Awards news
By Gary Dalkin
The Bookseller’s British Book Awards (Nibbies) will be given in 12 categories on 13 May in London in a ceremony to be streamed online. The shortlist for Book of the Year is: Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt, Lucinda Riley and Harry Whittaker; Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros; So Late in the Day, Claire Keegan; Tackle!, Jilly Cooper; The Ghost Ship, Kate Mosse; Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang. The other categories are: Page Turner, Crime & Thriller, Debut Fiction, Non-Fiction: Narrative, Non-Fiction: Lifestyle & Illustrated; Discover; Children’s Non-Fiction; Children’s Fiction; Audiobook: Non-Fiction; Audiobook: Fiction.
Website: www.thebookseller.com/awards/the-british-bookawards?tab=book-of-the-year-shortlists
The UK Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction WritersZita Abila; Nelita Aromona; Ese Erheriene; Isha Karki; Inigo Laguda; Ruairidh MacLean; Farah Maria Rahman; M.A. Seneviratne.
