2009 Galaxy British Book Awards - winners

The winners of the 2009 Galaxy British Book Awards have been announced

Galaxy Book of the Year
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher - Kate Summerscale (Bloomsbury)

Outstanding Achievement
Michael Palin

Richard & Judy Best Read
When Will There Be Good News - Kate Atkinson (Black Swan)

Borders Author of the Year
Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger (Atlantic Books)

Tesco Biography of the Year
Dreams From My Father - Barack Obama (Canongate)

Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson (Quercus)

Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award
Devil May Care - Sebastian Faulks (Penguin 007)

Play.com Popular Non-Fiction Award
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher - Kate Summerscale (Bloomsbury)

Waterstone's New Writer of the Year
Tom Rob Smith for Child 44 (Simon & Schuster)

WHSmith Children's Book of the Year
Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer Atom

Orange Prize for Fiction 2009 longlist

The Orange Prize for Fiction 2009 longlist has been announced:

* The Household Guide to Dying by Debra Adelaide
* Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold
* Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans
* Blonde Roots by Bernadine Evaristo
* Scottsboro by Ellen Feldman
* Strange Music by Laura Fish
* Love Marriage by V V Ganeshananthan
* Intuition by Allegra Goodman
* The Wilderness by Samantha Harvey
* The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt
* The Lost Dog by Michelle de Kretser
* Molly Fox's Birthday by Deirdre Madden Molly
* A Mercy by Toni Morrison
* The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight by Gina Ochsner
* Home by Marilynne Robinson
* Evening is the Whole Day by Preeta Samarasan
* Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie
* American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
* The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
* The Personal History of Rachel DuPree by Ann Weisgarber

Bisto Book Awards shortlist announced

The Bisto Children's Book of the Year Awards, in partnership with CBI are presented annually in recognition of excellence in writing and/or illustration of books for young people. The awards are administered by CBI, the national organisation for children's books and sponsored by Bisto gravy. The awards are open to any children's book by an author and/or illustrator born or resident in Ireland, written in Irish or English and published between 1st January and 31st December each year. Speaking about the shortlist, Keith O'Sullivan Chair of the 2008-9 Judging Panel, said: "This year's shortlist is exceptionally strong and diverse: it is characterised by quality writing and illustration, which afford readers, of all ages, exciting opportunities to engage with a range of themes from adventure, friendship and belonging to conflict and loss."

Book Industry Conference 2009

The Book Industry Conference 2009 will take place on 1 and 2 June at the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Cambridgeshire. The conference programme will address the current economic climate, how it affects us, and what we can do as an industry and as individual businesses. The British Book Industry Awards will take place on the evening of 1 June, in theatre-style format in the Wellcome Trust Auditorium. Pre-award drinks and post-awards reception will be in the historic Hinxton Hall, which is 1 minute's walk from the theatre

Fourth Runnymede International Literary Festival

Fourth Runnymede International Literary Festival - 18-21 March 2009 - London, UK
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4th Huddersfield Literature Festival

4th Huddersfield Literature Festival - 11-15 March 2009 - Huddersfield, Yorkshire
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The Galaxy British Book Awards 2009

The Galaxy British Book Awards 2009 will take place at the Grosvenor House on London's Park Lane on the evening of Friday 3rd April 2009. Tickets are GBP295 (+ vat), tables of 10, and, as before, will be fully inclusive of food and drink during the evening
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