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The British Book Awards
(The Nibbies)
Awarded forAuthors and illustrators who have stirred the heart and imagination
Date15 May 2023
LocationJW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel, London
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byThe Bookseller
Formerly calledThe National Book Awards
The Galaxy National Book Awards
The Specsavers National Book Awards
First awarded1990; 34 years ago (1990)
Websitewww.thebookseller.com/events/the-british-book-awards
RelatedThe Book Trade Awards
The YA Book Prize
The British Book Design and Production Awards

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.

Book award history[edit]

The British Book Awards, or Nibbies, ran from 1990 to 2009 and were founded by the editor of Publishing News.[1] The awards were then acquired by Agile Marketing, which renamed them 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.[2] There were no National Book Awards after 2014,[3] 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.[1]

In 2018, a Specsavers National Book Awards ceremony was held on 20 November but was unrelated to the Nibbies.[4][5]

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).[1]

The awards are known as the Nibbies because of the golden nib-shaped trophy given to winners.[6]

Award winners[edit]

2023 Books of the Year[edit]

The shortlisted nominees were announced on 17 March 2023.[7][8][9] Once again the in-person ceremony was livestreamed.[10] 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.[11] 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 the public interest."[12]

Presented: 15 May 2023 – Venue: Grosvenor House Hotel, London.[12][13][14]
Overall Book of the Year Author of the Year Illustrator of the year
Fiction Book of the Year Debut Book of the Year Crime and Thriller Book of the Year
Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year Non-fiction: Lifestyle and Illustrated Page-turner of the Year
Children's Fiction Book of the Year Children's Non-fiction Book of the Year Children's Illustrated Book of the Year
Discover Book of the Year Non-fiction Audiobook of the Year Fiction Audiobook of the Year

2022 Books of the Year[edit]

The shortlisted nominees were announced on 25 March 2022.[15][16][17] This year marked the return to the first live awards ceremony since 2019 but was also broadcast as a livestream.[18]

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.[16] Alongside this, also new for 2022, 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.

Presented: 23 May 2022 – Venue: Grosvenor House Hotel, London.[18][19][20]
Overall Book of the Year[21] Author of the Year Illustrator of the year
Fiction Book of the Year Debut Book of the Year Crime and Thriller Book of the Year
Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year Non-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year Page-turner of the Year
Children's Fiction Book of the Year Children's Non-fiction Book of the Year Children's Illustrated Book of the Year
Discover Book of the Year Non-fiction Audiobook of the Year Fiction Audiobook of the Year

2021 Books of the Year[edit]

The shortlisted nominees were announced on 19 March 2021.[22][23] 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 the Battersea Arts Centre, London.[24]

This year saw the addition of a new award category: Page-turner of the Year.[25]

Presented: 13 May 2021 – Online ceremony due to COVID-19.[24][26][27][28][29]
Overall Book of the Year Author of the Year Illustrator of the year
Fiction Book of the Year Debut Book of the Year Crime and Thriller Book of the Year
Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year Non-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year Page-turner of the Year
Children's Fiction Book of the Year Children's Illustrated and Non-fiction Audiobook of the Year

2020 Books of the Year[edit]

The shortlisted nominees were announced on 20 March 2020.[30] 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.[31][32] This year's ceremony was named Event of the Year at the 2020 Independent Publisher Awards.[25]

In celebration of 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.[30][33]

2020 was a notable year for the Nibbies in that except for illustrator Axel Scheffler, who won with his longtime co-creator Julia Donaldson, 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.[34][35][36]

Presented: 29 June 2020 – Online ceremony due to COVID-19.[37][38][39][40]
Overall Book of the Year Author of the Year Illustrator of the year
Fiction Book of the Year[41] Debut Book of the Year Crime and Thriller Book of the Year
Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year Non-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year Children's Fiction Book of the Year
Children's Illustrated and Non-fiction Audiobook of the Year 30 from 30 Special Award

2019 Books of the Year[edit]

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.[42][43]

2019 saw the Children's Book of the Year category split into two categories: Children's Fiction Book of the Year and Children's Illustrated and Non-fiction Book of the Year.[44] This year also saw Becoming, the memoir by former first lady Michelle Obama winning two awards.

Presented: 13 May 2019 – Venue: Grosvenor House Hotel, London.[45][46][47][48][49]
Overall Book of the Year[50] Author of the Year Illustrator of the year
Fiction Book of the Year Debut Book of the Year Crime and Thriller Book of the Year
Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year Non-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year Children's Fiction Book of the Year
Children's Illustrated and Non-fiction Audiobook of the Year

2018 Books of the Year[edit]

The shortlisted nominees were announced on 16 March 2018.[51][52][53] 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 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.[54] This year also saw a joint winner for the Children's Book of the Year category.

