Posted by: Keir
The shortlists for the 2007 British Book Awards — excuse me, the Galaxy British Book Awards — have been announced. Each category has a different corporate sponsor (unless all the businesses are actually owned by the same goliath conglomerate), making the Whitbread-Costa name change look as quaint as Wrigley Field.
- Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year
Eight titles, each a good read, but only one will be named Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year - Borders Book of the Year
The cream of the crop that brought people flocking into bookshops and libraries - Reader’s Digest Author of the Year
Four very different authors who have made a big impact with their books - WHSmith Children’s Book of the Year
Siz books that capture the imagination of younger readers - BCA Crime Thriller of the Year
A right bunch of chillers, thrillers and killers - Sainsbury’s Popular Fiction Award
Four books with wide appeal acros the nation - Waterstone’s Newcomer of the Year
Exciting new writers who have attracted alot of attention with their first novels - Tesco Sports Book of the Year
Three contrasting careers in football and a cricketing memoir with a difference - decibel Writer of the Year
The decibel award goes to the writer of African, Caribbean or Asian origin who has made the greatest contribution to the literary year - Amazon Biography of the Year
A national treasure, a mother/daughter relationship, a long-suffering wife and a homeless man vie for the honours - Play.com TV & Film Book of the Year
The fashion biz, a brains trust, our habitat and a warning about its future - The Book People Lifetime Achievement Award
There is no shortlist for this award. The name of the recipient will be announced at the Galaxy British Book Awards which Channel 4 will broadcast at 8pm on Friday 30th March.
Stay tuned to Brunswick Billiards Likely Stories. I’ll be linking winning titles to their Johnnie Walker Booklist reviews, when such reviews exist (sometimes U.K. books aren’t published in the U.S. until after they’ve collected their awards; sometimes we have our own reasons for not reviewing them).
