A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author .
34-543: The British Book Awards or Nibbies are literary awards for the best UK writers and their works, administered by The Bookseller . The awards have had several previous names, owners and sponsors since being launched in 1990, including the National Book Awards from 2010 to 2014. The British Book Awards, or Nibbies, ran from 1990 to 2009 and were founded by the editor of Publishing News . The awards were then acquired by Agile Marketing , which renamed them
68-573: A Specsavers National Book Awards ceremony was held on 20 November but was unrelated to the Nibbies. In 2005, The Bookseller launched a separate scheme, The Bookseller Retail Awards (winners not listed in this article). In 2010, running parallel to the National Book Awards, The Bookseller unified The Nibbies with its retail awards to produce The Bookseller Industry Awards (winners not listed in this article). The awards are known as
102-458: A barometer of bourgeois bad taste." He says juries can be influenced by vendettas, paybacks and payoffs, "most judges are fair-minded people. But hate, conceit and jealousy are no less human attributes than wisdom, judgment and knowledge." Book prizes will sometimes compete with one another, and these goals do not always coincide with anointing the best winner. Sometimes juries can not decide between two contentious books so they will compromise with
136-692: A certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing (such as science fiction or politics ). There are also awards dedicated to works in individual languages, such as the Miguel de Cervantes Prize ( Spanish ); the Camões Prize ( Portuguese ); the Booker Prize , The Writers' Prize , the Pulitzer Prize and the Hugo Award ( English ). Other international literary prizes include
170-620: A lawyer at the law firm Sidley Austin , where she met Barack Obama . While this section talks considerably at length about Obama's Princeton experience and Sidley Austin, Harvard Law school's experiences are mentioned marginally by comparison. Becoming Us departs from the beginning of the Obamas' romantic relationship and follows their marriage and the beginning of his political career in the Illinois State Senate. This section also notes Obama's career "swerve" from corporate law to
204-713: A national book tour conducted in arenas, often to sold-out crowds starting in Chicago at the United Center . Obama previewed the book and tour on Chicago's Windy City Live daytime television show at her alma mater, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School on Chicago's Near West Side . The initial tour included 12 venues in 10 cities but expanded with its popularity; as of February 2019, another 21 cities had been added, including six in Europe and four in Canada. In May 2020,
238-502: A non-profit organization) as the presenter and public face of the award, and another organization as the financial sponsor or backer, who pays the prize remuneration and the cost of the ceremony and public relations, typically a corporate sponsor who may sometimes attach their name to the award (such as the Orange Prize ). There are awards for various writing formats including poetry and novels . Many awards are also dedicated to
272-538: A third inoffensive bland book. He says there are now so many awards and prizes it has diluted the prestige of being a prize-winning book. Flanagan clarifies he is not against literary awards, but believes they should not be taken too seriously as a form of support for literary culture. Becoming (book) Becoming is the memoir by former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama , published on November 13, 2018. Described by
306-590: A writer from The Atlantic , used the words "refreshing" and "striking" to describe the book. In 2020, the audiobook edition won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album and was named one of the top ten Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults by the American Library Association . American musician Questlove curated a soundtrack for the book called The Michelle Obama Musiaqualogy . In November 2018, Michelle Obama went on
340-518: The Nibbies because of the golden nib -shaped trophy given to winners. The shortlisted nominees were announced on 8 March 2024. Once again the in-person ceremony was livestreamed. Katherine Rundell was named Author of the Year, the first time that a children's writer received up the accolade since Philip Pullman in 2018. In the run up to the awards ceremony, a daily podcast featuring nominated authors
374-1050: The Nobel Prize in Literature , the Franz Kafka Prize , and the Jerusalem Prize . The International Dublin Literary Award is given to writers, as well as to the translator(s) if the book chosen was written in a language other than English. Spoof awards include: The Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award , the Bookseller /Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year , and the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction and Lyttle Lytton Contests , given to deliberately bad grammar There are also literary awards targeted specifically to encourage
