CBI Book of the Year Awards

The CBI Book of the Year Awards (Irish: Duaiseanna Leabhair na Bliana CBI), previously known as the Bisto Book of the Year Awards, are literary awards presented annually in the Republic of Ireland to writers and illustrators of books for children and young people. The Awards are run by Children's Books Ireland (CBI) and are open to authors and illustrators born or resident in Ireland; books may be written in English or Irish. Many bestselling, internationally renowned authors have won a "Bisto", including Eoin Colfer, John Boyne and several times winner Kate Thompson.

CBI Book of the Year Awards
CountryIreland
Websitechildrensbooksireland.ie

The awards were sponsored by Bisto (Premier Foods) from their inception.[1]

First awarded in 1990 (with the Book of the Decade Awards), prizes are awarded in three categories:

  • CBI Book of the Year Award
  • Eilís Dillon Award for a First Children's Book, named in honour of writer Eilís Dillon
  • three Merit Awards, which in 2012 were:
    • Judges' Special Recognition Award
    • CBI Honour Award for Illustration
    • CBI Honour Award for Writing

The winner of Book of the Year wins a perpetual trophy and €10,000; the 3 winners of the Merit Award share a combined prize fund of €6,000; the Eilís Dillon Award winner for first time writers also wins a trophy and €3,000.[2]

In 2010, the Children's Choice award was introduced to mark the 20th anniversary of the Bisto Book of the Year Awards. It was chosen by 10 Junior Juries from all around Ireland, and was awarded to Jane Mitchell's Chalkline. The Judges' Special Recognition Award was not awarded in 2010.

Past winners

Source: Children's Books Ireland[3]

Book of the Year Award

Year Title Author Publisher
2018 Tangleweed and Brine Deirdre Sullivan and Karen Vaughan Little Island Books
2017 Goodnight Everyone Chris Haughton Walker Books
2016 One Sarah Crossan Bloomsbury Publishing
2015 Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for All the Letters Oliver Jeffers Philomel
2014 Hagwitch Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick Orion Children's Books
2013 Grounded Sheena Wilkinson Fitzhenry & Whiteside
2012 Into the Grey Celine Kiernan O'Brien Press
2011 A Bit Lost Chris Haughton Walker Books
2010 There Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick Roaring Book Press
2009 Bog Child Siobhán Dowd David Fickling
2008 The London Eye Mystery Siobhán Dowd David Fickling
2007 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne David Fickling
2006 The New Policeman Kate Thompson The Bodley Head
2005 Annan Water Kate Thompson The Bodley Head
2004 Wings Over Delft Aubrey Flegg O'Brien Press
2003 You, Me and the Big Blue Sea Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick Gullane
The Alchemist's Apprentice Kate Thompson The Bodley Head
2002 The Beguilers Kate Thompson The Bodley Head
2001 Izzy and Skunk Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick Blackwater Press
2000 Faraway Home Marilyn Taylor O'Brien Press
1999 Tales of Wisdom and Wonder Niamh Sharkey Barefoot Books
1998 Dream Invader Gerard Whelan O'Brien Press
1997 Sisters ... No Way! Siobhán Parkinson O'Brien Press
1996 The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey P. J. Lynch Poolbeg Press
1995 Blaeberry Sunday Elizabeth O'Hara (Éilís Ní Dhuibhne) Poolbeg Press
1994 When Stars Stop Spinning Jane Mitchell Poolbeg Press
1993 The Blue Horse Marita Conlon-McKenna O'Brien Press
1992 The Summer of Lily and Esme John Quinn Poolbeg Press
1991 The Island of Ghosts Eilís Dillon Faber and Faber

