The Bisto Book of the Year Awards winners were announced a special ceremony on May 22nd in Dublin. The CBI Bisto Book of the Year Awards are presented annually in recognition of excellence in writing and illustration. The awards are administered by CBI and sponsored by Bisto (Premier Foods).

Bisto Book of the Year
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Published by David Fickling 

Eilis Dillon Award
The Thing With Finn by Tom Kelly
Published by Macmillan Children's Books  

Honour Awards
The Black Book of Secrets by FE Higgins
Published by Macmillan Children's Books

The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers
Published by Harper Collins Children's Books

Wilderness by Roddy Doyle
Published by Scholastic Children's Books 

Also shortlisted were:
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
Published by Doubleday Children's Books
Discover Art by Jessica O'Donnell
Published by Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane  
Gaiscioch na Beilte Uaine le Caitriona Nic Sheain by Andrew Whitson
Published by An Snathaid Mhor
The Last of the High Kings by Kate Thompson
Published by The Bodley Head
Titanic 2020 by Colin Bateman
Published by Hodder Children's Books