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The winner of the Bookends Prize for People and Business is Julie Carter, with The Dreamtime Fellrunner, published by Mindfell. Presented by by Bookends Keswick www.bookscumbria.com it offers us an insight into nature in the romantic nature of the Lakes

‘I’m merely the hand that wrote the words,’ Humble words from winning author William D Shannon winner of the Latitude Award for Illustration and Presentation is ‘Cumbria, 1000 years of Maps’ published by Jake Island

Two beautiful books complete our shortlist for the overall Lakeland Book Awards prize in another very high quality year of books. Congratulations to Kerry Darbishire and Julie Carter

‘Thank you to our wonderful dedicated judges. To our sponsors and to you our guests. We couldn’t make this event happen without you. I can’t wait to welcome you to Lakeland Book Awards 2026’

A very well-deserved success - many congratulations 📚InspiredByLakeland

Thank you so much Lakeland Book Awards Jumpy James & VertebratePublishing 😊 A dream come true! #LakeDistrict

Thank you Bookends Keswick www.bookscumbria.com for your invaluable support 📚

Sarah Thornely Lakeland Book Awards Jumpy James VertebratePublishing Thank you so so much Sarah! It’s not just for me & VertebratePublishing but for our lovely sport & Paddleboarding community. Trying to secure our place in outdoor adventure writing!

Big congrats to Bill Shannon on his win at the wonderful Lakeland Book Awards. And long may the event run, celebrating so much that is great about Cumbria. Well done Bill :-)

Without a shadow of doubt the stand out book of the year, speaking as a lover of maps. Bill Shannon your book is a treasure and will be adored and needless to say will consulted often by me and others.

Massive congratulations to Julie Carter who has won two awards at the Lakeland Book Awards 2025 for Dreamtime Fellrunner! From a 15-min scratch night at #TBTL in 2022 to such prestigious book award recognition – what a journey! #LakelandBookAwards #JulieCarter #CumbriaWriters

Thrilled to see The Borrowed Hills won the Lakeland Book Award fiction category! Really was not expecting it. I wrote the book about my home, Cumbria, to honour the history, people, and voices of the Lakeland area, so it’s amazing to see it being recognised like this 🧡🐑🐑🐑