A traveller's tale: the story behind Gregory Hughes's Unhooking the Moon
Gregory Hughes wins Booktrust teenage prize for Unhooking the Moon
September 2010
Booktrust teenage prize shortlist spans time, space and genre
Novels nominated range from Mugabe's Zimbabwe to ancient Greece, tales of teen heartbreak to zombie mayhem
March 2009
Books blog
There's more than one measure of success as a writer
Patrick Ness: The internet reminds us that personal pleasure alone is a good reason to write
December 2008
Books blog
On being branded a health hazard by the Daily Mail
Patrick Ness: My novel for teenagers about knives was almost certain to induce frothing at the Mail. But how can we counter groundless fear of the young?
November 2008
Patrick Ness beats established writers to Booktrust teenage prize
The Knife of Never Letting Go emerges from a strong field of contenders to take £2,500 prize
September 2008
Sharp words: knives out in teenage prize shortlist
Knife crime, gang violence and a brutal murder are on the shortlist for the 2008 Booktrust teenage prize, announced earlier today
October 2007
Vampires take off teenage book prize
A sinister tale of vampires and the undead has won the Booktrust Teenage prize, fittingly awarded on Halloween.
September 2007
Myth and imagination dominate teenage fiction prize
Mal Peet, Philip Reeve and Meg Rosoff head the shortlist for the 2007 Booktrust teenage fiction award.
November 2005
Gothic novel takes teen prize
A Gothic novel for teenagers by a newcomer to the children's fiction scene has seen off Meg Rosoff's acclaimed How I Live Now and Julie Burchill's gripping tale of schoolgirl lesbian love, Sugar Rush, to win the 2005 Booktrust teenage prize.
June 2005
Seven books vie for teen fiction prize
Booktrust, the independent charity dedicated to the promotion of literature, today announced the shortlist for its 2005 Teenage Prize.
