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William Hill shortlist announced tomorrow

29.10.08 Katie Allen

The shortlist for the 20th William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award will be announced tomorrow (30th October) live on the "Simon Mayo" show on BBC Radio 5 Live.

The 13-strong longlist is:  Paul Canoville Black and Blue (Headline); John Carlin Playing the Enemy (Atlantic); Janie Hampton The Austerity Olympics [London 1948] (Aurum); Rebecca Jenkins The First London Olympics 1908 (Piatkus); Richard Moore Heroes, Villains and Velodromes (Harper); Haruki Murakami What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Harvill Secker); Musa Okwonga A Cultured Left Foot (Duckworth); Rowan Simons Bamboo Goalposts (Macmillan); Ed Smith What Sport Tells Us About Life (Penguin); Jackie Stewart Winning is not Enough (Headline); Marcus Trescothick Coming Back to Me: The Autobiography (Harper); Jeremy Whittle Bad Blood (Yellow Jersey); Jonathan Wilson Inverting the Pyramid (Orion).

The winning author will receive a £20,000 cash prize plus a £2,000 free William Hill bet. The winner will be announced on Mayo's show on 24th November.

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