British Book Awards 2017

Die britische Branche hat ihre Besten gekürt

12. Mai 2017
von Börsenblatt
In London sind am 8. Mai die British Book Awards 2017 vergeben worden. Die vom britischen Branchenmagazin "The Bookseller" unterstützten Auszeichnungen wurden in sechs Kategorien vergeben, darunter auch "Great People".

Eine der Gewinnerinnen in der Kategorie "Great People" ist Kate Hibbert von der Little, Brown Book Group, die als "Rights Professional of the Year" geehrt wurde. Hibberts Sponsor ist die Frankfurter Buchmesse.

Die anderen Awards werden von britischen Verlagen und Branchenorganisationen gesponsert.

In folgenden Kategorien wurde Auszeichnungen vergeben:

Bringing Books to Readers
Waterstones, Book Retailer of the Year
The Gutter Bookshop (Ireland), Independent Bookshop of the Year
Camberwell Library (Southwark, London), Library of the Year
Tales on Moon Lane (London), Children's Bookseller of the Year
Royal Horticultural Society, Non-Traditional Retailer of the Year

Books of the Year
The Girl of Ink & Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Chicken House, Children's Book of the Year
Dodgers by Bill Beverly, No Exit Press, Crime & Thriller Book of the Year
What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell, Picador, Début Book of the Year
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry, Serpent's Tail, Fiction Book of the Year and Overall Book of the Year
Hello, is this planet Earth? by Tim Peake, Century, Non-Fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year
East West Street by Philippe Sands, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Non-Fiction: Narrative Book of the Year

Great People
Juliet Mabey, Oneworld, Editor of the Year
Catherine Clarke, Felicity Bryan Associates, Literary Agent of the Year
Kate Hibbert, Little, Brown Book Group, Rights Professional of the Year (gesponsert von der Frankfurter Buchmesse)
Rebecca MacAlister, Blackwell's, Oxford, Individual Bookseller of the Year


Publishing Success
Lean in 15: The Sustain Plan by Joe Wicks, Pan Macmillan, Marketing Strategy of the Year
Anna-Marie Fitzgerald, For The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (Serpent's Tail), Publicity Campaign of the Year
Head of Zeus, Independent Publisher of the Year
John Murray, Hachette, Imprint of the Year
Nosy Crow, Children's Publisher of the Year
Collins Learning, Academic, Educational & Professional Publisher of the Year
Pan Macmillan, Publisher of the Year

The Booksellers Association Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Book Trade
Joanne K. Rowling

The Bestseller Award
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"