MARCH 2023 ISSUE 7
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THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE BUCKS BOOK AWARD
Winners of the 2023 BBA!
March 2023 saw the return of the Bucks Book Award Winner's Announcement - the first one since 2020, which coincidentally was won by Holly Jackson for 'A Good Girl's Guide to Murder'!. This year the event was hosted by Aylesbury Grammar School and about 100 students from Aylesbury High, Aylesbury Grammar, Beaconsfield High, The Grange, Sir Henry Floyd, The John Colet and St. Mary's School all braved the snow to attend! The ceremony began with a talk by Buckinghamshire-based Sue Upton, whose trilogy Paper Boats and Butterflies engaged the students throughout. It was a great opportunity to hear about Sue's writing process as well as all the research and historical references behind the books. After her talk Sue announced the winner's of the BBA Short Story Competition and then the big moment arrived with the announcement of the winner's of both The Children's Book Prize and The Sue Harris YA Prize. The talk was followed by 'The Big Bucks Book Award Quiz' which went brilliantly considering the numbers taking part. But it was a lot of fun with book prizes for the winning team!
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BBA 2023 AWARDS CEREMONY
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SHORT STORY COMPETITON WINNERS
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THE BIG BBA QUIZ & THE 2024 BBA
Thanks from the BBA Another fantastic response to The Bucks Book Award. Thank you to all schools who took part or took the time to promote the awards by making the books available and encouraging students to read them. But a huge thanks goes to all our students who took the time to read and vote for their favourite books.