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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 The British Book Awards, or Nibbies, ran from 1990 to 2009 and were founded by the editor of Publishing News. 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. There were no National Book Awards after 2014, 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.In 2018, a Specsavers National Book Awards ceremony was held on 20 November but was unrelated to the Nibbies.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).The awards are known as the Nibbies because of the golden nib-shaped trophy given to winners. Award winners 2023 Books of the Year The shortlisted nominees were announced on 17 March 2023. Once again the in-person ceremony was livestreamed. 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. 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." 2022 Books of the Year The shortlisted nominees were announced on 25 March 2022. This year marked the return to the first live awards ceremony since 2019 but was also broadcast as a livestream.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. 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. 2021 Books of the Year The shortlisted nominees were announced on 19 March 2021. 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.This year saw the addition of a new award category: Page-turner of the Year. 2020 Books of the Year The shortlisted nominees were announced on 20 March 2020. 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. This year's ceremony was named Event of the Year at the 2020 Independent Publisher Awards.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.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. 2019 Books of the Year 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.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. This year also saw Becoming, the memoir by former first lady Michelle Obama winning two awards. 2018 Books of the Year The shortlisted nominees were announced on 16 March 2018. 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. This year also saw a joint winner for the Children's Book of the Year category. 2017 Books of the Year 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. 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. 1990–2016 Book of the Year 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. Children's Book of the Year Previously called British Children's Book of the Year. Renamed to Children's Book of the Year in 2010. Fiction Book of the Year 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. 2016 – (no award) 2015 – (no award) 2014 – The Shock of the Fall – Nathan Filer 2013 – An Officer and a Spy – Robert Harris 2012 – Fifty Shades of Grey – E. L. James 2011 – A Tiny Bit Marvellous – Dawn French 2010 – One Day – David Nicholls 2009 – Devil May Care – Sebastian Faulks (Penguin) 2008 – The Memory Keeper's Daughter – Kim Edwards (Penguin) 2006 – Anybody Out There? – Marian Keyes (Michael Joseph) 2006 – The Time Traveler's Wife – Audrey Niffenegger (Vintage)Début Book of the Year 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 o.... Discover the Cathy Bramley popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Cathy Bramley books.

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  • Starry Skies at Castle Court synopsis, comments

    Starry Skies at Castle Court

    Holly Hepburn

    Part four in the new series from bestselling author Holly Hepburn, perfect for anyone who loves Katie Fforde, Jill Mansell and Lucy Diamond.Sadie is a single mum, nursing a broken ...

  • Coming Home to Cuckoo Cottage synopsis, comments

    Coming Home to Cuckoo Cottage

    Heidi Swain

    From the bestelling author of Mince Pies and Mistletoe at the Christmas Market and The Cherry Tree Café comes a glorious summer treat of glamping, vintage tearo...

  • The Birds and the Bees synopsis, comments

    The Birds and the Bees

    Milly Johnson

    From the Sunday Times bestseller comes a warm, tender and utterly hilarious story about love and betrayal ‘The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson boo...

  • Snowy Nights at Castle Court synopsis, comments

    Snowy Nights at Castle Court

    Holly Hepburn

    Part one in the new series from bestselling author Holly Hepburn, perfect for anyone who loves Katie Fforde, Jill Mansell and Lucy Diamond.Sadie is a single mum, nursing a bro...

  • The Italian Wedding synopsis, comments

    The Italian Wedding

    Nicky Pellegrino

    Two feuding families, two love stories and a lot of delicious Italian food.Pieta Martinelli's sister is getting married. Since she is a bridal designer it falls to her to make th...

  • Sunshine Over Wildflower Cottage synopsis, comments

    Sunshine Over Wildflower Cottage

    Milly Johnson

    The perfect escapist read from the Sunday Times bestselling author‘The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and made available on the NHS’...

  • Chasing the Italian Dream synopsis, comments

    Chasing the Italian Dream

    Jo Thomas

    From the bestselling author of Escape to the French Farmhouse comes a deliciously feelgood story about making your dreams come true, set in sunkissed southern Italy.'A tale full of...

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    Excess Baggage

    Judy Astley

    Let bestselling author Judy Astley sweep you away with this insightful, uplifting and hilarious novel where a family holiday turns into more of a torment than a treat... Perfect fo...

  • The Sweetest Thing synopsis, comments

    The Sweetest Thing

    Cathy Woodman

    The third novel in Cathy Woodman's hugely popular Talyton St George series.Each book in the Talyton St George series can be read as a standalone novel, but when Cathy first had the...

  • An Autumn Crush synopsis, comments

    An Autumn Crush

    Milly Johnson

    From the Sunday Times bestselling author‘The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and made available on the NHS’ Debbie JohnsonFour friend...

