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YoungMinds Book Award 2008

Every year YoungMinds, the UK's leading children's mental health charity holds a book award. This year for the first time the Award will be given to a work of fiction or biography for young people aged 12+ which helps them to cope with the stresses and challenges of growing up. The books have all been published between 1 June 2007 and 31 May 2008

The award process

Young people will select the shortlist, which will be announced in September 2008. A panel of adult judges will then choose the winning book, to be announced at the Award ceremony in London on 17 November, following the YoungMinds Annual Lecture.

The Judges

This years panel includes:

  • Honour Fletcher Wilson, Project Director of the National Year of Reading
  • Grace Dent author of Trainers vs Tiaras- Diary of a Chav.
  • Sue Mongredien, author of Royal Ballet School Diaries
  • Virginia Ironside, Independent columnist and author of the Wise Mouse
  • Becky Stradwick, Senior Buyer for children’s books at Borders
  • Imran Ahmad, author of Unimagined: A Muslim boy meets the west
  • Sarah Brennan, Chief Executive, YoungMinds
  • Jon East, BBC Childrens

RHS portlet - read about bks 08


RHS portlet - evaluation form