British magazine The Bookseller announced the 2019 British Book Award winners on Monday night, with Sally Rooney’s Normal People taking the top prize for Book of the Year.
The book beat out many popular books, like Becoming by Michelle Obama and Lullaby by Leila Slimani. Of her novel’s award, Rooney stated:
“It’s an enormous privilege and an honour for me to receive the overall Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards. I want to say thank you, specifically, because I feel I had an extraordinary lucky experience with this book. I’ve received such enormous support and generosity from my own publisher, Faber & Faber, of course, and also from the bookselling community generally, from libraries and librarians, and the community of people who love books. It has been a really privileged experience for me, and I do feel astonishingly lucky.”
There were over 65 jurors this year, and eight panels to decide the wins. The awards, also known as the “Nibbies,” rewarded the following books at their London ceremony:
Non-fiction Narrative Book of the Year: Becoming by Michelle Obama
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Audiobook of the Year: Becoming by Michelle Obama
Nonfiction/Lifestyle Book of the Year: Bosh! by Henry Firth and Ian Theasby
Debut Fiction Book of the Year: Lullaby by Leila Slimani
Children’s Fiction Book of the Year: The Ice Monster by David Walliams and illustrator Tony Ross
Children’s Illustrated and Nonfiction: You Are Awesome by Matthew Syed and illustrator Toby Triumph
Crime and Thriller Book of the Year: Our House by Louise Candlish
Author of the Year: Lee Child
Illustrator of the Year: Judith Kerr
The Nibbies also include prizes for publishing industry companies and people:
Publisher of the Year: Penguin General
Academic, educational, and professional publisher: Emerald Publishing
Book retailer: WHSmith
Children’s publisher: Nosy Crow
Imprint: Picador (hooray! Check out The Book Slut’s collaboration with Picador in the Rebels With a Cause book club!)
Literary agent: Cathryn Summerhayes
Editor: Rebecca Hill, Usborne
Rights professional: Andrew Sharp, Hachette Children’s Group
Publicity campaign: Louise Court and Lucie Cuthbertson-Twiggs, The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
Marketing strategy: Joanna Rose, Jen Callahan Packer, Jessica Hay, HarperCollins
Independent bookshop: Golden Hare Books, Edinburgh
Individual bookseller: Lighthouse Bookshop, Edinburgh
Children’s bookseller: Waterstones
Small press: Wild Things (announced earlier)
Export: Walker Books and Collins Learning (announced earlier)
Outstanding contribution to the book trade: Tim Godfrey, Booksellers Association
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