YA Book Prize 2026: Meet the Shortlist

Meet the authors shortlisted for 2026’s YA Book Prize.

Organised by The Bookseller, previous winners include Moira Buffini for Songlight, Lex Croucher for Gwen and Art Are Not in Love, and Danielle Jawando for When Our Worlds Collided.

As always, this year's winner will be decided by a panel of experts and teenage judges.

Come and hear some of the best voices in Young Adult fiction today.

Full line-up revealed in June – check back for updates. (Note: this is a Schools event which takes place twice, with different shortlisted authors appearing each time.

It is available for livestream only.).