The 2005 Award

Winner announced!

The award ceremony took place at The Lowry on 18 January 2006, and Robert Muchamore's The Recruit was announced as the winner. The photograph shows him with Councillor Barry Warner, lead member for Culture and Sport.
Robert Muchamore received a Lowry print entitled “The Schoolyard” as his prize.

Other shortlisted authors Joseph Delaney, Alan Gibbons, Catherine MacPhail, and Robert Swindells attended and spoke about their books. Pupils from five local High Schools also took to the stage to discuss their favourite nominated book and their experiences of the judging process.

Councillor Warner commented:
“Salford’s young people did themselves proud. Not only did they select a worthy winner from the shortlist, but they also gave thought-provoking talks to the audience.”

This year’s nominated books were:

Frank Cottrell Boyce: Millions
Joseph Delaney: The Spook’s Apprentice
Alan Gibbons: The Defender
Anthony Horowitz: Scorpia
Catherine MacPhail: Catch Us If You Can
Robert Muchamore: The Recruit
Robert Swindells: Ruby Tanya

The photograph shows some of the shortlisted authors with Councillor Warner and The Mayor and Mayoress.

Reading Groups

Pupils in high school reading groups read the shortlisted books, and all these schools took part:

The Albion High School
All Hallows RC High School
Buile Hill High School
Hope High School
Irlam and Cadishead Community High School
Moorside High School
Oakwood High School
Salford City Academy
St Ambrose Barlow RC High School
St George’s RC High School
St Patrick’s RC High School
The Swinton High School
Walkden High School
Wentworth High School

This page was last updated on 3 October 2009