The Award

The Brilliant Book Award is managed by the Nottinghamshire Education Library Service and supported by The Bookcase at Lowdham.  

The timetable for the award runs from September 2024 to March 2025 and is open to KS3 students in schools in Nottinghamshire, Nottingham City and Derbyshire.

Schools can submit suggested titles for the longlist until June 2024

The shortlisted titles will be announced in November 2024

Students in participating schools then read all of the shortlisted books and vote for their favourite title.

The winner will be announced in March 2025