UKLA Book Award

Celebrating children's books

UKLA Student Shadowing Award Programme

Discussion groups of student teachers shadowing the shortlists of the UKLA Book Awards

Our Class Loves This Book: The John Downing Award

This prestigious UKLA Award celebrates a class’ response (led by their teacher) to one of the books shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards.

Literacy School of the Year

This award celebrates the practices and ethos of schools in which literacy thrives.
Rebecca Hurst with UKLA Digital Book Award 2016 Winner Kitty Kennedy from Nosy Crow

UKLA Digital Book Award

The UKLA Digital Book Award, in association with BookTrust, is a new award. It recognises innovation, creativity and excellence in digital book publishing.

UKLA Academic Book Award

This award is presented every year for a recently published academic text about the teaching of English for teachers, students, consultants or HE tutors. The panel looks for books that make a lasting, significant contribution to the teaching of English.

UKLA Wiley-Blackwell Research in Literacy Education Award

The UKLA/ Wiley-Blackwell Research in Literacy Education Award is a prestigious prize bestowed on the best article in the Journal of Research in Reading (JRR) and Literacy in the previous year. Both are peer-reviewed journals with international reputations for excellence.