We're very excited that the Little Rebels Award for 2017 is almost ready to go. Submissions for the prize will be accepted throughout January 2017, and full details about submission criteria and the guest judges will be coming very soon. Follow us on twitter to stay updated! @littlerebsprize

Viviane Schwarz and Alexis Deacon have been named winners of the Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction 2016 with their picture book, I Am Henry Finch (Walker Books UK). Accepting the award, Alexis asked for children to give adults an alternative to capitalism. The Little Rebels Award ceremony took place at the 4th London … Continue reading Alexis Deacon invites children to come up with an alternative to capitalism…

...we can barely contain ourselves here! Come join us at the London Radical Bookfair tomorrow at Goldsmiths University from noon onwards.  Pick up your radical adults' and children's book wares and find out the winners of the Little Rebels Award for Radical Children's Fiction. Letterbox Library (us!) will be there selling the shortlisted books at a £1 … Continue reading Just one sleep left before we find out WHO is the most rebellious…!

We’re pleased to announce the Big Rebels who will be joining us on May 7th! The London Radical Bookfair is taking place on Saturday, May 7th at Goldsmiths University between 12 and 6pm. This is a free event which is open to all; there is no need to book. All the fair details are HERE. For … Continue reading Join Us on May 7th for a Radical Children’s Book Fest!

We are proud to announce the Little Rebels Shortlist for 2016! We have 6 books on the shortlist this year. All stood out as literary rebels on the children’s literature scene for books published in 2015. Full details of the books are published below. As always all can be bought from the award administrators, Letterbox … Continue reading The 2016 Shortlist: all the little rebels have come out to play!!

Submissions are now closed for the UK’s one and only award for radical children’s fiction, the Alliance of Radical Booksellers’ Little Rebels Children’s Book Award. Perhaps award administrators always says this but…truly, the submissions pile seems bigger than ever. We have at least 4 boxes full of titles submitted by a wonderful mix of UK publishers … Continue reading Entries for feistiest children’s book award now closed!

...Nominations are now invited for the Little Rebels Award for Radical Children's Fiction 2016. Now in its 4th year, the 2016 prize is for books published in 2015. The closing date for nominations is January 11th 2016. You can find full details about how to make an entry here. Or, for a full set of submission notes, … Continue reading To all publishers of thought-provoking children’s books…

We are delighted to announce that we have a new member on our Little Rebels Award judging panel. Welcome Catherine Johnson! Author, scriptwriter, screenwriter and all-round person extraordinaire, we’re delighted that Catherine will be joining us. Some of you may have seen her speak at the London Radical Bookfair back in May 2014 on a … Continue reading Welcome to our latest little rebel, author Catherine Johnson!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvcjLWrTekg Back on May 12th 2015, Gill Lewis took the prize for the Little Rebels Award for Radical Children's Fiction with her novel, Scarlet Ibis. Her acceptance speech was both profoundly moving and a positive call to action.  And now we've finally connected to YouTube, you can hear the speech for yourself. Get yourself a cuppa, settle … Continue reading “This award reminds me to keep on being a little rebel…”