Roedean at the Southern School Book Awards

The Roedean SSBA Book Club attended the Southern School Book Awards at Hurst last Friday evening. The awards shortlist five young adult authors, and the winner is voted for by students from schools across the South. Megan, Evie, Rida, Anna, Martha, Agatha, and Millie have spent the last 5 months reading each of the short-listed books, before voting for their favourite.

All five shortlisted authors attended the awards, and each gave a talk about the inspiration behind their books. Local artist and past Children’s Laureate, Chris Riddell, was also in attendance. He entertained the audience throughout the awards by live drawing the action on the stage.

The winner of the award was Caroline O’Donoghue for her book ‘All our Hidden Gifts’, and this was also the top choice of the Roedean SSBA Book Club!

After the awards each student received a voucher to purchase one of the shortlisted books from a pop-up bookshop. The students then had an opportunity to meet the authors and get their new booked signed, which included receiving some signed artwork from Chris Riddell!

Mrs Bailey