The YA Book Prize

We are so thrilled to reveal our incredible #YABookPrize shortlist 🤩 👏 "The 10 brilliant books on this year’s shortlist cover a wide range of genres, themes and perspectives...they are all engaging, empathetic and entertaining" See the full shortlist in the thread below👇

Author of The End Crowns All (@PenguinUKBooks), Bea Fitzgerald (@Bea_a_Bea), speaks to us about the inspiration behind her #YABookPrize shortlisted fantasy novel 🔱☁️ Read the full interview here 👉 thebookseller.com/author-intervi…

Author of the #YABookPrize shortlisted novel, Lover Birds, Leon Egan describes the book in three words 💛🩷 Head over to #TheBookseller website to find out more 🔗

We spoke to Leon Egan, about his #YABookPrize shortlisted novel Lover Birds💛🩷 "I hope that if readers take anything away from this book, it’s a reminder to be unapologetic – to never make yourself smaller or quieter for anybody".

We asked Catherine Doyle to describe her #YABookPrize shortlisted novel, The Dagger and the Flame (@simonkids_UK) in three words ❤️‍🔥🗡️ Head over to #TheBookseller website to find out more 🔗

Author of The Dagger and the Flame, Catherine Doyle (@doyle_cat), speaks to us about her #YABookPrize shortlisted novel ❤️‍🔥🗡️ Read the full interview here 👉 thebookseller.com/author-intervi…

Author of Where the Heart Should Be, Sarah Crossan describes her #YABookPrize shortlisted novel in three words 🌷 Head over to #TheBookseller website to find out more 🔗

Sarah Crossan discusses the history and inspiration behind her #YABookPrize shortlisted novel, Where the Heart Should Be in our recent interview 🌷 Read the full interview here 👉 thebookseller.com/author-intervi…

We asked Moira Buffini, author of the #YABookPrize 2025 shortlist, Songlight, to describe her dystopian debut novel in three words...✨ Head over to #TheBookseller website to find out more 🔗

Author of Songlight (@FaberBooks), Moira Buffini speaks to us about the inspiration and meaning behind her #YABookPrize shortlisted novel 📚✨ Read the full interview at the link in our bio 🔗

We asked Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and Adiba Jaigirdar to describe their #YABookPrize 2025 shortlisted book, Four Eids and a Funeral (@Usborne) in three words 🤩 Head over to #TheBookseller website to find out more 🔗

Kicking off our first week of championing our #YABookPrize shortlist, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and Adiba Jaigirdar speak to us about their love story, Four Eids and a Funeral (Usborne) 💜💛 Read the full interview here 👉 thebookseller.com/author-intervi…

Having a fascinatingf time ads one of the judges of this year's YA Book Prize. Strong shortlist of ten books: @yabookprize yabookprize.com thebookseller.com/awards/the-ya-…

ICYMI, here is the incredible 2025 YA Book Prize shortlist! 🥳 Celebrating the finest writing in the UK and Ireland for teens and young adults, discover this year's nominees here: waterstones.com/category/cultu… @yabookprize @thebookseller