The 2008 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize regional winners have been announced.
Africa
Best Book: The Hangman’s Game, by Karen King-Aribisala (Peepal Tree) (Nigeria)
Best First Book: Imagine This, by Sade Adeniran (SW) (Nigeria)
Canada and Caribbean
Best Book: The Book of Negroes, by Lawrence Hill (HarperCollins) (Canada)
Best First Book: The End of the Alphabet, by CS Richardson (Doubleday Canada) (Canada)
Europe and South Asia
Best Book: Animal’s People, by Indra Sinha (Simon and Schuster) (India)
Best First Book: A Golden Age, by Tahmima Anam (HarperCollins) (Bangladesh)
South East Asia and South Pacific
Best Book: The Time We Have Taken, by Steven Carroll (HarperCollins) (Australia)
Best First Book: The Anatomy of Wings, by Karen Foxlee (Univ. Queensland) (Australia)
