The Great Read Awards (GRA) was set up in 2016 by a group of School Librarians working in a variety of Irish second level schools who are passionate about introducing students to great books. The aim of the award is to highlight new authors and diversify the reading of young adults. It’s also an opportunity for students to voice their enthusiasm about good writing for their age group at a time during the school year when examinations are less pressing. …..
2023 Great Reads Award ceremony
What a day! On our very special Awards day this year, we were so lucky to be joined in person by Sam Blake, author of Something Terrible Happened Last Night, Triona Campbell, author of A Game of Life or Death, and Méabh Collins, author of Freya Harte is not a Puzzle. Xena Knox, author of Sh!t Bag, joined us via Zoom for the ceremony and the whole event was tied beautifully together by the MC for the day, author, Dave Rudden. We…
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Congratulations to the Winners of the 2023 Award!
The 2023 winners of The Great Reads Award have been decided and we are THRILLED to announce that Triona Campbell and Méabh Collins have taken the 2023 prizes for their books A Game of Life or Death and Freya Harte is not a Puzzle respectively. Huge thanks to Author and GRA ambassador, Dave Rudden, for bringing his wonderful MCing skills to the ceremony on January 25th, held in Loreto on the Green in Dublin. What a day we had!
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On the Outside,
Our first event in support of the 2023 shortlist is about to take place! We are honoured to have last year’s senior winner, Erik J. Brown with us in person and to have currently shortlisted authors Triona Campbell, Jenny Ireland and Clara Kumagai joining us online. What. A. Line-up!! The Great Reads Award Team invites you and your students to On the Outside, the title of our GRA book event, starting at 11am on November the 10th in Blackrock College,…
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2023 Author Spotlight
Shining a light on our 2023 shortlisted authors here and we hope they become some of your ‘go-to’ authors long into the future. Senior Shortlisted Authors Junior Shortlisted Authors
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