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Waverton Good Read Award

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written by UK residents and published in the previous twelve months are eligible for consideration and are read by villagers. "The aim was not only to stimulate reading in the village but to provide encouragement to British writers". Two of the main founders were Gwen Goodhew (b 21 October 1942) an
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educational specialist who established Wirral Able Child Centre and has written and edited books on teaching the gifted child, and Wendy Smedley. It is the first British award to be judged by normal readers rather than literary figures.
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Due to the COVID pandemic, the 2019/20 shortlist and winner were announced on the same day, and there was no Children's award.
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In 2011, the inaugural Waverton Good Read Children's Award was presented.
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Saint, T. "'I'm not even the fifth best novelist in Waverton'",
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was first presented in 2011, for children's literature.
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The Two Pound Tram
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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
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Carole Cadwalladr
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