Each year, students are encouraged to participate in the Trinity Schools Book Awards (TSBA) through our library.
The TSBA aims to celebrate quality writing in both new and older fiction on a different theme each year. The theme for 2025 is ‘You Are Here’, which explores ideas around location and migration.
A committee of TSBA librarians choose the theme and a shortlist of titles for different age groups (TSBA for U13s and Trinity Plus for 13+) but students in participating schools can determine the winners. This year, there are 18 schools participating.
Students are encouraged to read the shortlisted books during the Autumn and Spring terms and cast their votes in the new year to determine the winner. There are also student competitions for the best book reviews and best creative response, across all participating schools, run alongside the main book awards. These can be in response to books on either shortlist and are judged by the TSBA Committee.
The Creative Response competition is one of the unique features of the TSBA: past entries have included an original music composition/score, a board game, an ice sculpture, a cake, a jigsaw puzzle, artwork, fan fiction and more.
The library team (Mrs Ferguson, Mx Peers and Mr Jackson) launched the competition at Trinity at the beginning of term and have had an amazing response from our students so far! Alongside the interschool competition, we also give commendations and rewards for students who read the shortlisted books, write reviews or produce a creative response. Look out for the displays in the library and if you would like to know more, please ask.
Everyone is encouraged to get involved!
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