A CHILDREN’S novel that follows a girl’s adventure through Rhyl has been nominated for a national award. Helynt (#Trouble) follows Rachel as she misses the bus to school and decides to go on an adventure in the town of Rhyl. The bailiffs have taken her father’s car, and she finds herself in a seaside nightclub. She is also bullied because of her disability. The book, written by Rebecca Roberts, mum-of-two from Prestatyn, has been nominated for the Tir na n-Og (Land of the Young) Awards, an annual children s literary awards in Wales. Mrs Roberts, translator, said: “#Helynt is my first novel for young people, and I had no idea that the response would be so favourable. I never expected it to be shortlisted for the Tir Na Nog Award.
More than 90 small presses and independent bookshops have made the shortlists for the 2021 British Book Awards in regional and country categories.
Far from the Madding Crowd, a bookstore set on two floors of a Georgian building in Scotland’s Linlithgow, is in contention for a regional/country honor in the British Book Awards. Image: MaddingCrowdLinlithgow.com
Forty-four Small Presses, 48 Bookstores
Among the distinguishing contributions of the British Book Awards to the United Kingdom’s industry is the fact that they go well beyond the titular British books with an extensive and committed acknowledgment of the importance of small retailers and presses.
Schhols and pupils offered the chance to help judge children s literature in Wales
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