ABOUT THE
JUDGES
URMI MERCHANT
Urmi Merchant is the co-founder and director of the children’s specialist bookshop and events space Pickled Pepper Books, located in north London. She is passionate about the role bookshops play in communities, loves spending time being creative in the shop, and would like to open another branch by the sea.
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READ MORE ABOUT THE 2023 CHILDREN’S FICTION SHORTLIST
Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn
Wild Song by Candy Gourlay
The Swifts by Beth Lincoln. Illustrated by Claire Powell
Photography © Aashfaria A. Anwar