2011 Award Launched. The third year of the Northern Ireland Book Award was launched at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution on Wednesday 16th November. Guest of Honour to launch the event was author Oisin McGann.

Winner Announced! The 2011 Northern Ireland Book Award has been won by Chris Bradford's The Ring of Earth. The winner was announced at the grand finale on 6th April.

A Message from Chris Bradford
I’m totally thrilled The Ring of Earth has won the NORTHERN IRELAND BOOK AWARD 2011. It’s such a great honour considering the high calibre of books on the shortlist. To be honest, I never expected to win - especially as I chopped Bangor Grammar School’s projector screen in half with my samurai sword! I’m about to start writing book 7 in the Young Samurai series and this is the best incentive an author can have. Thank you to all the young samurai who voted for me.

The runner-up was Alex Scarrow's Time Riders. In third place was Tim Collins's Diary of a Wimpy Vampire.