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Coventry Inspirational Book awards 2010

Coventry Inspiration Book Awards winners announced

The lines are closed, the votes have been counted and the winners of the fourth Coventry Inspiration Book Awards are...

Name of pollTitleAuthor
Never Too Young (0-4)Hurry Up and Slow DownLayn Marlow
What’s the Story ( 4-7)Vegetable GlueSusan Chandler
Our Special favourites
(All ages and abilities)		Willy The WimpAnthony Browne
Raring 2 Read ( 7-11)Doubting ThomasMorris Gleitzman
Read It Or Else ( 11-14)The Hunger GamesSuzanne Collins
Simply The Book ( 14+)UnwindNeil Shusterman
Fancy A Quickie  (Quick reads)101 Ways to get your Child to readPatience Thomson
Scene It, Read It ( Book of the film/TV)The ReaderBernard Schlink
Word of Mouth (recommended by readers)A Suitable Boy    Vikram Seth
Murder and Mayhem (Crime)Among ThievesMez Packer
As Time Goes By (HistoricalI ClaudiusRobert Graves
Alternative Realities(Sci-fi/ Fantasy)WatchmenAlan Moore

The Coventry Inspiration Book Awards have reached an exciting conclusion as the final winners have been decided by you the voters.


Gemma Malley, prizewinning author of the book Declaration which won the Read IT Or Else poll last year opened the Golden envelopes and announced the winners  at a special event at Central Library.

Cllr Blundell, Cabinet Member, Children Learning and Young People said "The Coventry Inspiration Book Awards continue to grow and it's great to see the amount of people getting involved increasing year by year. It's a great way to get everyone reading."

Joy Court, Learning Resources Manager, and organiser of the awards said "There were some really close battles in many categories and at 3122  we have the highest ever number of votes cast Hits on the website www.myvotescoventry.org  since the  current polls launched in October 2009 stand at an astonishing 982,991! This is a 62% increase on the whole of last year!  We are well on target to reach our target of 1 million hits by our awards ceremony in June!"

Internationally famous children's author Morris Gleitzman has e-mailed the organisers to say: "I’m delighted Thomas has made it through such a vigorous voting process with such discerning and articulate readers. I must say this is the best-structured kids’ voting process I’ve seen. Congratulations to all who put it together."

Ceremony will be held at  St Mary’s Hall on 16 June 2010.

Contact details

Joy Court
E-mail: joy.court@coventry.gov.uk
Telephone: 024 7683 2338