{"id":8469,"date":"2025-01-08T22:13:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T22:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/oxfordshire-book-awards-ceremony-2022-childtasticbooks\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T22:13:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T22:13:49","slug":"oxfordshire-book-awards-ceremony-2022-childtasticbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=8469","title":{"rendered":"Oxfordshire Book Awards ceremony 2022 \u2013 childtasticbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/childtasticbooks.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/me.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2407\" src=\"https:\/\/childtasticbooks.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/me.jpg?w=723\" alt=\"Jo Cotterill wearing a rainbow dress and a rainbow headband, standing in front of a screen showing &quot;The Oxfordshire Book Awards 2022&quot; and pictures of some of the winning books\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>\u201cIt felt like a real celebration and a proper show rather than a fusty award ceremony.\u201d Judith Bovington, Chipping Norton<\/em><em>School<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yesterday, I was thrilled to be Master of Ceremonies (i.e. the one with the microphone, ahahaha!) for the 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordshirebookawards.com\/\">Oxfordshire Book Awards<\/a>. The Awards Ceremony hasn\u2019t happened since 2019, and it was SO exciting to be back in person! We were hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcsoxford.org\/\">Magdalen College School<\/a>, which is a new venue for the OBAs, and Michelle McDonough, librarian and teacher extraordinaire, had coordinated everything to perfection, from parking for the minibuses (nineteen schools attended! NINETEEN!) to hundreds of cupcakes with the OBA logo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/childtasticbooks.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pxl_20221110_130938693.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2416\" src=\"https:\/\/childtasticbooks.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pxl_20221110_130938693.jpg?w=723\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The OBAs have been running since 2008 and are divided into three categories: Picture Book, Junior Novel and Secondary Novel, with a winner and a Highly Commended in each category. 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