  • White Wedding synopsis, comments

    White Wedding

    Milly Johnson

    From the Sunday Times bestselling author‘The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and made available on the NHS’ Debbie JohnsonIt's the da...

  • A Spring Affair synopsis, comments

    A Spring Affair

    Milly Johnson

    From the Sunday Times bestseller comes a stunning novel that will warm your heart‘The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and made availa...

  • The Happiness List synopsis, comments

    The Happiness List

    Annie Lyons

    ‘A mustread of the summer!’ Jenny Oliver, bestselling author of The Summer House by the Sea'Happy, hopeful and joyously lifeaffirming. Exactly the book we need right now.' Cathy Br...

  • A Winter Flame synopsis, comments

    A Winter Flame

    Milly Johnson

    A heartwarming and hilarious novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author ‘The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and made available o...

  • Frosty Mornings at Castle Court synopsis, comments

    Frosty Mornings at Castle Court

    Holly Hepburn

    Part two in the new series from bestselling author Holly Hepburn, perfect for anyone who loves Katie Fforde, Jill Mansell and Lucy Diamond.Sadie is a single mum, nursing a broken h...

  • A Summer Fling synopsis, comments

    A Summer Fling

    Milly Johnson

    A heartwarming and hilarious novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author  ‘The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and made available ...

  • The Winter Wedding synopsis, comments

    The Winter Wedding

    Abby Clements

    Gorgeous and romantic festive fiction from the author of The Heavenly Italian Ice Cream ShopHazel plans perfect weddings. But life is full of surprises... Hazel never set out to be...

  • A Year at the Star and Sixpence synopsis, comments

    A Year at the Star and Sixpence

    Holly Hepburn

    The perfect escapist read, for all fans of Cathy Bramley and Jenny Colgan. A Year at the Star and Sixpence is Holly Hepburn's four Star and Sixpence novellas collected together as ...

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    The Best Thing That Never Happened To Me

    Laura Tait & Jimmy Rice

    Everyone remembers their first love.Holly certainly remembers Alex. But she decided ten years ago that love wasn’t about mix tapes and seizing the moment – though she’s not exactly...

  • You Had Me at Merlot synopsis, comments

    You Had Me at Merlot

    Lisa Dickenson

    'Sprinkled with humour and warmth' Cathy Bramley'Hilariously funny . . . an utterly fabulous book' Heat'Feisty, fun and fierce!' Ali McNamaraLisa's new book My Sisters And Me is ...

  • A Year at Hotel Gondola synopsis, comments

    A Year at Hotel Gondola

    Nicky Pellegrino

    'Lyrical, heartrending and compelling' JOJO MOYES on Recipe for LifeKat is an adventurer, a food writer who travels the world visiting farflung places and eating unusual things. No...

  • The Night That Changed Everything synopsis, comments

    The Night That Changed Everything

    Laura Tait & Jimmy Rice

    Rebecca is the only girl she knows who didn't cry at the end of Titanic. Ben is the only man he knows who did. Rebecca’s untidy but Ben doesn’t mind picking up her pieces. Ben is l...

  • The Cherry Tree Cafe synopsis, comments

    The Cherry Tree Cafe

    Heidi Swain

    Cupcakes, crafting and love at The Cherry Tree Cafe... Perfect feelgood summer reading for fans of Great British BakeOffLizzie Dixon's life feels as though it's fallen apart. Inste...

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    A Merry Mistletoe Wedding

    Judy Astley

    With unforgettable characters, charming romance and lots of laughter, A Merry Mistletoe Wedding is a gorgeous Christmas read from muchloved and everpopular author Judy Astley. Perf...

  • Sunset over Brightwater Bay synopsis, comments

    Sunset over Brightwater Bay

    Holly Hepburn

    PART FOUR in the brand new series from Holly Hepburn, perfect for fans of Cathy Bramley and Katie Fforde On paper, Merina Wilde has it all: a successful career writing the kind of ...

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    Keeping a Christmas Promise

    Jo Thomas

    'The perfect cosy, Christmas read!' CATHY BRAMLEY'Sparkling, romantic, magical and delicious' MILLY JOHNSON 'The ultimate Icelandic adventure! Packed full of food, friendship and...

  • The Christmas Promise synopsis, comments

    The Christmas Promise

    Sue Moorcroft

    ‘I love all of Sue Moorcroft’s books!’ Katie FfordeCountdown to Christmas with your new musthave author, as you step into the wonderful world of Ava Bliss. Perfect for fans of Tris...

  • The Perfectly Imperfect Woman synopsis, comments

    The Perfectly Imperfect Woman

    Milly Johnson

    From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a novel of family, secrets, love and redemption … and broken hearts mended and made all the stronger for it‘...

