Kiran Millwood Hargrave shortlisted at the British Book Awards

15th March 2017

Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s gorgeous debut The Girl of Ink & Stars has been shortlisted for yet another award! This time, it’s Children’s Book of the Year at the British Book Awards.

Set at the start of the Golden Age of mapmaking, this is a skilfully crafted middle-grade adventure novel inspired by the Canarian myth of Guayota and his demon-dogs.

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Ed Yong shortlisted for Wellcome Book Prize 2017

14th March 2017

Ed Yong’s debut, I Contain Multitudes, has been shortlisted for the 2017 Wellcome Prize. The prize celebrates books which engage with the topics of health and medicine, and the many ways they touch our lives.

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Ed Yong is a Finalist for the LA Times Book Prize

23rd February 2017

Ed Yong’s New York Times bestselling book I Contain Multitudes has been selected for the shortlist of the LA Times Book Prize under the Science & Technology category.

The Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of book prizes annually since 1980. The 2017 prizes for each category will be awarded on the 21st April, opening the LA Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California.

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Hat-Trick for Janklow Authors in Branford Boase Longlist

21st February 2017

Three of our authors have been selected for the longlist of the Branford Boase Award 2017: Amber Lee Dodd with We are Giants; Kiran Millwood Hargrave with The Girl of Ink & Stars; and Nat Luurtsema, for Girl Out of Water.

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Two Janklow authors longlisted for the 2017 Wellcome Prize

31st January 2017

Two of Janklow & Nesbit’s authors have received nominations for the 2017 Wellcome Prize longlist: Adam Rutherford for A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, and Ed Yong for his debut I Contain Multitudes.

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Carew Debut Wins at the Costa Book Awards

4th January 2017

Keggie Carew’s remarkable debut Dadland: A Journey Into Unchartered Territory has won the Costa Biography Award 2016. The book was hailed as “hilarious and heartbreaking” by the judges.

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FOOTBALL SCHOOL shortlisted for Blue Peter Book Awards

2nd December 2016

Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton’s Football School: Where Football Explains the World has been selected for the shortlist of the Blue Peter Book Awards 2017 for the Best Book with Facts category.

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Keggie Carew debut shortlisted for Costa Book Awards 2016

24th November 2016

Keggie Carew’s debut, Dadland, has been selected for the Biography category shortlist for this year’s Costa Book Awards. The Costa Book Awards honour some of the most outstanding books of the year written by authors based in the UK and Ireland.

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Anna Smaill debut wins Best Novel at 2016 World Fantasy Awards

31st October 2016

Anna Smaill has won Best Novel at this year’s World Fantasy Awards for her debut novel, The Chimes, which was also longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize.

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Diana Athill Shortlisted for the BAMB Readers Awards

17th October 2016

Diana Athill’s memoir, Alive, Alive Oh! has been selected for the Biography & Autobiography shortlist of the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2016.

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