New Book Awards - Nero, Adrien and TikTok

Following the closure of the long running Costa Book Awards and the Blue Peter Children's Book Awards, Caffe Nero and Elle McNicoll's Adrien Prize have stepped in to fill the gap.

Administered by The Bookseller, the Nero Book Awards, like the Costa Awards, will include a children's book category alongside debut fiction, fiction and non-fiction but no poetry.  The nominated books will be announced in November 2023, with the winners announced in February 2024. To find out more, you can follow the Awards on social media at @nerobookawards. 

Named after a character in one of her books, the Adrien Prize was founded by award winning author Elle McNicoll in July 2022, with the first award going to Aisha Bushby for A Flash of Fireflies in May 2023.  Aimed at promoting children's books that explore the disability experience, Elle was inspired to create the award following the closure of the Blue Peter Children's Book Awards in 2022.  Elle won the Blue Peter prize for her outstanding debut novel, A Kind of Spark, in 2021.  A Flash of Fireflies in on our wish list!  To find out more, you can follow Elle McNicoll on Twitter at @BooksandChokers.

And finally, TikTok launched their own Book Awards at the Hay Festival earlier this year, following the phenomenal success of their bookish community BookTok.  As well as best BookTok book, author and creator of the year, categories also include 'best book to end a reading slump' and 'best book I wish I could read for the first time'.  The TikTok Book Awards Voting Hub will open in July for the BookTok community to vote for their favourites, with the winners announced in August.