The Diverse Book Awards 2024
Celebrating 5 years!
Created by bestselling, award-winning author Abiola Bello and award-winning publicist Helen Lewis. We want to highlight the best of the diverse voices published in the UK & Ireland both traditionally and self-published. We believe there's a need to showcase the talent of marginalised voices, so we came up with The Diverse Book Awards to open a space where the spotlight is on them.
Celebrate FIVE YEARS at Waterstones Piccadilly on January 23rd 6-8pm with this years winners and past winners Book here
The 2024 Readers' Choice Winners
The Malorie Blackman Impact Award Winner
Free posters to display fantastic diverse books! Have a look!
Schools, libraries and hospitals can request free books. OPEN
Five years of The Diverse Book Awards
Kia Abdullah
Marie-Claire Amuah
Natasha Bowen
Sue Cheung
Benjamin Dean
Jessica George
Tammye Huf
Jenny Ireland
Danielle Jawando
Nathanael Lessore
Ayisha Malik
Manjeet Mann
Erika Meza
Onjali Q. Rauf
Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Ruchi Mhasane
J.T. Williams and Simone Douglas
Benjamin Zephaniah
Our 2024 Winners
Best Picture Book
To The Other Side by Erika Meza
(Hodder Children's Book)
Best Children's Book
Steady For This by Nathanael Lessore
(Hot Key Books)
Best Young Adult Book
The First Move by Jenny Ireland
(Penguin Random House Children's)
Best Adult Book
Mamme by Jessica George
(Hodder and Stoughton)
Sponsors
The Diverse Book Awards Adult Sponsor
Peters
The Diverse Book Awards YA Sponsor
Book Clubs in Schools
The Diverse Book Awards Children's Sponsor
Madeleine Milburn Agency
The Diverse Book Awards Supporting Sponsors
Renaissance Learning - Children's
Write Up - YA
Heath Books
Readers' Choice Award - Children's
Sparx Reader
The Malorie Blackman Impact Award
Literally PR
