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Specsavers National Book Awards
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| The British Book Awards | |
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| (The Nibbies) | |
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| Awarded for | Authors and illustrators who have stirred the heart and imagination |
| Date | 13 May 2024 |
| Location | JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel, London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | The Bookseller |
| Formerly called | The National Book Awards The Galaxy National Book Awards The Specsavers National Book Awards |
| First awarded | 1990 |
| Website | www |
| Related | The Book Trade Awards The YA Book Prize The British Book Design and Production Awards |
The British Book Awards or Nibbies are literary awards for the best UK writers and their works, administered by The Bookseller. The awards have had several previous names, owners and sponsors since being launched in 1990, including the National Book Awards from 2010 to 2014.
Book award history
The British Book Awards, or Nibbies, ran from 1990 to 2009 and were founded by the editor of Publishing News.[1] The awards were then acquired by Agile Marketing, which renamed them the National Book Awards and called them the Galaxy National Book Awards (2010–2011) and later the Specsavers National Book Awards (2012–2014) after their headline sponsors.[2] There were no National Book Awards after 2014;[3] in 2017 the awards were acquired by The Bookseller from the estate of Publishing News' founder, Fred Newman, and renamed back to the British Book Awards or Nibbies.[1]
In 2018, a Specsavers National Book Awards ceremony was held on 20 November but was unrelated to the Nibbies.[4][5]
In 2005, The Bookseller launched a separate scheme, The Bookseller Retail Awards (winners not listed in this article). In 2010, running parallel to the National Book Awards, The Bookseller unified The Nibbies with its retail awards to produce The Bookseller Industry Awards (winners not listed in this article).[1]
The awards are known as the Nibbies because of the golden nib-shaped trophy given to winners.[6]
Name history
- 1990–2009: British Book Awards
- 2010–2011: Galaxy National Book Awards
- 2012–2014: Specsavers National Book Awards
- 2015–2016: no awards
- 2017–Pres: British Book Awards
Award winners
2024 Books of the Year
The shortlisted nominees were announced on 8 March 2024.[7][8][9] Once again the in-person ceremony was livestreamed.[10] Katherine Rundell was named Author of the Year, the first time that a children's writer received up the accolade since Philip Pullman in 2018.[11] In the run up to the awards ceremony, a daily podcast featuring nominated authors was made available online.[12]
| Overall Book of the Year | Author of the Year | Illustrator of the year |
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| Fiction Book of the Year | Debut Book of the Year | Crime and Thriller Book of the Year |
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| Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year | Non-fiction: Lifestyle and Illustrated | Page-turner of the Year |
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| Children's Fiction Book of the Year | Children's Non-fiction Book of the Year | Children's Illustrated Book of the Year |
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| Discover Book of the Year | Non-fiction Audiobook of the Year | Fiction Audiobook of the Year |
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2023 Books of the Year
The shortlisted nominees were announced on 17 March 2023.[15][16][17] Once again the in-person ceremony was livestreamed.[18] In 2023 the Non-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year category was expanded to include Illustrated books.
Salman Rushdie was recognised with a special Freedom to Publish honour.[19] It is only the second time that the British Book Awards regime has conferred this prize, previously being awarded in 2022 to HarperCollins UK and its publishing director Arabella Pike "in recognition of their defense of authors against interference from Russian oligarchs, and for their ‘robust defense of investigative non-fiction and publishing in the public interest."[20]
| Overall Book of the Year | Author of the Year | Illustrator of the year |
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| Fiction Book of the Year | Debut Book of the Year | Crime and Thriller Book of the Year |
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| Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year | Non-fiction: Lifestyle and Illustrated | Page-turner of the Year |
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| Children's Fiction Book of the Year | Children's Non-fiction Book of the Year | Children's Illustrated Book of the Year |
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| Discover Book of the Year | Non-fiction Audiobook of the Year | Fiction Audiobook of the Year |
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2022 Books of the Year
The shortlisted nominees were announced on 25 March 2022.[23][24][25] This year marked the return to the first live awards ceremony since 2019 but was also broadcast as a livestream.[26]
A new category of Discover Book of the Year was introduced aiming to showcase traditionally underrepresented authors with a particular focus on the work of indie presses and imprints.[24] Alongside this, also new for 2022, was a split of the Children's Awards into non-fiction and illustrated, in addition to the fiction award, and a split of the Audiobook of the Year award into Fiction audiobook of the Year and Non-fiction audiobook of the Year.