Belfast author Kelly McCaughrain has won the CBI Book of the Year Award with Flying Tips for Flightless Birds at a ceremony held today at Smock Alley Theatre. Remarkably and for the first time in the 29 years of the Children’s Books Ireland Book of the Year Awards, the same author has also won in two other categories, the Eilís Dillon Award for a first children’s book and the Children’s Choice Award. Recipients of the Honour Awards for Fiction and Illustration and the Judges’ Special Award were also revealed today. The CBI Book of the Year Awards judging panel also made awards to the following:Honour Award for Fiction: Brian Conaghan for The Weight of a Thousand Feathers. Easy to read alone or fun to read aloud with friends, it’s ideal for any age.”The CBI Book of the Year Awards are the leading children’s book awards in Ireland.

Source: The Irish Times May 22, 2019 11:37 UTC