FCBG wins Eleanor Farjeon Award

02.12.11 | Benedicte Page - The Bookseller

The Federation of Children's Book Groups (FCBG) has won the 2011 Eleanor Farjeon Award.
The £2,000 award is given to individuals deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to the world of children's books. It was presented to FCBG chair Adam Lancaster by Anne Harvey from the Eleanor Farjeon estate and the Children's Book Circle, which co-ordinates the award, at a ceremony in London.

The Federation, established over 40 years ago, is a voluntary organisation for local children's book groups around the UK which offers offering book-related activities to over 10,000 young people each year.
Lancaster said: "Everyone involved in the Federation is a special person . . . To be awarded this honour is to recognise all those people who over the years have played a part in igniting that spark and fanning those flames of reading."

Children's Book Circle and sponsored by the Eleanor Farjeon Trust.

Previous Winners (from Wikipedia)

• 1966 – Margery Fisher
• 1967 – Jessica Jenkins
• 1968 – Brian Alderson
• 1969 – Anne Wood
• 1970 – Kaye Webb
• 1971 – Margaret Meek
• 1972 – Janet Hill
• 1973 – Eleanor Graham
• 1974 – Leila Berg
• 1975 – Naomi Lewis
• 1976 – Joyce Oldmeadow and Court Oldmeadow
• 1977 – Elaine Moss
• 1978 – Peter Kennerley
• 1979 – Joy Whitby
• 1980 – Dorothy Butler
• 1981 – Margaret Marshall and Virginia Jensen
• 1982 – Aidan Chambers and Nancy Chambers
• 1983 – Jean Russell
• 1984 – Shirley Hughes
• 1985 – Bob Leeson
• 1986 – Judith Elkin
• 1987 – Valerie Bierman
• 1988 – National Library for the Handicapped Child
• 1989 – Anna Home
• 1990 – Jill Bennett
• 1991 – Patricia Crampton
• 1992 – Stephanie Nettell
• 1993 – Susan Belgrave
• 1994 – Eileen Colwell
• 1995 – Helen Paiba
• 1996 – Books for Keeps
• 1997 – Michael Rosen, author
• 1998 – Gina Pollinger
• 1999 – Klaus Flugge, publisher, Andersen Press
• 2000 – Julia Eccleshare, journalist
• 2001 – Amelia Edwards, art director
• 2002 – Philip Pullman, author
• 2003 – Miriam Hodgson, editor
• 2004 – Jacqueline Wilson, author
• 2005 – Malorie Blackman, author
• 2006 – Wendy Cooling, founder of Bookstart
• 2007 – Jane Nissen, publisher
• 2008 – Chris Brown, educator and editor, School Library Association
• 2009 - Moira Arthur, former Managing Director of Peters Bookselling Services
• 2010 - Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books ^[3]