The People's Book Prize (UK)
The People's Book Prize is an annual UK literary award, first awarded in July 2010. There is no panel of judges. Titles are nominated by publishers, and are voted for by the public.
The prize is administered by Tatiana Wilson, an independent publisher, for The People's Book Prize Limited. One of its roles is to recognize the work of first-time authors.
Patron
Dame Beryl Bainbridge DBE was the prize's founding patron. Following her death in July 2010, she was succeeded as patron by Frederick Forsyth CBE.
At the launch of the prize at the 2009 London Book Fair, Bainbridge said: "Something like this, this idea – which is absolutely amazing – once it takes off, it will be of enormous importance to writers. I look forward to the time when we mention this particular prize as the greatest – and look back – and remember I was at the meeting at the London Book Fair and think where it has gone! So I wish it tremendously good luck."
Winners
2009/2010
2010/2011
| Category | Author | Title |
|---|
| Fiction | Sara Allerton | Making Shore |
| Non-Fiction | Polly Higgins | Eradicating Ecocide |
| Children | Henry Fisher | When I Dream of ABC |
| TPBP Beryl Bainbridge Award for First Time Author | Morag Ramsay | Alex McLean Time Traveller |
| TPBP Special Achievement Award | Libby Coleman and Nick Ainley | Yes We Can Read |
2011/2012
| Category | Author | Title |
|---|
| Fiction | Valerie Thornhill | In Restoration |
| Non-Fiction | Johan Bakker | Behind the Rainbow |
| Children | Giles Paley-Phillips | The Fearsome Beastie |
| TPBP Beryl Bainbridge Award for a First Time Author | Daphne Fong | Revenge of the Thirteen |
| TPBP Special Achievement Award | David Cohen | Calling London |
2012/2013
| Category | Author | Title |
|---|
| Fiction | Sue Ecktein | Interpreters |
| Non Fiction | Eileen Younghusband | One Woman's War |
| Children | Griselda Heppel | Ante's Inferno |
| TPBP Beryl Bainbridge Award for First Time Author | Amy Elliott-Smith | A Guide to Becoming Distinctly Average |
| TPBP Special Achievement Award | William Ayot | Emails from the Soul |
2013/2014
| Category | Author | Title |
|---|
| Fiction | RJJ Hall | Theatres of War |
| Non Fiction | Danny Bent | You've Gone Too Far This Time Sir |
| Children | Billy Bob Buttons | I Think I Murdered Miss |
| TPBP Beryl Bainbridge Award for First Time Author | Margaret Skea | Turn of the Tide |
| TPBP Special Achievement Award | Helen J. Bate | Proverbs and Sayings in Pictures |
2014/2015
| Category | Author | Title |
|---|
| Fiction | Scott Caladon | Darke Mission |
| Non Fiction | Carol E Wyer | Grumpy Old Menopause |
| Children | Rob Jones | Bernard |
| TPBP Beryl Bainbridge Award for First Time Author | Primary School Children | Children's Poems |
| TPBP Special Achievement Award | Tim Wotton | How Have I Cheated Death? |
References
http://www.peoplesbookprize.com/book.php?id=179
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External links
- ↑ http://www.peoplesbookprize.com/winners2014.htm