This page is specifically for authors who have featured in the Manchester Book Award.
We aren't being lazy or playing favourites. If you don't see your number one author here it's because one of their books hasn't been entered into the award yet, or that they don't have their own website.
Authors in the 2009 award competition
- Bernard Ashley
- Anne Cassidy
- Cathy Cassidy
- Frank Cottrell Boyce
- Berlie Doherty
- Siobhan Dowd
- Catherine Forde
- Julia Golding
- Keith Gray
- J. A. Henderson
- Nick Hornby
- Eva Ibbotson
- Elizabeth Laird
- Rhiannon Lassiter
- Kate Le Vann
- Anthony McGowan
- Sophie McKenzie
- Michael Morpurgo
- Patrick Ness
- Sally Nicholls
- Chris Priestly
- Sarah Singleton
- Jenny Valentine
Publishers in the 2009 award competition
Other book websites
ACHUKA Children's Books UK
A worthwhile resource for the latest information on children’s books. Keep in touch with the latest children’s books, find out more about your favourite authors and illustrators, get the low down on award winners, and more.
Barrington Stoke
An award winning publisher that specialises exclusively in fiction and resources for reluctant, dyslexic, disenchanted and under-confident readers. Before publication all books are read by young people. You can also find out about the authors and illustrators, write a review, and read the first chapter of a book. The site has separate sections for parents and teachers.
Bookheads
Set up as part of the Booktrust Teenage Prize, which celebrates the best of teen fiction aimed at 13 to 16 year olds. The site features all shortlisted books. Enter competitions, win prizes, join the Bookhead Gallery, and find out about other bookheads and their favourite reads.
Cool Reads
Books for 10 to 15 year old readers by 10 to 15 year old reviewers. This tell-it-like-it-is site is designed and run by two teenage boys.
EnCompassCulture
Calling itself the global bookclub, this is a worldwide reading group. The place to find your nest book and talk about books with other readers around the world. It has full details of over 6000 books for all ages, plus author interviews, discussion boards and quizzes.
Reading Matters
Looking for a good book? This site is about books and ideas for children and teenagers. Select books using detailed book reviews, or try the interactive Bookchooser. When you’ve read about a book, you’ll find suggestions on what to read next. There are also articles about some of the ideas behind books.
Teen Reads
Advance reader copy giveaways, a monthly Teenreads newsletter, message boards, author information, and much more.
The ZONE at Scholastic Children's Books
Loads of features including the Book zone, author zone, and competition zone. The reading zone provides tips for running a reading group, book summaries, author biographies and reader reviews.