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Celebrating the best YA fiction in the UK & Ireland with The Bookseller and the Edinburgh International Book Festival ✨
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ICYMI: Moira Buffini’s "captivating" dystopian debut novel, Songlight (‪ @faberbooks.bsky.social‬ ), has been named as the winner of the #YABookPrize 2025 (‪ @yabookprize.bsky.social‬ ) 👇
Moira Buffini’s dystopian debut Songlight wins the YA Book Prize 2025
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August 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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We had such an amazing time at the #edinburghinternationalbookfestival or as author Matt Goodfellow would say, it was mint! We met him & @yabookprize.bsky.social authors @sarahcrossan.bsky.social @beafitzgerald.bsky.social @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social Danielle Jawando and Moira Buffini. And Zog!!
August 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Moira Buffini’s "captivating" dystopian debut novel, Songlight (‪ @faberbooks.bsky.social‬ ), has been named as the winner of the #YABookPrize 2025 (‪ @yabookprize.bsky.social‬ ) 👇
Moira Buffini’s dystopian debut Songlight wins the YA Book Prize 2025
ebx.sh
August 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A huge congratulations and thank you to all of our amazing #YABookPrize shortlistees ✨🤩📚
August 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
And the winner of the #YABookPrize 2025 is... Songlight by Moira Buffini ( ‪@faberbooks.bsky.social‬ )🏆✨

A stand-out speculative novel that shines a light on our own world, says the chair of the YA Book Prize Caroline Carpenter 📚

Find out more here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/awards/the-y...
August 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We're at Edinburgh International Book Festival for the #YABookPrize 2025 🏆

To celebrate it, we're offering 20% off subscriptions to The Bookseller for attendees 🎟️💡

Access the offer here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/edinburgh-fe...
August 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
For our next panel at the #YABookPize we are joined by the brilliant @leonegan.bsky.social, @orsorrel.bsky.social, Adiba Jaigirdar and Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 🤩
August 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
For our first panel at the #YABookPrize we were joined by the wonderful @sarahcrossan.bsky.social, @beafitzgerald.bsky.social, Moira Buffini, Danielle Jawando and @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social 📣✨
August 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The day has arrived! 🤩✨

Today we will be announcing the fabulous winner of the #YABookPrize and celebrating our wonderful authors and books 📚

Stay tuned to find out the winner…🥁
August 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
We’ve just touched down in Edinburgh ready to celebrate the #YA Book Prize shortlist 📍📚

Stay tuned…✨🥳
August 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We're on our way to Edinburgh International Book Festival for the #YABookPrize 2025 🏆

To celebrate it, we're offering 20% off subscriptions to The Bookseller for attendees 🎟️💡

Access the offer here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/edinburgh-fe...
August 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
It's nearly time...✨

The #YABookPrize 2025 winner will be announced on Thursday 21st August at Edinburgh Book Festival 🏆
August 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We'll be at Edinburgh International Book Festival next week for the #YABookPrize 2025🏆

To celebrate it, we're offering 20% off subscriptions to The Bookseller for attendees 🎟️💡

Access the offer here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/edinburgh-fe...
August 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
We spoke to #YABookPrize shortlisted author, Margaret McDonald, about her book Glasgow Boys 📖
August 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We asked Margaret McDonald, author of Glasgow Boys, to describe her #YABookPrize shortlisted novel in three words 💙💛
August 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Danielle Jawando, author of If My Words Had Wings, talks to us about the inspiration behind her #YABookPrize shortlisted novel 🪽
Read more 👉 www.thebookseller.com/author-inter...
July 31, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We asked author of The Reappearance of Rachel Price, Holly Jackson, to describe her #YABookPrize shortlisted novel in three words 🎬✨
July 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
We spoke to Holly Jackson about her #YABookPrize shortlisted novel, The Reappearance of Rachel Price 🎬

Read the full interview here 👉https://www.thebookseller.com/author-interviews/holly-jackson-on-her-ya-book-prize-shortlisted-novel-the-reappearance-of-rachel-price
July 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
We asked Bea Fiztgerald (‪@beafitzgerald.bsky.social‬) to describe her #YABookPrize shortlisted fantasy novel, The End Crowns All (‪@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social‬) in just three words 🔱☁️

Head over to #TheBookseller website to find out more 🔗
July 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Author of The End Crowns All, Bea Fitzgerald (‪@beafitzgerald.bsky.social‬), speaks to us about the inspiration behind her #YABookPrize shortlisted fantasy novel 🔱☁️

Read the full interview here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/author-inter...
July 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Author of the #YABookPrize shortlisted novel, Lover Birds, ‪@leonegan.bsky.social‬ describes the book in three words 💛🩷

Head over the #TheBookseller website to find out more 🔗
July 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
We spoke to Leon Egan, about his #YABookPrize shortlisted novel Lover Birds💛🩷

"I hope that if readers take anything away from this book, it’s a reminder to be unapologetic – to never make yourself smaller or quieter for anybody".
July 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
"We asked Catherine Doyle to describe her #YABookPrize shortlisted novel, The Dagger and the Flame in three words ❤️‍🔥🗡️

Head over to #TheBookseller website to find out more 🔗
July 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Author of The Dagger and the Flame, Catherine Doyle, speaks to us about her #YABookPrize shortlisted novel ❤️‍🔥🗡️

Read the full interview here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/author-inter...
July 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"Author of Where the Heart Should Be, Sarah Crossan describes her #YABookPrize shortlisted novel in three words 🌷

Head over to #TheBookseller website to find out more 🔗"
July 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM