British Book Awards

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The British Book Awards are given annually and promoted by the UK publishing industry trade journal Publishing News. They are also known as the Nibbies because of the golden nib-shaped trophy given to winners.[1]

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[edit] Awards

[edit] Current Awards

The awards are made in a number of headline categories:

[edit] Retired awards

Previously awards have also been made in these categories that are now discontinued:

[edit] British Book Trade Awards

  • Publisher of the Year
  • Award for Exporting
  • Imprint & Editor of the Year
  • Sales & Marketing Campaign
  • Award for inspiring wider reading
  • Design & Production Award
  • Award for industry Achievement
  • Bowker Bookselling Company of the Year
  • Aurum Independent Bookshop of the Year
  • Small Publisher of the Year
  • Publicity Campaign of the Year
  • Award for Innovation in the Book Business

[edit] Previous winners

[edit] The Lifetime Achievement Award

[edit] Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year

[edit] The Book of the Year

[edit] The Author of the Year

[edit] The Children's Book of the Year

[edit] The Children's Author of the Year

[edit] The Illustrated Children's Book of the Year

  • 1995 - The Most Amazing Pop-Up Science Book - Jay Young (Watts Books)
  • 1994 - Mummy Laid an Egg - Babette Cole (Jonathan Cape)
  • 1993 - Penguin Small - Mick Inkpen (Hodder)
  • 1992 - Farmer Duck - Helen Oxenbury (Walker Books)
  • 1991 - The Mousehole Cat - Nicola Bayley (Walker Books)

[edit] The Illustrated Book of the Year

[edit] The Newcomer of the Year

[edit] The TV & Film Book of the Year

[edit] The Biography of the Year

[edit] The Popular Fiction Award

[edit] The Literary Fiction Award

[edit] The History Book of the Year

[edit] The Sports Book of the Year

[edit] The Audiobook of the Year

[edit] The Crime Thriller of the Year

[edit] The deciBel Writer of the Year

[edit] The Fastest Selling Biography of All Time

[edit] The Travel Writer of the Year

[edit] The Fantasy and Science Fiction Author of the Year

[edit] Bestseller of the Year

  • 1991 - Delia Smith's Christmas (BBC Books)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Katie Price shortlisted for WH Smith Children’s Book of the Year. The Times (2008-03-22). Retrieved on 2008-04-06.

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