and Andrew Whitson Chalkline - Jane Mitchell Colm and the Lazarus Key - Kieran Mark Crowley Gluaiseacht - Alan [...]