2017 Winners
Bringing Books to Readers
Books of the Year
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The Girl of Ink & Stars by Kiran Millwood HargraveChicken HouseChildren's Book of the Year
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Dodgers by Bill BeverlyNo Exit PressCrime & Thriller Book of the Year
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What Belongs to You by Garth GreenwellPicadorDébut Book of the Year
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The Essex Serpent by Sarah PerrySerpent's TailFiction Book of the Year and Overall Book of the Year
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Hello, is this planet Earth? by Tim PeakeCenturyNon-Fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year
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East West Street by Philippe SandsWeidenfeld & NicolsonNon-Fiction: Narrative Book of the Year
Publishing Success
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Lean in 15: The Sustain Plan by Joe WicksPan MacmillanMarketing Strategy of the Year
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Anna-Marie FitzgeraldFor The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (Serpent's Tail)Publicity Campaign of the Year
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Head of ZeusIndependent Publisher of the Year
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John MurrayHachetteImprint of the Year
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Nosy CrowChildren's Publisher of the Year
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Collins LearningAcademic, Educational & Professional Publisher of the Year
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Pan MacmillanPublisher of the Year
The Booksellers Association Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Book Trade
J K Rowling spent six years planning her first book, only to be rejected by eight publishers - then with the third book in the series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, she began to break records - and make publishers take notice of their children’s divisions. In each year of a Harry Potter publication the overall book market grew, with Deathly Hallows taking the sector to an all-time high of £1.79bn.
The Bestseller Award
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child became the bestselling book of the year on publication, shifting 847,886 copies in its first week…as well as breaking all records for Drama Texts, Plays and Screenplays categories, with a first-week value of £8.7m. The book held the number one spot for six weeks, hitting the million-copy mark after just a fortnight on sale.