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    Written From the Heart

    Trisha Ashley

    Previously published in 2008 as 'Happy Endings' The witty, weird and wonderful abound in this early romantic comedy by Sunday Times bestselling author Trisha Ashley.Tina Devino ma...

  • Escape to the French Farmhouse synopsis, comments

    Escape to the French Farmhouse

    Jo Thomas

    'You smell the lavender, you feel the sun on your face, this book is pure joy!' Katie Fforde'Uplifting and full of warmth, this novel is the next best thing to jetting off to Franc...

  • The Little Pieces of You and Me synopsis, comments

    The Little Pieces of You and Me

    Vanessa Greene

    'You'll laugh as much as you cry at this poignant tale of female friendship, love and loss' Marie ClaireA story of friendship, heartbreak and the day that changed two lives forever...

  • It Must Have Been the Mistletoe synopsis, comments

    It Must Have Been the Mistletoe

    Judy Astley

    Let muchloved and everpopular author Judy Astley gift you an unmissable, hilarious and heartwarming read this Christmas. Perfect for fans of Katie Fforde, Trisha Ashley, Jenny Colg...

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    Stormy Weather at Castle Court

    Holly Hepburn

    Part three in the new series from bestselling author Holly Hepburn, perfect for anyone who loves Katie Fforde, Jill Mansell and Lucy Diamond.Sadie is a single mum, nursing a b...

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    Missing

    Susan Lewis

    What if your partner just disappeared without a trace?It's an early autumn day like any other as Miles Avery drives his wife, Jacqueline, to the station. Nothing remarkable crops u...

  • A Taste for Love synopsis, comments

    A Taste for Love

    Marita Conlon-McKenna

    Alice loves to cook. She believes the secret of good food is to cook with passion. Her love affair with cookery has taken her from her parents' seaside hotel, to Paris and then one...

  • The Little Teashop of Lost and Found synopsis, comments

    The Little Teashop of Lost and Found

    Trisha Ashley

    'Trisha Ashley writes with remarkable wit and originality one of the best writers around.' KATIE FFORDE‘Trisha at her best.’ CAROLE MATTHEWSAlice Rose is a foundling, discovered o...

  • Here Come the Girls synopsis, comments

    Here Come the Girls

    Milly Johnson

    A heartwarming and hilarious novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author ‘The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and made available o...

  • The House of Hopes and Dreams synopsis, comments

    The House of Hopes and Dreams

    Trisha Ashley

    A hilarious romcom from the Sunday Times bestseller‘Full of down to earth good humour.’ SOPHIE KINSELLA 'Trisha Ashley writes with remarkable wit and originality one of the best w...

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    Seven For A Secret

    Judy Astley

    If you like Jenny Colgan, Milly Johnson and Trisha Ashley, you will love this brilliantly funny romantic comedy buzzing with speculation and scandal from bestselling author Judy As...

  • The Yorkshire Pudding Club synopsis, comments

    The Yorkshire Pudding Club

    Milly Johnson

    From the Sunday Times bestseller comes a heartwarming and uplifting story of how three women find themselves empowered by unexpected pregnancies'Every time you discover a...

  • The Twelve Dates of Christmas synopsis, comments

    The Twelve Dates of Christmas

    Lisa Dickenson

    Prepare to fall in love this Christmas with the ultimate festive romance . . .'A perfect Christmas treat' MIRANDA DICKINSON'Sprinkled with humour, warmth and, of course, Christmas...

  • Other Women synopsis, comments

    Other Women

    Cathy Kelly

    Don't miss the stunning new novel from Cathy Kelly about sisterhood, love & friendship The Wedding Party is available to preorder now!'A burst of warmth and wit, twists and tu...

  • The Year that Changed Everything synopsis, comments

    The Year that Changed Everything

    Cathy Kelly

    'Warm, witty and wise' Marian KeyesThree women, three birthdays, one year that will change everything...Ginger isn't spending her thirtieth the way she would have planned. Tonight ...

  • Last Words at the Star and Sixpence synopsis, comments

    Last Words at the Star and Sixpence

    Holly Hepburn

    Icecold drinks, summer sun and colourful characters welcome to the perfect village pub! The final part in the brand new series from Holly Hepburn, perfect for fans of Cathy B...

  • Retreat to the Spanish Sun synopsis, comments

    Retreat to the Spanish Sun

    Jo Thomas

    Sometimes you just need to get away...'Warm and lifeenhancing, I wanted to move to Spain with these wonderful characters' Katie Fforde'A fabulous read celebrating the good things i...

  • The Queen of Wishful Thinking synopsis, comments

    The Queen of Wishful Thinking

    Milly Johnson

    A gorgeous read full of love, life and laughter from the Sunday Times bestselling author ‘The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and mad...