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The KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards, previously known as the CBI Book of the Year Awards (Irish: Duaiseanna Leabhair na Bliana CBI) and 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.

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

First awarded in 1990 (with the Book of the Decade Awards), there are currently seven prizes awarded:

Previously the winner of Book of the Year won a perpetual trophy and €10,000; the 3 winners of the Merit Awards (the Honour Award for Illustration, the Honour Award for Writing, the Judges' Special Recognition Award) shared a combined prize fund of €6,000; the Eilís Dillon Award winner for first time writers also won a trophy and €3,000.[2] Currently there is a €6,000 prize for the Children’s Book of the Year and a €2,000 prize each for the Honour Award for Fiction, the Honour Award for Illustration, the Eilís Dillon Award, The Judges' Special Award, and The Junior Juries' Award.[3] [4]

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[5]

Book of the Year Award

YearTitleAuthorPublisher
2023Girls Who Slay MonstersEllen Ryan and Shona Shirley MacdonaldHarperCollins Children's Books
2022Gut FeelingsC.G. MooreUCLan
2021Savage Her ReplyDeirdre Sullivan and Karen VaughanLittle Island Books
2020NóinínMáire ZepfCois Life
2019Flying Tips for Flightless BirdsKelly McCaughrainWalker Books
2018Tangleweed and BrineDeirdre Sullivan and Karen VaughanLittle Island Books
2017Goodnight EveryoneChris HaughtonWalker Books
2016OneSarah CrossanBloomsbury Publishing
2015Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for All the LettersOliver JeffersPhilomel
2014 HagwitchMarie-Louise FitzpatrickOrion Children's Books
2013 GroundedSheena WilkinsonFitzhenry & Whiteside
2012 Into the GreyCeline KiernanO'Brien Press
2011 A Bit LostChris HaughtonWalker Books
2010 ThereMarie-Louise FitzpatrickRoaring Book Press
2009Bog ChildSiobhán DowdDavid Fickling
2008The London Eye MysterySiobhán DowdDavid Fickling
2007The Boy in the Striped PyjamasJohn BoyneDavid Fickling
2006The New PolicemanKate ThompsonThe Bodley Head
2005 Annan WaterKate ThompsonThe Bodley Head
2004 Wings Over DelftAubrey FleggO'Brien Press
2003 You, Me and the Big Blue SeaMarie-Louise FitzpatrickGullane
The Alchemist's ApprenticeKate ThompsonThe Bodley Head
2002 The BeguilersKate ThompsonThe Bodley Head
2001 Izzy and SkunkMarie-Louise FitzpatrickBlackwater Press
2000 Faraway HomeMarilyn TaylorO'Brien Press
1999 Tales of Wisdom and WonderNiamh SharkeyBarefoot Books
1998 Dream InvaderGerard WhelanO'Brien Press
1997 Sisters ... No Way!Siobhán ParkinsonO'Brien Press
1996The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan ToomeyP. J. LynchPoolbeg Press
1995 Blaeberry SundayElizabeth O'Hara (Éilís Ní Dhuibhne)Poolbeg Press
1994 When Stars Stop SpinningJane MitchellPoolbeg Press
1993 The Blue HorseMarita Conlon-McKennaO'Brien Press
1992 The Summer of Lily and EsmeJohn QuinnPoolbeg Press
1991 The Island of GhostsEilís DillonFaber and Faber

