Joy Court is our Book Awards editor, keeping the profession up to date with new children’s book awards. Joy is Reviews Editor for The School Librarian journal, past Chair of the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals and Editorial Expert for Love Reading 4 Schools. She is also a Trustee and member of the National Council of UKLA where she sits on the selection panel for the UKLA Book Awards.

Waterstones Book Prize 2022
The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize is an annual award given to a work of children’s literature published during the previous year.