IBBY Ireland’s Honour List Shortlist Announced!

Here are the 9 titles making up IBBY Ireland’s shortlist for the IBBY Honour List 2018!
​Every two years, the national sections of the International Board on Books for Young People are invited to select books from their country to be featured in the prestigious Honour List in three categories: Writer, Illustrator, Translator. A fourth nomination can be added when more than one language is spoken in the country.
​This is the first time in six years that IBBY Ireland have entered their nominations of Irish-published books selected by a panel of independent experts and we are delighted to share our shortlist with you today.
All the Honour Books will be included in a specially produced catalogue and showcased at the IBBY International Congress in Athens (August-September 2018), the 2019 Bologna Book Fair, as well as in the permanent collections of the International Youth Library in Munich, the Swiss Institute for Child and Youth Media in Zurich, Bibiana in Bratislava and the Japanese Board on Books for Young People.
​Needless to say that the selected books will get plenty of attention way beyond Ireland!
​Stay tuned for the announcement of our final nominees soon!
​To find out more about the Honour List, head over here.