You can now follow the ABAs on FaceBook, Twitter and YouTube.
Ain’t that just the bees knees? … Do bees actually have knees?
Follow us for live updates on the Long List, chats, competitions and lots more about the ABAs 2014.
You can now follow the ABAs on FaceBook, Twitter and YouTube.
Ain’t that just the bees knees? … Do bees actually have knees?
Follow us for live updates on the Long List, chats, competitions and lots more about the ABAs 2014.
Welcome to the Amazing Book Awards website. We can’t believe it’s September already and we are starting to take new membership subscriptions and recommendations for the Long List 2014. Last year (2013) was an amazing year!! We had 5 fantastic finalist books (and authors) and a very worthy gold award winner in Teri Terry for the brilliant Slated. 2014 looks set to be even more amazing, epic in fact! Yay!
2013 Gold Award Winner: Teri Terry – Slated
Kyla’s memory has been erased,
her personality wiped blank,
her memories lost for ever.
She’s been Slated.
The government claims she was a terrorist, and that they are giving her a second chance—as long as she plays by their rules. But echoes of the past whisper in Kyla’s mind. Someone is lying to her, and nothing is as it seems. Who can she trust in her search for the truth?
If you would like to join us this year either again or first the first time please follow this link to the subscription form….ABA Subscription Form 2013-2014
If you would like to recommend books for our 2014 Long List this is the form you need….ABA Recommendations for Long List Form
When recommending books we have a few simple rules we need you to follow:
We really hope you can join us this year. We are open to all Secondary Schools. If you would like more information about us and how we got started look at our Frequently Asked Questions page or email us directly on: info@amazingbookawards.co.uk,
Tweet us on: @SussexABA (or follow the direct link below) or Like us on Facebook: The Amazing Book Awards Page (or follow the direct link below).
Really hope we hear from you soon,
Wow! What an amazing year! We are so lucky so many of you got involved. We had 21 schools, 350 students, 50 adults and countless book groups reading over 2,000 copies of our final 5 books. We really couldn’t be happier with the result.
Huge CONGRATULATIONS to Teri Terry, Edward Hogan and Sam Hawksmoor. Our Gold, Silver and Bronze winners 2013.
Miss out? Have a look at the 2013 Awards Night Picture Show.
So here’s to 2014, we hope you have a great summer break! Keep following us on Twitter (@SussexABA) and liking us on FaceBook (The Amazing Book Awards Page) and we’ll keep you up-to-date with our plans for next year.
We’d really love to see you at Shoreham Academy on Friday 5th July. The doors will open at 6.15 pm but you can arrive anytime from 5.45 pm. Look for the Front of House Crew in their ABA t-shirts and they’ll tell you where you need to go.
We’ll be selling refreshments in the atrium and there’s a special tombola to raise money for the National Literacy Trust. (with some awesomely-fantastic prizes!)
If you’d like more information about the night, need some more goldent tickets or need to know how to find us please do not hesitate to contact us on: info@amazingbookawards.co.uk
Hope to see lots and lots and lots of you there!
That’s it folks! Voting for the ABAs 2013 has officially closed for another year, and what a year it’s been. Oh my! It’s SO close this year and we’re dying to tell you who your Gold, Silver and Bronze winners are. But we’re afraid you’re going to have to wait until Friday 5th July and our grand awards evening. Sorry!
Thank you so much for taking part this year. We hope you had as much fun as we did. See you in a few weeks!
Hay hay!
Happy May Day weekend! It looks set to be a scorcher! The sun is out and we here at ABA HQ are certainly looking forward to our 3 day weekend. Yay! What will you be up to? Did you know we’ve only got 6 weeks to finish reading now until you need to send us your votes? Doesn’t time fly?
Friday 5th July, and the awards night will soon be upon us and we’re very excited about it! Who will win? Well, that’s up to you!! We know who we like but the choice really is yours! And on that note, we’d thought we’d remind you how to vote.
IT’S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN.
We need your votes by June 18th. Any votes sent after this date will not be counted.
Here’s a reminder about how to vote:
We need your students to score the books out of five. Giving 5 points to the book they liked the best and 1 point to the book they liked the least. Every student who participated, providing they have read all 5 books should vote.
Here’s an example from last year:
Rosa’s votes:
It’s really important to vote like this.
Once you have collected votes from all your students you will need to add up the totals and send them to Amanda at Worthing High or via email to Rachel at Shoreham.
Shoreham Academy Vote:
We will then add these totals together and we will get our Gold, Silver and Bronze winners.
If you need more information about anything – please don’t hesitate to contact us: info@amazingbookawards.co.uk and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
Enjoy the sun!
