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Jamie Smart , Dav Pilkey , Sheena Dempsey , Titan Books and David Fickling Books are up for the 2025 British Book Awards
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The short list for the 2025 British Book Awards , also known as the Nibbies , has been announced . Titan Books has been shortlist for the Independent Publisher of the Year for the first time since 2012 . The nomination states " Titan Books is shortlist for the first clip since 2012 . Its fertile output signal top 200 titles across sci - fi , fancy and more genres , with horror a big growth area . There was an fantabulous year in the US , and American name , includingLindsay EllisandVeronica Roth , were big here too . There were standout debuts fromCaitlin RozakisandSofia Ajramand a heap of loot . "
Of David Fickling Books , also put forward in the same class , it state , " DFB ’s tenth anniversary year was also its large by far . TCM gross revenue shot up by 58 % , and it is now ten time bragging than it was five years ago . Through its comical Book — especially the remarkable success of Jamie Smart’sBunny vs Monkey serial publication — it has done more than most to attract more loath readers for pleasure . New for 2024 were a Phoenix Comic Books imprint and Search for a Storyteller contest . "
Comic book creatorsJamie Smart , Dav Pilkeyhave been nominated for Illustrator Of The Year . Of Dav Pilkey , they say " In 2024 , more than one in three graphical novels sold in the UK were by Dav Pilkey , write here by Scholastic . He had two routine - one bestselling Dog Man books in 2024 , in addition to being a ball-shaped number - one bestselling source - illustrator . He accounts for 36 % of the graphic novel family by TCM bulk ( 34 % by value ) . Pilkey ’s UK sale value increased by 41 % year on year in 2024 . As a neurodiverse creator who has made his ADHD and dyslexia his " superpowers " , Pilkey is a powerful purpose model , whose books champion empathy , togetherness and doing good . "
And Jamie Smart is described thus , " Reigning Illustrator of the Year Jamie Smart is back , having had an even well year in 2024 . HisBunny vs Monkey serial publication , published by David Fickling Books , sell well over 650,000 copy in a individual year – an 82 % year - on - year growth from an already very impressive 2023 . Likewise , hisLooshkin seriessaw a 102 % increase in sales andFlemberan 11 % increment against the previous twelvemonth . In total , Smart sold more than 800,000 titles last year . He also took part in a telephone number of exceptionally successful events , including the sold - out Phoenix Festival in Oxford , sold - out Phoenix Digital Workshops to over 6,000 children , several sell - out Waterstones signings , and multiple sold - out signings and workshops across the independent bookshop market . "
Their up-to-the-minute graphic novels , as well as one fromSheena Dempsey , were nominated for Book of the Year – Children ’s Illustrated . Bunny vs Monkey : The with child Big Glitchby Jamie Smart was key as " the top children ’s book in the week of its issue . David Fickling Books developed an exceptional hunting expedition with a curated approach for each retailer . Different sole edition were create for Waterstones and WHSmiths and a pre - order movement with The Phoenix comic generated telling paying back . DFB also commission Bunny and Monkey character costumes for Smart ’s sold - out upshot at Waterstones Piccadilly . "
Dog Man : The Scarlet Shedderby Dav Pilkey was name as , " Scholastic plug an exigent kid ’s figure one , developing a bespoke parcel for self-governing bookshops that included an exclusive endowment - with - leverage and brand case standee . The political campaign incorporated quotes from children to put Pilkey ’s buff front and centre . "
AndPablo and Splashby Sheena Dempsey from Bloomsbury Children ’s Books was list , " Bloomsbury ran a fun and creative campaign for Pablo and Splash that championed Sheena Dempsey as a fresh young voice in fry ’s graphical novel . A tour of indie bookshops in London was followed by 35 outcome across the UK and Ireland and a festival appearance in Australia . Dempsey also embarked on an illustrated windowpane term of enlistment of bookshops and designed the Birdland Park and Gardens gift shop windowpane . " Children ’s Publisher Of The Year nominations included David Fickling Books , Nosy Crow and Scholastic . The British Book Awards 2025 will be presented on the 12th of May at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House , in London .
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