SnitchSeeker.com - 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' script nominated for 2017 British Book Awards

The rehearsal script for the London production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was shortlisted and nominated for this year's British Book Awards: Books Of The Year, in the Best Children's Book category. The ceremony will take place on May 8th at the Grosvenor House, Park Lane in London.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The titles competing for Children’s Book of the Year are The Christmasaurus by <a href="https://twitter.com/TomFletcher">@TomFletcher</a> and Shane Devries… 1/4</p>— The Bookseller (@thebookseller) <a href="https://twitter.com/thebookseller/status/842046792619417602">March 15, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">…The Girl of Ink & Stars by <a href="https://twitter.com/Kiran_MH">@Kiran_MH</a>; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling">@jk_rowling</a>, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne… 3/4</p>— The Bookseller (@thebookseller) <a href="https://twitter.com/thebookseller/status/842046864954429440">March 15, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to everyone shortlisted for The British Book Awards. Full list of nominees here: <a href="https://t.co/EYsrrTSuG3">https://t.co/EYsrrTSuG3</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nibbies?src=hash">#Nibbies</a></p>— The Bookseller (@thebookseller) <a href="https://twitter.com/thebookseller/status/842053098835185665">March 15, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Children's:

• The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher, Shane Devries (illus) (Puffin)
• Oi Dog! Kes and Claire Gray and Jim Field (Hodder)
• Nadiya's Bake Me a Story by Nadiya Hussain, Clair Rossiter (illus) (Hodder)
• The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargreave (Chicken House)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J K Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne (Little, Brown and Pottermore)
• The World's Worst Children by David Walliams and Tony Ross (Harper Collins Children's Books)

J.K. Rowling received the nomination along with playwright Jack Thorne, and director John Tiffany. This is not the first time the author has been recognized for these awards, as Rowling won Book of the Year back in 2006 for her sixth novel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and again in 2008 for Outstanding Achievement after the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.