I've had a wonderful few days bothering the good people of York 🖤🕷️🕸️🕷️🖤 Congratulations @tompalmerauthor.bsky.social for winning the @yorkbookaward.bsky.social Lovely to meet @juliansedgwick.bsky.social and Chie Kutsuwada as well! #yorkbookaward #york #iwentoutside #authorvisit #schoolvisit

We are delighted to announce that @tompalmerauthor.bsky.social is the winner of the 2025 York Book Award with ‘Angel of Grasmere’.

One of the highlights of our year was a visit from the fabulous @redbreastedbird.bsky.social who delighted our students with the background to her stories, tips on solving puzzles and writing techniques. Thank you to her and to @yorkbookaward.bsky.social for bringing magic to our school.

Goodness, that's quite exciting! Thank you @yorkbookaward.bsky.social ! 📚💙 #booksky #yorkbookaward #thestitchwortcurse #kidslit

We are so excited to announce our 2025 shortlist! 130 students across York voted for their top 5 books from our longlist and we are very happy to have Alexandra Dawe, Nathanael Lessore, Tom Palmer, Katherine Rundell, Julian Sedgwick and Chie Kutsuwada as our 2025 #yorkbookaward authors!