Awards: BolognaRagazzi Winners; Arabic Fiction Shortlist

Winners have been announced for the 2017 BolognaRagazzi Awards for children's publishing, honoring "the best productions in terms of their graphic-editorial qualities." Organizers noted that the prize "has become a leading international launch pad for authors and illustrators due to the high profile recognition the winners receive during the Bologna Children's Book Fair," which will be held April 3-6. This year's winners are:

Fiction: A Child of Books by Sam Winston and Oliver Jeffers
Nonfiction: The Wolves of Currumpaw by William Grill
New Horizons ("dedicated to countries with an emerging publishing sector"): La mujer de la guarda by Sara Bertrand, illustrations by Alejandra Acosta
Opera Prima for best debut book: The Museum of Me by Emma Lewis

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The shortlist for the 2017 International Prize for Arabic Fiction is:

A Small Death by Mohammed Hasan Alwan (Saudi Arabia)
The Slaves' Pens by Najwa Binshatwan (Libya)
Al-Sabiliat by Ismail Fahd Ismail (Kuwait)
Children of the Ghetto: My Name Is Adam by Elias Khoury (Lebanon)
In the Spider's Chamber by Mohammed Abdel Nabi (Egypt)
The Bookseller's Murder by Saad Mohammed Rahim (Iraq)

The winner will be announced on April 25, on the eve of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair.

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