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ALCS announces shortlist for the UK's sole award for creative educational writing
The six outstanding shortlisted books for readers aged 11–18 years get young people to think about Black British history through music; provide a sensitive guide to all matters trans & non-binary; illuminate the history of the Holocaust; provide a wild ride through the history of drag; guide them positively through the challenges of growing up; and present a rich, first-hand history of the Windrush generation.
"Music can carry the stories of history like a message in a bottle". Inviting us to think about history with new ears, this illustrated playlist in a book tracks some of the seminal moments in modern British history through the emotional impact of 28 songs and the artists who performed them; from ' London is the Place for Me' by Lord Kitchener to 'Little Baby Swastikka' by Skunk Anansie and 'Black and Ready' by Jords.
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From identity and expression to coming out and dating, this no-nonsense, illustrated guide to all things trans and/or non-binary aims to guide young people through the modern transgender experience, and help them live their best life, true to who THEY are.
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This young reader's edition of Jack Fairweather's Costa Book of the Year, "The Volunteer" is the story of Witold Pilecki , a Polish underground operative who accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands interned in Auschwitz, report on Nazi crimes there, and stage an uprising.
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"Lights, Glamour, Action!". From the earliest lip-syncs to RuPaul's "Drag Race" and beyond, take a wild ride through the history of drag with this vibrantly illustrated guide to the past, present and future of this ancient art form.
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Stuart Lawrence draws on his own experience, including the murder of his older brother Stephen in 1993, to highlight the tools that have helped him live positively. These words and thoughts have kept him moving forwards when times have been tough, and this collection encourages young people to harness the good in themselves to create change.
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"Home ain't jus' where you live. Home is your heart an' yer history". Richly illustrated with documentary photographs and published in association with the Black Cultural Archives, a collection of 12 stories of sacrifice and bravery inspired by first-hand accounts of the Windrush generation, which helps bring the experience of Black British people into focus.
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Now in its fifteenth year, the Educational Writers' Award was established in 2008 by ALCS and the Society of Authors .
The 2022 award focuses on books for 11–18-year-olds, published in 2020 and 2021. This year's judges are children's author , secondary school teacher , and school librarian Further information about each judge appears below.
The winner of the 2022 ALCS Educational Writers' Award will be announced at a reception at Goldsmiths' Centre in London on Wednesday 22 February 2023 . The winning author and illustrator/designer will share a cheque for £2,000.
ALCS is a not-for-profit organisation started by writers for the benefit of all types of writers. Owned by its members, ALCS collects money due for secondary uses of writers' work. It is designed to support authors and their creativity; ensure they receive fair payment and see their rights are respected. It promotes and teaches the principles of copyright and campaigns for a fair deal. It represents over 118,000 members, and since 1977 has paid over £600million to writers.
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The Society of Authors is the UK trade union for all types of writers, illustrators and literary translators, at all stages of their careers. They have more than 11,500 members and have been advising individuals and speaking out for the profession for more than a century. In 2021, they awarded over £900,000 in grants and prizes (for fiction, non-fiction, poetry and translation). In all the Society of Authors administers twenty-one prizes, including the ALCS Educational Writers' Award and the Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award.
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is an internationally award-winning author of numerous novels, short stories and plays for children and young adults. She has been Writer in Residence for Book Trust, and is currently resident writer at Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants.
has been teaching science in the northeast since 2007, working in schools across the region. He is currently Assistant Head of 6 Form at Nunthorpe Academy in Middlesborough, and a firm believer that books inspire students to explore and expand their horizons.
was born into a house full of books and was a student librarian at school. Today she is a secondary school librarian, and as well as her traditional role of inspiring students to read, she believes that the librarians' role is also to promote and develop information literacy skills.
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