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#1732783854842408-620: The Battersea Arts Centre, London. This year saw the addition of a new award category: Page-turner of the Year. The shortlisted nominees were announced on 20 March 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the live event due to be held on 18 May 2020 was cancelled and the ceremony was held online over a month later in June 2020. This year's ceremony was named Event of the Year at the 2020 Independent Publisher Awards. In celebration of
442-467: The Media , a site that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] (4.37 out of 5) from the site which was based on seventeen critic reviews. It was an Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection. The book was given over 42,000 ratings and over 41,000 reviews on Goodreads and received 4.55 out of 5 stars. Hannah Giogris,
476-644: The National Book Awards and called them the Galaxy National Book Awards (2010–2011) and later the Specsavers National Book Awards (2012–2014) after their headline sponsors. There were no National Book Awards after 2014; in 2017 the awards were acquired by The Bookseller from the estate of Publishing News ' founder, Fred Newman, and renamed back to the British Book Awards or Nibbies. In 2018,
510-474: The Nibbies' 30th anniversary, 2020 saw a special award called "30 from 30" to celebrate the best of the best, where a longlist of 30 previous winners was narrowed down by a public poll to a shortlist of 10 nominees, plus a wildcard entry ( This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay ), that had not taken home a trophy in the past. 2020 was a notable year for the Nibbies in that except for illustrator Axel Scheffler , who won with his longtime co-creator Julia Donaldson ,
544-609: The United States and Canada during its first day, making it the second best-selling debut for any book in 2018. Bob Woodward 's Fear: Trump in the White House holds the record after selling around 900,000 copies during its first day. However, Barnes and Noble reported that Becoming surpassed Fear in first-week sales and had more first-week sales of any adult book since Go Set a Watchman in 2015. The book sold 1.4 million copies in its first week. After 15 days,
578-503: The United States in 2018, setting the record 15 days after its publication, with over two million copies sold. The 448-page memoir was published on November 13, 2018. Barack Obama said Michelle had a ghostwriter . The Observer notes that Becoming 's acknowledgments section thanks a team of people involved in finishing the book. The book's 24 chapters (plus a preface and epilogue) are divided into three sections: Becoming Me, Becoming Us, and Becoming More. The preface sets
612-532: The Year (the Nibbies), Great People, Bringing Books to Readers and Publishing Success. For the first Nibbies since 2014, the ceremony was expanded, Crime and Thriller titles regained their own category (previously called the Crime Thriller of the Year and changed to Thriller and Crime Novel of the Year in 2011), while non-fiction was split into Narrative and Lifestyle. The Newcomer of the Year / New Writer of
646-455: The Year . Renamed to Children's Book of the Year in 2010. Previously called Popular Fiction Award. Name changed to Popular Fiction Book of the Year in 2010 and subsequently to Fiction Book of the Year in 2017. Previously called the Newcomer of the Year. Name changed to New Writer of the Year in 2010 and subsequently to Début Book of the Year in 2017. Previously called the Crime Thriller of
680-401: The Year and Children's Illustrated and Non-fiction Book of the Year. This year also saw Becoming , the memoir by former first lady Michelle Obama winning two awards. The shortlisted nominees were announced on 16 March 2018. Again the awards comprised four divisions: Books of the Year (the Nibbies), Great People, Bringing Books to Readers and Publishing Success. New categories of Author of
714-514: The Year award was renamed Debut Book of the Year and The Popular Fiction award which had changed to Popular Fiction Book of the Year in 2010 was renamed simply as Fiction Book of the Year in this year. Prior to 2010 the Best was a unique winner. Starting in 2010, the Best was chosen by the public via open internet vote from among the winning books in the other categories. The category was resurrected in 2018. Previously called British Children's Book of
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#1732783854842748-512: The Year in 2010. Previously called the Lifetime Achievement Award (1993–2009). Renamed to Outstanding Achievement Award in 2010. Previously called Author of the Year. Renamed to UK Author of the Year in 2010, notwithstanding the fact the award has been given to non-UK authors. Literary award Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony . Many awards are structured with one organization (usually
782-535: The Year, Illustrator of the Year were added this year. Audiobook of the Year and an award for Overall Book of the Year from all the category winners were also reintroduced after being omitted in 2017. This year also saw a joint winner for the Children's Book of the Year category. The shortlisted nominees were announced on 15 March 2017 at the London Book Fair . The awards comprised four divisions: Books of
