Michelle Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Dubbed the ‘Oscars of the publishing industry,’ The Specsavers National Book Awards showcases the best of British writing & publishing, whilst celebrating books with wide popular appeal, critical acclaim and commercial success. http://www.nationalbookawards.co.uk/Autobiography/Biography of the Year:• My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding (Viking Adult)• Patrick Leigh Fermor by Artemis Cooper (John Murray)• Back Story by David Mitchell (HarperCollins)• Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie (Jonathan Cape)• Who I Am by Pete Townshend (HarperCollins)• Camp David by David Walliams (Michael Joseph)Specsavers Popular Fiction Book of the Year:• 1356 by Bernard Cornwell (HarperCollins)• The Thread by Victoria Hislop (Headline Review)• The Rose Petal Beach by Dorothy Koomson (Quercus Books)• Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James (Arrow) • Citadel by Kate Mosse (Orion)• Me Before You by JoJo Moyes (Michael Joseph)Crime Book of the Year available on iBookstore:• A Wanted Man by Lee Child (Bantam Press)• Kind of Cruel by Sophie Hannah (Hodder and Stoughton)• A Question of Identity by Susan Hill (Chatto and Windus)• The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz (Orion Fiction)• Perfect People by Peter James (Pan)• Gods and Beasts by Denise Mina (Orion)WHSmith Food & Drink Book of the Year:• Mary Berry’s Complete Cookbook by Mary Berry (DK)• The Great British Bake Off: How to Turn Everyday Bakes into Showstoppers by Linda Collister (BBC Books)• Hugh’s Three Good Things by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (Bloomsbury)• The Hairy Dieters by Si King & Dave Myers (Weidenfeld & Nicholson)• Lorraine Pascale’s Fast, Fresh and Easy Food by Lorraine Pascale (HarperCollins)• Gok Cooks Chinese by Gok Wan (Michael Joseph)Google Play™ International Author of the Year:• HHhH by Laurent Binet (Harvill Secker)• The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt (Granta)• Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain (Canongate Books)• The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (Headline Review)• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Allen Lane)• The Dinner by Herman Koch (Atlantic)Magic 105.4 Popular Non-fiction Book of the Year:• A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen (Hodder and Stoughton)• Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre (4th Estate)• Is It Just Me by Miranda Hart (Hodder and Stoughton)• Moranthology by Caitlin Moran (EburyPress)• Brazil by Michael Palin (Weidenfeld & Nicholson)• The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson (Picador)Waterstones UK Author of the Year:• Capital by John Lanchester (Faber and Faber)• Swimming Home by Deborah Levy (And Other Stories/Faber and Faber)• Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel (4th Estate)• The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling (Little, Brown)• NW by Zadie Smith (Hamish Hamilton)• Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal by Jeanette Winterson (Vintage)National Book Tokens Children’s Book of the Year:• The Wolf Princess by Cathryn Constable (Chicken House)• The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle (Templar Publishing)• Pirates Love Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort (Simon and Schuster)• Itch by Simon Mayo (Doubleday Children’s)• Tom Gates: Genius Ideas (mostly) by Liz Pichon (Scholastic Children’s Books)• Ratburger by David Walliams (HarperCollins Children’s)audible.co.uk Audiobook of the year:• Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel, read by Simon Slater (Whole Story Audiobooks)• Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan, read by Juliet Stevenson (Random House Audiobooks)• Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, read by Dan Stevens (AudioGO)• Is It Just Me? by Miranda Hart, read by Miranda Hart (Hodder and Stoughton)• The Killing by David Hewson, read by Christian Rodska (Macmillan Digital Audio)• The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year by Sue Townsend, read by Caroline Quentin (Whole Story Audiobooks)New Writer of the Year:• The Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne (Headline)• The Somnambulist by Essie Fox (Orion)• The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (Doubleday)• The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen (Chatto and Windus)• The Lighthouse by Alison Moore (Salt Publishing)• Care Of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles (4th Estate) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 My favourites there are Me Before You (Jojo Moyes), A Land of Decoration (Grace McCleen) and The Snow Child (Eowyn Ivey)... I hope they do well, I'll be watching with interest, thanks for posting MIchelle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 The audiobook of Bring up the Bodies is stunning, if that doesn't win the category I'll eat my dog (I haven't got one but all the same I'm pretty confident that if I did I wouldn't have to) I've heard bits of Miranda's Is it Just Me? (downloaded first chapter) and though it's funny as you would expect it was a bit too lightweight and a repeat of Miranda's stuff in general and I don't much like Caroline Quentin's narration .. it borders on irritatating (it crosses over the border actually and spends the day there ) Juliet though is marvellous reading anything so that is probably a cracker. The Snow Child and The Sisters Brothers were highlights for me this year and Jeanette Winterson's biography too, again Bring up the Bodies is marvellous and if Caitlin's book is as good as her last then she must be in with a shout. My Mum says Clare Balding's book is really good and she's put it on a pile for me to borrow but I doubt I'll like it as much as David Mitchell's Back Story which was brilliant (just like him ) I haven't got any of those cookbooks which is some kind of oversight. Anything with Bake-off in the title though must be good and anything with Mary Berry for that matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 This shouldn't come as a surprise as it's the end of the year, but I thought it was funny and coincidental, the Finnish national, most esteemed book award nominees have just been announced this week. Autobiography/Biography of the Year: • Back Story by David Mitchell (HarperCollins) I love it that this is nominated! Google Play™ International Author of the Year: • HHhH by Laurent Binet (Harvill Secker) • The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt (Granta) • Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain (Canongate Books) • The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (Headline Review) • Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Allen Lane) • The Dinner by Herman Koch (Atlantic) This category has most familiar titles for me. I've read The Sisters Brothers, I have The Snow Child on loan from the library and I've been eyeing The Dinner and have thought about reading it. • The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson (Picador) Could I choose the winner for this? Basically based on interest Waterstones UK Author of the Year: • The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling (Little, Brown) Wohoo for Rowling! audible.co.uk Audiobook of the year: • The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year by Sue Townsend, read by Caroline Quentin (Whole Story Audiobooks) If poppyshake doesn't like Caroline Quentin, and if I didn't think it was a 5/5 read (eventhough it was good), surely it can't win The audiobook of Bring up the Bodies is stunning, if that doesn't win the category I'll eat my dog (I haven't got one but all the same I'm pretty confident that if I did I wouldn't have to) You can't say you're 'pretty confident' only, you have to be more than 100% confident! I'd never forgive you if you would eat a dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I'll be locking my doors tonight in case poppy shake decides to eat out canine style tonight!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I've heard of quite a few of these, but only read Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. It seems like more of an accessible and 'easy' list of books than some of the other book awards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 My favourites there are Me Before You (Jojo Moyes), A Land of Decoration (Grace McCleen) and The Snow Child (Eowyn Ivey)... I hope they do well, I'll be watching with interest, thanks for posting MIchelle. Oh, oh, OH...A Land of Decoration looks so good. It has been added to my wish list. I am looking forward to reading The Snow Child, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) Specsavers Popular Fiction Book of the Year: Magic 105.4 Popular Non-fiction Book of the Year: I wonder what they mean by 'popular'. Interesting that none of them appear to feature in any other list (e.g. Samuel Johnson, not even on the long list). Doe that mean that the latter only includes 'unpopular' books (the SJ list looks rather good to me). Edited November 27, 2012 by willoyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Oh, oh, OH...A Land of Decoration looks so good. It has been added to my wish list. I am looking forward to reading The Snow Child, too. A Land of Decoration was a brilliantly written book, and a beautiful cover too which is always a bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I've only read one of them - The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt - and it is excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunknownleader Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 My favourites there are Me Before You (Jojo Moyes), A Land of Decoration (Grace McCleen) and The Snow Child (Eowyn Ivey)... I hope they do well, I'll be watching with interest, thanks for posting MIchelle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 This was the 2012 Awards, but I do agree with you about those books, they were all excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 I think the 2013 short list has just been published, so I'll try to post that one, as well as finding out who won 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 Winners highlighted in red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 The audiobook of Bring up the Bodies is stunning, if that doesn't win the category I'll eat my dog I haven't got any of those cookbooks which is some kind of oversight. Anything with Bake-off in the title though must be good and anything with Mary Berry for that matter So relieved that it wont be dog on the menu at your house I have a Mary Berry Cook Book that i picked up in a charity shop ages ago, all the recipes are quick & easy & always go down well with the family, it's my favourite baking book I've heard of quite a few of these, but only read Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. It seems like more of an accessible and 'easy' list of books than some of the other book awards. I must bump this up my list Oh, oh, OH...A Land of Decoration looks so good. It has been added to my wish list. I am looking forward to reading The Snow Child, too. A Land of Decoration was a brilliantly written book, and a beautiful cover too which is always a bonus. This is one of my birthday books, i'd added to my wishlist after hearing it reviewed on the radio & Hubby bought it for me. Good to hear you enjoyed it so much Glad to see that Ratburger won, i bought this for my youngest daughter last Christmas & read it to her & we both loved it. I'm looking forward to watching the TV production of Gangsta Gran this Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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