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British Book Awards - 2008


The British Book Awards - otherwise known as the Nibbies - were first awarded by the UK publishing industry in the 1990's. The self-styled, "Oscars of the book trade" have become a great way to pick from the best and most popular books of the year.

» See also last year's British Book Awards - 2007

Double Award Winner:


British Book of the Year  &  Reader's Digest Author of the Year

"On Chesil Beach" earned its author, Ian McEwan, two awards at the British Book Awards in 2008. He was named as Reader's Digest Author of the Year and his novel was also awarded British Book of the Year

Prize Winning Gifts: On Chesil Beach


On Chesil Beach
by: Ian McEwan

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by: Ian McEwan

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Hardcover - 176 pages
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Shortlist - Reader's Digest Author of the Year


Khaled Hosseini


For: A Thousand Splendid Suns

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

For: Half a Yellow Sun

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Doris Lessing

For: The Cleft

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David Peace

For: The Damned Utd

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Tesco Biography of the Year


Prize Winning Gifts: My Booky Wook


My Booky Wook
by: Russell Brand

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by: Russell Brand

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Store price: £14.49

Hardcover - 352 pages
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Shortlist - Tesco Biography of the Year


The Blair Years

by Alastair Campbell

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Spilling the Beans

by Clarissa Dickson-Wright

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On the Edge

by Richard Hammond

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Agent Zigzag
The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Traitor, Hero, Spy

by Ben MacIntyre

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Popular Non-fiction Award


Long Way Down
by: Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman

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by: Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman

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Shortlist - Popular Non-fiction Award



Don't Stop Me Now
by Jeremy Clarkson

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A History of Modern Britain
by Andrew Marr

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The Wild Places
by Robert Macfarlane

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Nigella Express
by Nigella Lawson

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Winner - Crime Thriller of the Year


Prize Winning Gifts: Book of the Dead


Book of the Dead
by: Patricia Cornwell

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by: Patricia Cornwell

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Store price: £4.60

Paperback - 432 pages
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Shortlist - Crime Thriller of the Year


The Tin Roof Blowdown

by James Lee Burke

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Bad Luck and Trouble

by Lee Child

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Exit Music

by Ian Rankin

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The Grave Tattoo

by Val McDermid

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Children's Book of the Year - 2008


Prize Winning Gifts: Horrid Henry And The Abominable Snowman (Book & CD) (Horrid Henry Book & CD)


Horrid Henry And The Abominable Snowman (Book & CD) (Horrid Henry Book & CD)
by: Francesca Simon

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by: Francesca Simon

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Audiobook Audio CD - 96 pages
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Shortlist - Children's Book of the Year



Born to Run

by Michael Morpurgo

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That's Not My Penguin

by Fiona Watt

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My Pony Care Book

by Katie Price

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Kiss

by Jacqueline Wilson

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Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award


The Memory Keeper's Daughter
by: Kim Edwards

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by: Kim Edwards

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Shortlist - Popular Fiction Award


A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini

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The Ghost
by Robert Harris

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The House at Riverton
by Kate Morton

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An Absolute Scandal
by Penny Vincenzi

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British Book Awards Winners - Other Categories


Winner:
Richard & Judy: Best Read of the Year


A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini

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Winner:
Outstanding Achievement Award


J.K. Rowling

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Latest News


  Oct 15, 2008:Estelle was awarded Best UK Female at the 2008 MOBO Awards. more »

  Oct 14, 2008:The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga won the 2008 Booker Prize. more »

  Oct 9, 2008: Mick Imlah won the 2008 Forward Poetry Prize. more »

  Oct 9, 2008: Jean Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature. more »

  Sept 9, 2008: A shortlist of 6 books for the 2008 Booker Prize was announced. more »

  Sept 9, 2008: The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow won the 2008 Mercury Music Prize. more »

  July 29, 2008:Salman Rushdie is among the 12 shortlisted books for the 2008 Booker Prize. more »

  July 22, 2008:A shortlist of twelve albums has been announced for the 2008 Mercury Music Prize. more »

  July 15, 2008: "The Suspicions of Mr Whicher" by Kate Summerscale won the BBC4 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. more »

  July 10, 2008: "Blood from Stone" by Frances Fyfield won the crime novel of the year, The Duncan Lawrie Dagger. more »

  July 10, 2008: "Midnight's Children" by Salman Rushdie won the 40th Anniversary, Best of the Booker. more »

  July 1, 2008: "The Presence" by Dannie Abse won the Wales Book of the Year. more »

  June 26, 2008: Philip Reeve won the Carnegie Medal for his children's story "Here Lies Arthur". more »

  June 18, 2008: David Szalay won the Betty Trask Prize for "London and the South-East". more »




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