Jenjie Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 W H Smith Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling (Bloomsbury) Reader’s Digest Author of the Year Alan Bennett (Faber and Faber/Profile Books) Amazon Biography of the Year Sharon Osbourne Extreme: My Autobiography (Time Warner) Red House Children’s Book of the Year Ark Angel Anthony Horowitz (Walker Books) Worldbooks Crime Thriller of the Year The Take Martina Cole (Headline) Borders/Books etc History Book of the Year Auschwitz Laurence Rees (BBC) Waterstone’s Newcomer of the Year Marina Lewycka A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (Viking) Sainsbury’s Popular Fiction Award The Time Traveler’s Wife Audrey Niffenegger (Vintage) Tesco Sports Book of the Year Being Freddie Andrew Flintoff (Hodder) play.com TV & Film Book of the Year The Constant Gardener John le Carré (Hodder) deciBel Writer of the Year 26a Diana Evans (Chatto & Windus) Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year Labyrinth Kate Mosse (Orion) Outstanding Achievement Award Jamie Oliver Various articles discussing different winners: J. K. ROWLING has probably lost count of the number of prizes she has won, but her boy wizard worked his magic once more at last night’s British Book Awards. More at the Times The day after her blockbuster Labyrinth was featured on Richard & Judy's book club, an extra 60,000 copies flew off booksellers' shelves. Last night, Kate Mosse's success was sealed when her book was named Best Read of the Year at the British Book Awards. More at the Independent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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