Awards: British Book and Trade Winners

The 2024 British Book Awards, aka the Nibbies, included both book and trade categories.

Book categories:

Overall Book of the Year and Lifestyle & Illustrated Non-Fiction Winner: Murdle by G.T. Karber
Author of the Year: Katherine Rundell
Illustrator of the Year: Jamie Smart
Fiction: Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
Pageturner: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Crime & Thriller: None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
Début Fiction: In Memoriam by Alice Winn
Narrative Non-Fiction: Politics on the Edge: A Memoir from Within by Rory Stewart
Discover: Lessons From Our Ancestors by Raksha Dave, illustrated by Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong
Children's Non-Fiction: Brilliant Black British History by Atinuke, illustrated by Kingsley Nebechi
Children's Illustrated: Bunny vs Monkey: Multiverse Mix-Up! by Jamie Smart
Children's Fiction: Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
Non-Fiction Audiobook: Strong Female Character, written and narrated by Fern Brady
Fiction Audiobook: None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell, narrated by Nicola Walker and Louise Brealey

Among the trade winners:

Independent Bookshop of the Year and Wales Winner: Book-ish, Crickhowell, winner for the second time in its 14-year history. "Sales grew again thanks to creative bookselling, a remarkable array of in-store, festival and school events, reading groups and a good online offer. It also opened a second shop in nearby Abergavenny after a successful crowdfunder."
(See the nine regional and country winners here.)

Children's Bookseller of the Year and Book Retailer of the Year: The Children's Bookshop, London, which "celebrates its 50th birthday this year--making it not just the longest-standing children's bookstore in the country, but old enough to be selling books to the grandchildren of its first young customers. Yet it's a shop that never seems to age, with a youthful energy for reading and its community." The Children's Bookshop is only the second independent bookshop to win the book retailer award in the award's 11-year history.

Individual Bookseller of the Year: Amanda Dunne Fulmer of Halfway Up the Stairs, Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland. "Having joined the children's specialist five years ago after a decade in school libraries, she has worked tirelessly to get all her young customers reading for pleasure, regardless of their abilities and interests. She knows that good bookselling starts with listening, and takes the time to understand needs before recommending suitable books from an encyclopeadic knowledge of children's authors and illustrators."

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