At 10am on Tuesday 21st April, the shortlisted authors will be appearing live on the stage at Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury. More than 1,200 children will be in the audience – either in the theatre or watching in their schools.

We’ll be celebrating the 6 wonderful books on the Book Award 2026 shortlist, hearing from the authors as they answer questions from the children who’ve been reading them.

We’ll be awarding prizes for art, poetry, letter-writing and film trailer competitions.

And… of course… we will be finding out which book has won the Shropshire Bookfest Big Book Award 2026!

To access the live stream of the event, follow this link: Awards Ceremony Live Stream