Merit Awards

YearTitleWinnerPublisher
2018[6] Chocolate CakeKevin Waldron, illustratorPuffin Books
Star by Star Sheena WilkinsonLittle Island Books
Illegal Eoin ColferHodder
2017[7] Goodnight EveryoneChris Haughton, illustratorWalker Books
Needlework Deirdre SullivanLittle Island Books
Bliain na nAmhrán Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, Jennifer Farley, Brian Fitzpatrick, Tarsila Krüse, Christina O'DonovanFuta Futa
2016GulliverLauren O'Neill, illustratorThe O'Brien Press
Asking For ItLouise O'NeillQuercus
Irelandopedia Fatti Burke & John BurkeGill
2015Shh! 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 Quit Oliver Jeffers, illustrator HarperCollins
2013 This Moose Belongs to Me Oliver JeffersHarperCollins
Dark Warning Marie-Louise FitzpatrickOrion
Hóng Anna HeussaffCló lar-Chonnacht
2012 Stuck Oliver JeffersHarperCollins
The Butterfly Heart Paula LeydenWalker Books
Maitríóisce Siobhán ParkinsonCois Life
2011 The Heart and the Bottle Oliver JeffersPhilomel
Mac Rí Eireann Andrew WhitsonNew Island Books
Taking Flight Sheena WilkinsonWalker Books
2010 Solace of the Road Siobhán DowdDavid Fickling
There Marie-Louise FitzpatrickRoaring Book Press
Chalkline Jane MitchellWalker Books
2009 Highway Robbery Kate ThompsonThe Bodley Head
The Great Paper Caper Oliver JeffersHarperCollins
Creature of the NightKate ThompsonThe Bodley Head
2008 The Black Book of Secrets Macmillan
The Way Back Home Oliver JeffersHarperCollins
Wilderness Roddy DoyleScholastic
2007 The Incredible Book-Eating Boy Oliver JeffersHarperCollins
Hurlamaboc Cois Life
Something Invisible Penguin
2006Lost and Found
A Horse Called El Dorado Kevin Kiely O'Brien Press
Penny the Pencil Mercier Press
2005 Something Beginning with PCorrina Askin, Alan Clarke and Emma Byrne
How to Catch a Star Oliver JeffersHarperCollins
The Gods and their Machines O'Brien Press
2004 Origins Kate ThompsonThe Bodley Head
You Can Do It Sam Anita JeramWalker Books
The Ravenous Beast Niamh SharkeyWalker Books
2003 Fox Matthew Sweeney and Colmán Ó RaghallaighBloomsbury
An Tóraíocht Cló Mhaigh Eo
War Children Gerard WhelanO'Brien Press
2002Artemis FowlEoin Colfer
Caught on a Train Carlo GéblerEgmont
An Sclábhaí Cló Mhaigh Eo
2001The Wish ListEoin Colfer
Dirt Tracks Poolbeg Press
The Orchard Book of Ghostly Stories Martin WaddellOrchard Press
2000 Siúloid Bhreá An Gúm
Fierce Milly Marilyn McLaughlinEgmont
Silent Stones Mark O'Sullivan Wolfhound Press
1999 The Long March Marie-Louise FitzpatrickWolfhound Press
The Moon King O'Brien Press
An Rógaire agus a Scáil Gabriel RosenstockAn Gúm
1998 The Hungry Wind Poolbeg Press
When Jessie Came Across the Sea Poolbeg Press
Four Kids, Three Cats, Two Cows, One Witch (maybe) Siobhán ParkinsonO'Brien Press
1997 An Eala Dubh Cliodhna Cussen and Cormac Ó SnodaighCoiscéim
The Lantern Moon Maeve FrielPoolbeg Press
The Guns of Easter Gerard WhelanO'Brien Press
1996 Hannah or Pink Balloons
Sceoin sa Bhoireann
Lockie and DadgeFrank Murphy O'Brien Press
1995 Goodbye Summer, Goodbye Attic Press
Catkin Poolbeg Press
Ecstasy agus Scéalta Eile Cló Iar-Chonnachta
1994 The Chieftain's Daughter Sam McBratneyO'Brien Press
The Hiring Fair Elizabeth O'Hara (Éilís Ní Dhuibhne) Poolbeg Press
The Pony Express Attic Press

Éilís Dillon Award for a First Children's Book

YearTitleAuthorPublisher
2023The Book of SecretsAlex DunneO'Brien Press
2022Rescuing Titanic: A True Story of Quiet Bravery in the North AtlanticFlora DelargyWide Eyed Editions
2021Why the Moon TravelsOein DeBhairduin and Leanne McDonaghSkein Press
2020Mór agus MuilcKim SharkeyÉabhlóid
2019Flying Tips for Flightless BirdsKelly McCaughrainWalker Books
2018The Space Between Meg GrehanLittle Island Books
2017 The Ministry of Strange, Unusual and Impossible Things Paul GambleLittle Island Books
2016 Irelandopedia Fatti Burke & John BurkeGill
2015Only Ever YoursLouise O'NeillQuercus
2014Not awarded
2013The Weight of WaterSarah CrossanBloomsbury
2012The Butterfly HeartPaula LeydenWalker
2011A Bit LostChris HaughtonWalker
2010The Third Pig Detective AgencyBob BurkeHarperCollins
2009Anila's JourneyMary FinnWalker Books
2008The Thing With FinnTom KellyMacmillan
2007A Swift Pure CrySiobhán DowdDavid Fickling
2006Snakes' ElbowsDeirdre MaddenOrchard Books
2005An Bhó RiabhachSiobhán Ní ShíthighAn Gúm
2004AmachAlan TitleyAn Gúm
2003GyrfalconGrace WellsO'Brien Press
2002Adam's StarlingGillian PerdueO'Brien Press
2001The Lost OrchardPatrick DeeleyO'Brien Press
2000Fierce MillyMarilyn McLaughlinEgmont
1999Dea-ScéalaCaitríona HastingsCló Iar-Chonnachta
1998It's a Jungle Out ThereEd MilianoWolfhound Press
1997The Guns of EasterGerard WhelanO'Brien Press
1996Lockie and DadgeFrank MurphyO'Brien Press
1995Melody for NoraMark O'SullivanWolfhound 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 Chanáilby Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, transl. Bernadine Nic Ghiolla Phádraig An Gúm

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Winners of multiple awards

Notes and References

  1. "General Info: Bisto Book of the Year Awards – Leabhar-Ghradaim Bisto"
  2. http://www.childrensbooksireland.com/content/view/81/159/ Children's Books Ireland - About The Awards
  3. Web site: KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards. 27 January 2020. 12 May 2023.
  4. Web site: KPMG renew title sponsorship of KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards. November 2020. 12 May 2023.
  5. Web site: Award archive. 12 May 2023.
  6. Web site: Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year revealed.
  7. Web site: 27th Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year Awards. 23 May 2017.