At last books and their authors are getting the limelight with The British Book Awards Oscar style celebration being televised tonight in the UK, backed by a £1.4M advertising campaign for the awards by sponsors Galaxy. The awards aim to extend Britain’s relationship with books and reading. The winners announced on Wednesday are:
- The Book People Lifetime Achievement Award - John Grisham
- The Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year - The Interpretation of Murder Jed Rubenfeld
- Reader's Digest Author of the Year - Richard Dawkins
- Amazon.co.uk Biography of the Year - The Sound of Laughter Peter Kay
- Borders Book of the Year - The Dangerous Book for Boys Conn and Hal Iggulden
- WHSmith Children's Book of the Year - Flanimals of the Deep Ricky Gervais
- BCA Crime Thriller of the Year - The Naming of the Dead Ian Rankin
- Waterstone's Newcomer of the Year - Victoria Hislop The Island
- Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award - Anybody Out There Marian Keyes
- Tesco Sports Book of the Year - Gerrard: My Autobiography Steven Gerrard
- PLAY.COM Film & TV Book of the Year - The Devil Wears Prada Lauren Weisberger
- decibel Writer of the Year -Jackie Kay Wish I Was Here
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