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1st December 2008

Book trade Nibbies chooses shortlists

11.04.08

This year's British Book Trade Awards shortlists see Arcadia, Atlantic Books, David Fickling Books, Fig Tree, Jonathan Cape and Pan Macmillan compete for the imprint of the year, while Woolworths' Matt Bridge, Sam Harrison from Waterstone's, W H Smith Travel's Craig Hillier and Georgina Hanratty of independent Tales on Moon Lane battle it out for Young Bookseller of the Year.

Other awards include marketing campaign of the year, with the Harry Potter series by J K Rowling (Bloomsbury), Long Way Down by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman (Little, Brown),Nigella Express by Nigella Lawson (Chatto), The Raw Shark Texts Steven Hall (Canongate),Rebus 20 with Ian Rankin (Orion),Vintage Classics (Vintage), and Simon Sebag Montefiore's Young Stalin (Weidenfeld) in the running.

The awards will be announced at this year's BA Conference in May.

SHORTLISTS IN FULL:

Activair Award for Exporting
HarperCollins Publishers
Penguin UK
Random House Group

Booksellers Association New Bookshop of the Year
Bookstor, Kinsale, Co. Cork
Mostly Books, Abingdon
Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, Bath
Seven Stories Bookshop, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

StoraEnso Design & Production Award
Al Murray: The Pub Landlord's Book of British Common Sense (Hodder & Stoughton)
The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas (Canongate)
Farmyard Tales Wind-Up Tractor Book (Usborne Publishing)
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (John Murray)
Vintage Classics (Vintage)

Frankfurt Book Fair Rights Professional of the Year
Valerie Duff (Atlantic Books)
Ruth Logan (Bloomsbury)
Diane Spivey (Little, Brown Book Group)
Lucy Vanderbilt (HarperCollins)

Baker Tilly Imprint & Editor of the Year
Arcadia - Gary Pulsifer
Atlantic Books - Toby Mundy
David Fickling Books - David Fickling
Fig Tree - Juliet Annan
Jonathan Cape - Robin Robertson
PanMacmillan - Maria Rejt

Sue Butterworth Award for Young Bookseller of the Year
Matt Bridge (Woolworths)
Sam Harrison (Waterstone's)
Craig Hillier (WHSmith Travel)
Georgina Hanratty, Tales on Moon Lane, Herne Hill

British Council & London Book Fair UK Young Publisher of the Year
Tom Chalmers (Legend Press)
Helen Conford (Penguin Press)
Ed Faulkner (Virgin Books)
Ele Fountain (Bloomsbury)
Poppy Hampson (Chatto)
Emma Hayley (Self-Made Hero)

Orion Publishing Group Literary Agent of the Year
Luigi Bonomi (LBA)
Sheila Crowley (A P Watt)
Robert Kirby (United Agents)
David Miller (Rogers, Coleridge & White)

Nielsen Book Award for Innovation in the Book Industry
Blog a Penguin Classic
CollinsLanguage.com
Lovereading4schools
Snowbooks XSL Project

The Guardian Marketing Campaign of the Year
Harry Potter series by J K Rowling (Bloomsbury)
Long Way Down by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman (Little, Brown)
Nigella Express by Nigella Lawson (Chatto)
The Raw Shark Texts Steven Hall (Canongate)
Rebus 20 with Ian Rankin (Orion)
Vintage Classics (Vintage)
Young Stalin by Simon Sebag-Montefiore (Weidenfeld)

Aurum Press Independent Bookshop of the Year
Bookmark, Spalding
Cogito Books, Hexham
Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, Bath
Red Lion Books, Colchester
Village Books, Dulwich Village

decibel Cultural Diversity Award
Ellah Allfrey (Cape)
Arcadia Books
Hamish Hamilton
Verna Wilkins (Tamarind)

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