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{{short description|2005 children's fantasy novel by Kate Thompson}}
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| name = '''''The New Policeman'''''
| name = The New Policeman
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| image = The New Policeman cover.jpg
| caption = Front cover of unknown edition
| caption = First edition
| author = [[Kate Thompson (author)|Kate Thompson]]
| author = [[Kate Thompson (author)|Kate Thompson]]
| cover_artist = [[Paul Hess]]<ref name=isfdb-series/>
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| language = English
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{{isfdb series |24571 |Liddy}} ('''ISFDB'''). Retrieved 2012-08-01. Select a title to see its linked publication history and general information. Select a particular edition (title) for more data at that level, such as a front cover image or linked contents.</ref>
{{isfdb series |24571 |Liddy}} (ISFDB). Retrieved 2012-08-01</ref>
| genre = [[Children's literature|Children's]] [[fantasy]] novel
| genre = [[Children's literature|Children's]] [[fantasy]] novel
| publisher = [[The Bodley Head]]
| publisher = [[The Bodley Head]]
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'''''The New Policeman''''' is a children's [[fantasy novel]] by [[Kate Thompson (author)|Kate Thompson]], published by Bodley Head in 2005. Set in [[Kinvara]], Ireland, it features a teenage boy, J. J. Liddy, who learns that "time is leaking from his world into [[Tir na nOg]], the land of the fairies".<ref>WorldCat. 2012-08-01.<!--see Ext links--></ref> It inaugurated a series that is sometimes called Liddy.<ref name=isfdb-series/>
'''''The New Policeman''''' is a children's [[fantasy novel]] by [[Kate Thompson (author)|Kate Thompson]], published by Bodley Head in 2005. Set in [[Kinvara]], Ireland, it features a teenage boy, J. J. Liddy, who learns that time is leaking from the human world into [[Tir na nOg]], the land of the fairies.<ref>WorldCat. 2012-08-01.<!--see Ext links--></ref> It inaugurated a series that is sometimes referred to as the Liddy series.<ref name=isfdb-series/>


Thompson and ''The New Policeman'' won two important annual awards, the [[Whitbread Children's Book Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.costabookawards.com/downloads/Past_Winners_complete_list.pdf |title=THE WHITBREAD BOOK AWARDS |publisher=[[Costa Book Awards]] |accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref> and the [[Guardian Children's Fiction Prize]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/childrensfictionprize2005/0,,1498567,00.html |title=Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2005 |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref>
Thompson and ''The New Policeman'' won two important annual awards, the [[Whitbread Children's Book Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.costabookawards.com/downloads/Past_Winners_complete_list.pdf |title=THE WHITBREAD BOOK AWARDS |publisher=[[Costa Book Awards]] |accessdate=2009-04-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009040708/http://www.costabookawards.com/downloads/Past_Winners_complete_list.pdf |archivedate=2007-10-09 }}</ref> and the [[Guardian Children's Fiction Prize]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/childrensfictionprize2005/0,,1498567,00.html |title=Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2005 |work=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref>


The novel also won the inaugural Irish BA Award for Children's Books in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=1846576776 |title=The New Policeman |publisher=rbooks.co.uk |accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref>
The novel also won the inaugural Irish BA Award for Children's Books in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=1846576776 |title=The New Policeman |publisher=rbooks.co.uk |accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref>


[[HarperCollins]] published the first U.S. edition under its Greenwillow Books [[imprint]] in February 2007.<ref name=isfdb-series/><ref name=LCC/>
[[HarperCollins]] published the first U.S. edition under its Greenwillow Books [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]] in February 2007.<ref name=isfdb-series/><ref name=LCC/>


A Chinese-language edition was published in 2008 with illustrations and music.<ref>
A Chinese-language edition was published in 2008 with illustrations and music.<ref>
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As of September 2011, HarperCollins/Greenwillow has published U.S. editions of all three.
As of September 2011, HarperCollins/Greenwillow has published U.S. editions of all three.

==See also==
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==References==
==References==
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* {{isfdb name |10455 |Kate Thompson}}
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Latest revision as of 20:49, 2 November 2024

The New Policeman
First edition
AuthorKate Thompson
Cover artistPaul Hess[1]
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLiddy[1]
GenreChildren's fantasy novel
PublisherThe Bodley Head
Publication date
May 2005
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages407 pp (first edition)
ISBN037032823X
OCLC441364138
LC ClassPZ7.T3715965 Ne 2007[2]

The New Policeman is a children's fantasy novel by Kate Thompson, published by Bodley Head in 2005. Set in Kinvara, Ireland, it features a teenage boy, J. J. Liddy, who learns that time is leaking from the human world into Tir na nOg, the land of the fairies.[3] It inaugurated a series that is sometimes referred to as the Liddy series.[1]

Thompson and The New Policeman won two important annual awards, the Whitbread Children's Book Award[4] and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.[5]

The novel also won the inaugural Irish BA Award for Children's Books in 2006.[6]

HarperCollins published the first U.S. edition under its Greenwillow Books imprint in February 2007.[1][2]

A Chinese-language edition was published in 2008 with illustrations and music.[7]

Series

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There are three novels in the Liddy series, summing more than 1100 pages in their first editions.[1]

  • The New Policeman (Bodley Head, May 2005, 0-370-32823-X)
  • The Last of the High Kings (Bodley Head, June 2007, 0-370-32925-2)
  • The White Horse Trick (Red Fox, April 2010, 978-1-86230-941-8)

As of September 2011, HarperCollins/Greenwillow has published U.S. editions of all three.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Liddy series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 2012-08-01
  2. ^ a b "The new policeman" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  3. ^ WorldCat. 2012-08-01.
  4. ^ "THE WHITBREAD BOOK AWARDS" (PDF). Costa Book Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  5. ^ "Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2005". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  6. ^ "The New Policeman". rbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  7. ^ Xun zhao shi jian de ren (first Chinese edition). WorldCat. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
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