We began this year’s celebration with a welcome from Professor David Duff, Chair of the EA.
We then announced the winners of our various awards and prizes:
- The Beatrice White Prize (presented by Professor Bill Baker, editor of The Year’s Work in English Studies)
- The English Postgraduate Essay Prize (presented by Dr Rebecca Pinner, editor of English)
- The Betty Haigh Shakespeare Essay Prize (presented by Dr Pamela Bickley, Prize Judge)
Dr Pamela Bickley, a long-standing member of our Fellowship Committee, welcomed our new Fellows to the EA:
Dr Freddie Baveystock
Professor Katherine Baxter
Dr Elizabeth Cook
Professor Katharine Craik
Professor Hannah Crawforth
Professor Jonathan Culpeper
Dr Fiona Douglas
Professor Jess Edwards
Dr Dimitra Fimi
Tony Frazer
Martin Galway
Professor Sebastian Groes
Dr Malcolm Hebron
Birna Helgadottir
Professor Ian Johnson
Ali Mawle
Professor Pramod K. Nayar
Professor Fiona Robertson
Professor Sebastian Sobecki
Professor Scott Thurston
Professor Sue Vice
David Whitley
Dr Catherine Wynne
Pamela also announced the two extraordinary individuals who won this year’s Fellows’ Award.
Finally, we announced the winners of the English 4-11 Picture Book Awards and the winner of the Margaret Mallett Award for Children’s Non-Fiction (presented by Kirstie Hewitt, copy-editor of English 4-11).
Professor David Duff offered some closing remarks, and a commitment to meet in person next year!
Please enjoy this recording of the Awards Ceremony, and join us in warmly congratulating all our winners, and all the shortlisted authors, illustrators and publishers in the English 4-11 Picture Book Awards.
