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Royal Mail Awards Shortlist Events 2010
This year, we have taken the authors from the shortlist to different festivals around Scotland to introduce you to their titles. For the 0-7 years category Debi and Simon headed over to the Fife Children's Book Festival. Barry, John and Lucinda made their way to The works Festival in North Lanarkshire whilst Cathy and Gillian attended Wigtown Book Festival in Dumfries and Galloway.
You can see some of the pictures from the events below. Come back soon as we will be updating this page with feedback.
Event pictures from the Bookbug Readers 0-7 years category at Fife Children's Book Festival (12 - 25 September 2010)
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Click on the play button to watch a video of the shortlisted authors reading from their books.
Event pictures from the Younger Readers 8-11 years category at The Works Festival in North Lanarkshire (11-15 october 2010)
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Click on the play button to watch a video of young readers talking about the shortlisted books from the 8-11 years category.
Event pictures from the Older Readers 12-16 years category at Wigtown Book Festival (24 September - 3 October 2010)
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Thank you very much to everyone at the three festivals for helping to arrange the events and a big thank you to all the pupils for taking part.
You can find out more about the titles on the 2010 shortlist by visiting our Royal Mail Awards page.