Merit Awards

Year Title Winner Publisher
2018[4] Chocolate CakeKevin Waldron, illustratorPuffin Books
Star by Star Sheena WilkinsonLittle Island Books
Illegal Eoin ColferHodder
2017[5] Goodnight EveryoneChris Haughton, illustratorWalker Books
Needlework Deirdre SullivanLittle Island Books
Bliain na nAmhránTadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, Jennifer Farley, Brian Fitzpatrick, Tarsila Krüse, Christina O'DonovanFuta Futa
2016 GulliverLauren O'Neill, illustratorThe O'Brien Press
Asking For ItLouise O'NeillQuercus
IrelandopediaFatti Burke & John BurkeGill
2015 Shh! We Have a PlanChris Haughton, illustratorCandlewick Press
DaideoÁine Ní GhlinnCois Life
Haiku más é do thoil é!Gabriel Rosenstock & Brian FitzgeraldAn Gúm
2014 The Mysterious TravellerP. J. Lynch Walker Books
The Sleeping Baobab TreePaula LeydenWalker Books
The Day the Crayons QuitOliver Jeffers, illustratorHarperCollins
2013 This Moose Belongs to MeOliver JeffersHarperCollins
Dark WarningMarie-Louise FitzpatrickOrion
HóngAnna HeussaffCló lar-Chonnacht
2012 StuckOliver JeffersHarperCollins
The Butterfly HeartPaula LeydenWalker Books
MaitríóisceSiobhán ParkinsonCois Life
2011 The Heart and the BottleOliver JeffersPhilomel
Mac Rí EireannAndrew WhitsonNew Island Books
Taking FlightSheena WilkinsonWalker Books
2010 Solace of the RoadSiobhán DowdDavid Fickling
ThereMarie-Louise FitzpatrickRoaring Book Press
ChalklineJane MitchellWalker Books
2009 Highway RobberyKate ThompsonThe Bodley Head
The Great Paper CaperOliver JeffersHarperCollins
Creature of the NightKate ThompsonThe Bodley Head
2008 The Black Book of SecretsF. E. HigginsMacmillan
The Way Back HomeOliver JeffersHarperCollins
WildernessRoddy DoyleScholastic
2007 The Incredible Book-Eating BoyOliver JeffersHarperCollins
HurlamabocÉilís Ní DhuibhneCois Life
Something InvisibleSiobhán ParkinsonPenguin
2006 Lost and FoundOliver JeffersHarperCollins
A Horse Called El DoradoKevin KielyO'Brien Press
Penny the PencilEileen O'HelyMercier Press
2005 Something Beginning with PCorrina Askin, Alan Clarke and Emma ByrneO'Brien Press
How to Catch a StarOliver JeffersHarperCollins
The Gods and their MachinesOisín McGannO'Brien Press
2004 OriginsKate ThompsonThe Bodley Head
You Can Do It SamAnita JeramWalker Books
The Ravenous BeastNiamh SharkeyWalker Books
2003 FoxMatthew Sweeney and Colmán Ó RaghallaighBloomsbury
An TóraíochtThe Cartoon SaloonCló Mhaigh Eo
War ChildrenGerard WhelanO'Brien Press
2002 Artemis FowlEoin ColferPuffin
Caught on a TrainCarlo GéblerEgmont
An SclábhaíColmán Ó RaghallaighCló Mhaigh Eo
2001 The Wish ListEoin ColferO'Brien Press
Dirt TracksMartina MurphyPoolbeg Press
The Orchard Book of Ghostly StoriesMartin WaddellOrchard Press
2000 Siúloid BhreáMary ArriganAn Gúm
Fierce MillyMarilyn McLaughlinEgmont
Silent StonesMark O'SullivanWolfhound Press
1999 The Long MarchMarie-Louise FitzpatrickWolfhound Press
The Moon KingSiobhán ParkinsonO'Brien Press
An Rógaire agus a ScáilGabriel RosenstockAn Gúm
1998 The Hungry WindSoinbhe LallyPoolbeg Press
When Jessie Came Across the SeaP. J. LynchPoolbeg Press
Four Kids, Three Cats, Two Cows, One Witch (maybe)Siobhán ParkinsonO'Brien Press
1997 An Eala DubhCliodhna Cussen and Cormac Ó SnodaighCoiscéim
The Lantern MoonMaeve FrielPoolbeg Press
The Guns of EasterGerard WhelanO'Brien Press
1996 Hannah or Pink BalloonsMary BeckettMarino Books
Sceoin sa BhoireannRé Ó LaighléisCló Iar-Chonnachta
Lockie and DadgeFrank MurphyO'Brien Press
1995 Goodbye Summer, GoodbyeRose DoyleAttic Press
CatkinP. J. LynchPoolbeg Press
Ecstasy agus Scéalta EileRé Ó LaighléisCló Iar-Chonnachta
1994 The Chieftain's DaughterSam McBratneyO'Brien Press
The Hiring FairElizabeth O'Hara (Éilís Ní Dhuibhne)Poolbeg Press
The Pony ExpressMáirín JohnstonAttic Press

Éilís Dillon Award for a First Children's Book

Year Title Author Publisher
2018 The Space Between Meg Grehan Little Island Books
2017 The Ministry of Strange, Unusual and Impossible Things Paul Gamble Little Island Books
2016 Irelandopedia Fatti Burke & John Burke Gill
2015 Only Ever Yours Louise O'Neill Quercus
2014 Not awarded
2013 The Weight of Water Sarah Crossan Bloomsbury
2012 The Butterfly Heart Paula Leyden Walker
2011 A Bit Lost Chris Haughton Walker
2010 The Third Pig Detective Agency Bob Burke HarperCollins
2009 Anila's Journey Mary Finn Walker Books
2008 The Thing With Finn Tom Kelly Macmillan
2007 A Swift Pure Cry Siobhán Dowd David Fickling
2006 Snakes' Elbows Deirdre Madden Orchard Books
2005 An Bhó Riabhach Siobhán Ní Shíthigh An Gúm
2004 Amach Alan Titley An Gúm
2003 Gyrfalcon Grace Wells O'Brien Press
2002 Adam's Starling Gillian Perdue O'Brien Press
2001 The Lost Orchard Patrick Deeley O'Brien Press
2000 Fierce Milly Marilyn McLaughlin Egmont
1999 Dea-Scéala Caitríona Hastings Cló Iar-Chonnachta
1998 It's a Jungle Out There Ed Miliano Wolfhound Press
1997 The Guns of Easter Gerard Whelan O'Brien Press
1996 Lockie and Dadge Frank Murphy O'Brien Press
1995 Melody for Nora Mark O'Sullivan Wolfhound Press

Awards in discontinued categories

Bisto Children's Book of the Decade (1980–1990)

Fiction: Run with the Wind; Run to Earth; Run Swift; Run Free by Tom McCaughren, Jeanette Dunne (Wolfhound Press)

Information Books: Exploring the Book of Kells: Brendan the Navigator by George Otto Simms, David Rooney (O'Brien Press)

Books for Young Readers: Grandma's Bill by Martin Waddell, illus. Jane Johnson (Simon & Schuster)

Irish Language: An Chanáil by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, transl. Bernadine Nic Ghiolla Phádraig An Gúm

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Winners of multiple awards

References

  1. "General Info: Bisto Book of the Year Awards – Leabhar-Ghradaim Bisto"]. October 2008. Children's Books Ireland. Archived 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
  2. Children's Books Ireland - About The Awards Archived 12 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Past Winners" Archived 2016-01-22 at the Wayback Machine. CBI Awards. Children's Books Ireland (childrensbooksireland.com). Retrieved 2015-09-14.
  4. "Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year revealed".
  5. "27th Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year Awards". 23 May 2017.
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