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Nichols wins BolognaRagazzi Award
Activist, author and designer De Nichols has been recognised at this year’s BolognaRagazzi Awards for her book on memorable protest artwork throughout history.
The Art of Protest (Big Picture Press, Bonnier Books UK) is accompanied by illustrations from young artists from around the world, including Diana Dagadita, Olivia Twist, Molly Mendoza, Raul Oprea and Diego Becas.
The BolognaRagazzi Award has been celebrating the best children’s and young adults publishing from around the world since 1966. There are a total of six categories this year: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Opera Prima (for first-time authors and illustrators), Comics, Photography and New Horizons (for innovative publishing products).
The winner of the Fiction award was Todo lo que pasó antes de que llegaras (Everything That Happened Before You Arrived) by Yael Frankel, published by Limonero in Argentina.
Mariedl. Une histoire gigantesque (Mariedl. A Gigantic Story) by Laura Simonati won the Opera Prima award, and was published by Versant Sud in Belgium.
El bolso (The Purse) by María José Ferrada with illustrations from Ana Palmero Cáceres won in the New Horizons category. It is published by Alboroto Ediciones in Mexico.
The Comics Award was broken down into age groups. The Early Reader winner was Whose Sock? by Sun Jun, from Hsin Yi Publications in China. In the Middle Grade category, Un matin (One Morning) by Jérôme Dubois with illustrations from Laurie Agusti won the award. It was published by La Partie in France. The Young Adult category winner was Planetarium Ghost Travel, The Art of Sakana Sakatsuki by Sakana Sakatsuki from PIE International in Japan.
Seen and Unseen (Chronicle Books) by Elizabeth Partridge with illustrations from Lauren Tamaki took the Photography award.
