I will be posting properly about the Award tomorrow – just to let you know the news in the meantime that Helen Limon is the winner of this year’s 2011 Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award for Om Shanti, Babe. Runner-up was Karon Alderman for For Keeps, and Michelle Richardson received a Special Mention for Tek.

The Award was announced at Seven Stories in Newcastle, and the occasion also marked the launch of Too Much Trouble, winner of the Award last year, by Tom Avery, and of The Filth Licker by Christy Burne, a sequel to her 2009 winner Takeshita Demons.

This great official photo shows (l-r) Helen, Tom and Karon with the three published books. You can also see some of my photos from the Awards Ceremony here; and read more about the Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Award here.

Posted by: Marjorie | This entry was posted on Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 6:27 pm and is filed under Eventful World, United Kingdom. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Tags: Christy Burne, For Keeps, Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children's Book Award, Helen Limon, Karon Alderman, Om Shanti Babe, Seven Stories, Takeshita Demons, The Filth Licker, Tom Avery, Too Much Trouble