Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I got to judge the Science Fiction and Fantasy category at the very first Speakies (the British Audio Awards) aaaaahh! Come with me through the whole process from finding out the books to attending the awards!! ps audiobooks count as reading 🌻

The Speakies: thebookseller.com/the-british-audio-awards/the-british-audio-awards
Book Awards vlog: youtu.be/s_0y4WOfyOU

Bee Speaker by Adrian Tchaikovsky*: uk.bookshop.org/a/689/9781035901456
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab*: uk.bookshop.org/a/689/9781250406576
Count Zero by William Gibson*: uk.bookshop.org/a/689/9781473217409
Doctor Who: Agent of the Daleks by Steve Lyons: waterstones.com/audiobook/doctor-who-agent-of-the-daleks/steve-lyons/maureen-obrien/9781529940657
Queen B by Juno Dawson*: uk.bookshop.org/a/689/9780008660475
The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan*: uk.bookshop.org/a/689/9780356517032
XigXag: xigxag.co.uk

CHAPTERS
0:00:00 - The nominees
0:11:04 - Reading the books
0:43:45 - Judging
0:50:32 - The awards
0:58:37 - Final thoughts

SIMILAR VIDEOS
I was a judge for a book awards. This is what happened.: youtu.be/s_0y4WOfyOU
My 2024 Reading in Numbers! (data, charts & graphs!): youtu.be/PapQvwR1X7o
I went on a blind date with a book!: youtu.be/dGzUJ6UFodE

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