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2023
Shortlist announcement:
18 April 2023
Winner announcement: 25 May 2023
Children's & YA
Long list












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John Agard’s Windrush Child, John Agard, ill. Sophie Bass (Walker Books)
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In Our Hands, Lucy Farfort (Tate)
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Creeping Beauty, Joseph Coelho, ill. Freya Hartas (Walker Books)
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These Are The Words, Nikita Gill (Macmillan Children’s)
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When Our Worlds Collided, Danielle Jawando (Simon & Schuster)
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Needle, Patrice Lawrence (Barrington Stoke)
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Mia And The Lightcasters, Janelle McCurdy, ill. Ana Latese (Faber)
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Onyeka And The Academy Of The Sun, Tolá Okogwu (Simon & Schuster)
- Ellie Pillai Is Brown, Christine Pillainayagam (Faber)
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The Haunting of Tyrese Walker, J.P. Rose (Andersen)
- Rebel Skies, Ann Sei Lin (Walker)
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Dadaji’s Paintbrush, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, ill. Ruchi Mhasane (Andersen)
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