Presented: 14 May 2018 – Venue: Grosvenor House Hotel, London.[55][56][57]
Overall Book of the Year Author of the Year[58] Illustrator of the year
Fiction Book of the Year Debut Book of the Year Crime and Thriller Book of the Year
Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year Non-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year Children's Book of the Year
Audiobook of the Year

2017 Books of the Year[edit]

The shortlisted nominees were announced on 15 March 2017 at the London Book Fair. The awards comprised four divisions: Books of 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.[59] The Newcomer of the Year / New Writer of 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.

Presented: 8 May 2017 – Venue: Grosvenor House Hotel, London.[60][61][62][63][64]
Fiction Book of the Year Debut Book of the Year Crime and Thriller Book of the Year
Non-fiction: Narrative Book of the Year Non-fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year Children's Book of the Year
Bestseller of the Year
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling

1990–2016[edit]

Book of the Year[edit]

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.

Year Author Title Publisher Ref.
1994 Jung Chang Wild Swans Flamingo
1995 Alan Bennett Writing Home Faber & Faber
1996 Delia Smith Delia Smith's Winter Collection BBC Books
1997 Dava Sobel Longitude Fourth Estate
1998 Helen Fielding Bridget Jones's Diary Picador
1999 Ted Hughes Birthday Letters Faber & Faber
2000 Alex Ferguson Managing My Life Hodder & Stoughton
2001 Tony Parsons Man and Boy HarperCollins
2002 Pamela Stephenson Billy HarperCollins
2003 Michael Moore Stupid White Men Penguin
2004 Lynne Truss Eats, Shoots & Leaves Profile
2005 Dan Brown The Da Vinci Code Corgi
2006 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Bloomsbury
2007 Con and Hal Iggulden The Dangerous Book for Boys HarperCollins
2008 Ian McEwan On Chesil Beach Jonathan Cape
2009 Kate Summerscale The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Bloomsbury
2010 David Nicholls One Day Hodder & Stoughton
2011 Caitlin Moran How to Be a Woman Ebury Press
2012 EL James Fifty Shades of Grey Vintage Books [65]
2013 Neil Gaiman The Ocean at the End of the Lane William Morrow and Company [66]
2014 Jessie Burton The Miniaturist Ecco (US)
Picador (UK)
[67]
2015 No award
2016 No award

Children's Book of the Year[edit]

Previously called British Children's Book of the Year. Renamed to Children's Book of the Year in 2010.

Year Author Title Publisher Ref.
1996 Alison Sage ed. The Hutchinson Treasury of Children's Literature Hutchinson
1997 Philip Pullman Northern Lights Scholastic
1998 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Bloomsbury
1999 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Bloomsbury
2000 Jacqueline Wilson The Illustrated Mum Doubleday
2001 Philip Pullman The Amber Spyglass Scholastic
2002 Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl Viking/Puffin
2003 Jacqueline Wilson Girls in Tears Corgi Children's
2004 Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time David Fickling
2005 Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler The Gruffalo's Child Macmillan Children's Books
2006 Anthony Horowitz Ark Angel Walker Books
2007 Ricky Gervais Flanimals of the Deep Faber & Faber
2008 Francesca Simon Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman Orion Children's Books
2009 Stephenie Meyer Breaking Dawn Little, Brown
2010 Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Zog Alison Green
2011 Patrick Ness A Monster Calls Walker Books
2012 David Walliams Ratburger HarperCollins
2013 David Walliams Demon Dentist HarperCollins
2014 David Walliams Awful Auntie HarperCollins
2015 No award
2016 No award

Fiction Book of the Year[edit]

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.

Début Book of the Year[edit]

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.

Crime & Thriller Book of the Year[edit]

Previously called the Crime Thriller of the Year. Name changed to Thriller & Crime Novel of the Year in 2011 and subsequently to Crime & Thriller Book of the Year in 2017.

Illustrated Children's Book of the Year[edit]

Resurrected as a standalone category in 2022.

Retired awards[edit]

The following awards are no longer active or have been split into sub categories.

Audiobook of the Year[edit]

Bestseller Award[edit]

Named Bestseller of the Year in 1991. Renamed Bestseller Award in 2017.

Biography/Autobiography of the Year[edit]

Previously called Biography of the Year. Name changed to Biography/Autobiography of the Year in 2010.

Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year[edit]

Food & Drink Book of the Year[edit]

Paperback of the Year[edit]

Outstanding Achievement[edit]

Previously called the Lifetime Achievement Award (1993–2009). Renamed to Outstanding Achievement Award in 2010.

UK Author of the Year[edit]

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.

International Author of the Year[edit]

Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year[edit]

The Children's Author of the Year[edit]

Illustrated Book of the Year[edit]

The TV and Film Book of the Year[edit]

The Literary Fiction Award[edit]

The History Book of the Year[edit]

The Sports Book of the Year[edit]

The deciBel Writer of the Year[edit]

The Fastest Selling Biography of All Time[edit]

The Travel Writer of the Year[edit]

The Fantasy and Science Fiction Author of the Year[edit]

See also[edit]

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