Children’s books world reacts to ‘horrible loss’ of Blue Peter book awards

BookTrust which ran the awards said its limited resources would now be directed to disadvantaged families

The decision to axe the Blue Peter book awards has been labelled by authors and agents as devastating" and a horrible loss" for the books industry, in particular for children's publishing.

The prize, which was awarded to both fiction and non-fiction books for children and promoted through the eponymous children's TV show, had been running for 22 years. It was announced on Tuesday that the 2022 awards, the winners of which were announced in March, were the last.