The votes have been counted & the winners have been announced!
See the Awards Ceremony here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPgxWTTvCW4 (launched WBD 3rd March 2022)
Thank you to Linda at Killinarden School for hosting the virtual ceremony this year!
& congratulations to the winners: Guard Your Heart /by Sue Divin (Senior)
All Our Hidden Gifts /by Caroline O’Donoghue (Junior)
Thank you to all the students who read and voted – all the way from Kerry to Derry and all around Ireland!
We have a new, diverse and exciting shortlist for GRA 2021. Posters below – click on the images for the pdf posters. Voting is now CLOSED. Winning titles/authors will be announced soon… (date of Awards Ceremony to be announced – it will be end February/beg March 2022).



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We are delighted to announce the winners of the GRA 2020! They are:
Junior Category:
Most Read & Overall Winner
The Cantankerous Molly Darling /by Alvy Carragher
Senior Category:
Most Read: Nóinín /by Máire Zepf
Senior Winner: And the Stars Are Burning Brightly / by Danielle Jawando.
Congratulations! Thank you to all the student readers and voters. The Awards Ceremony can be viewed here:-
Great Read Award Virtual Ceremony – YouTube (20 mins.)
Thank you to Joseph Peelo of Kylemore College for hosting this year and to Linda Kerr of Mount Carmel SS for all the video editing.
GRA student poster winners 2020
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Shortlist for 2020 is below – congratulations to the shortlisted authors! Voting is now closed. Winners were announced at the Awards ceremony on Thursday 4th March at 11.00 a.m. If you voted or registered you will be sent an invitation to the ceremony. Thank you to all the students who read and voted!
Click the image below for the pdf poster.



If you have a suggestion for next year’s longlist please let a school librarian know or e-mail greatreadsaward@gmail.com.
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See the list of our sponsors (below) who are offering great discounts on class sets of the titles above.