816-435: The Year. Name changed to Thriller & Crime Novel of the Year in 2011 and subsequently to Crime & Thriller Book of the Year in 2017. Resurrected as a standalone category in 2022. The following awards are no longer active or have been split into sub categories. Named Bestseller of the Year in 1991. Renamed Bestseller Award in 2017. Previously called Biography of the Year. Name changed to Biography/Autobiography of
850-494: The author as a deeply personal experience, the book talks about her roots and how she found her voice, as well as her time in the White House , her public health campaign, and her role as a mother. The book is published by Crown and was released in 24 languages. One million copies were donated to First Book , an American nonprofit organization which provides books to children. It was the highest-selling book published in
884-530: The book became the best-selling book in the US for the year 2018. By March 26, 2019, Becoming had sold 10 million copies. According to The New York Times , as of November 2020, the book has "sold 14 million copies worldwide, including more than 8 million in the U.S. and Canada". According to Book Marks , the book received "positive" reviews based on twenty-two critic reviews with four being "rave" and sixteen being "positive" and three being "mixed". In Books in
918-412: The non-profit realm as she continued to work while raising her daughters and speaking at political events, becoming gradually more involved in her husband's campaign. The book shares Obama's balance between her position as the first African American First Lady of the United States of America , her motherly duties, and her marital commitments. The section ends with election night in 2008 when Barack Obama
952-485: The programme's entire slate of authorial honours went to women and the Book of the Year and Author of the Year categories had their first ever black winners. The shortlisted nominees were announced on 22 March 2019. The awards were now simplified into just two divisions, Books of the Year (the Nibbies) and The Trade Awards. 2019 saw the Children's Book of the Year category split into two categories: Children's Fiction Book of
986-417: The public interest." The shortlisted nominees were announced on 25 March 2022. This year marked the return to the first live awards ceremony since 2019 but was also broadcast as a livestream . A new category of Discover Book of the Year was introduced aiming to showcase traditionally underrepresented authors with a particular focus on the work of indie presses and imprints. Alongside this, also new for 2022,
1020-591: The stage for Michelle Obama's story to open by sketching a scene in her post-First Lady life. Becoming Me traces Obama's early life growing up on the South Side of Chicago with her parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson, in an upstairs apartment where she got her first piano lessons and learnt to be an independent girl under the nurturing care of her parents. There, Obama shared a bedroom with her brother Craig. The book continues through her education at Princeton University and Harvard Law School to her early career as
1054-569: The writing from African American origin and authors of African descent. Two of these awards are Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence , which was established in 2007 by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation , and Hurston/Wright Legacy Award , which is a given by the National Community of Black Writers. Australian author Richard Flanagan wrote a critique of literary awards, saying "National prizes are often
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1088-542: Was a split of the Children's Awards into non-fiction and illustrated, in addition to the fiction award, and a split of the Audiobook of the Year award into Fiction audiobook of the Year and Non-fiction audiobook of the Year. The shortlisted nominees were announced on 19 March 2021. Once again the ceremony was held online due to the continuing restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. It took place on 13 May 2021 at
1122-698: Was elected President of the United States. Becoming More takes the readers through Barack Obama's presidency, Michelle Obama's focus on her Let's Move campaign, and her role of "head mom in chief" to her two daughters - Malia and Sasha Obama , along with the other aspects of the Obama's life as first family . The Epilogue talks about the last day of Obamas in the White House which was also Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony and Michelle Obama's reflection on Optimism. She also expresses her lack of desire to ever run for office. Total book sales, including hardcover, audio, and e-book editions, sold around 725,000 copies in
1156-759: Was made available online. The shortlisted nominees were announced on 17 March 2023. Once again the in-person ceremony was livestreamed. In 2023 the Non-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year category was expanded to include Illustrated books. Salman Rushdie was recognised with a special Freedom to Publish honour. It is only the second time that the British Book Awards regime has conferred this prize, previously being awarded in 2022 to HarperCollins UK and its publishing director Arabella Pike "in recognition of their defense of [their] authors against interference from Russian oligarchs, and for their ‘robust defense of investigative non-fiction and publishing in
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