British Book Awards. Winners. Shortlists. Historic.

The Galaxy British Book Awards are considered British book industries equivalent of the BAFTA's or the Oscars. They are the glitziest event in the UK book trade industry's calendar - a formula that the seemingly now abandoned Quills were trying to emulate. The Awards celebrate the nation's favoritebooks,authors and publishers. They were founded and are still organized by Publishing News - the leading weekly magazine for the book trade business, and are now sponsored by Galaxy and are now into their 19th year.

The nickname 'The Nibbies' refers to the prestigious pen-nib shaped awards that are given to winners.To explore over 30 British book awards click on the Union Jack.

JK Rowling, Khaled Hosseini and Ian McEwan top prize list at 2008 Galaxy British Awards

J.K. ROWLING received her first Nibbie ten years ago for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and who went on to collect another three over the intervening years, this week received her fifth Nibbie when she was presented with the Book People Outstanding Achievement Award at the Galaxy British Book Awards held, once again, at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. The accolade, coming as the Potter saga closes, crowns a glittering decade, and provides a neatsymmetry to an extraordinary period in British publishing.

The Nibbies has always been about the book trade 'family' coming together and this year, that feeling extended to the stage, with Jonathan Ross, brother-in-law of Richard & Judy Executive Producer Amanda Ross, presenting the first ever Galaxy Book of the Year, which went to Ian McEwan for On Chesil Beach: A Novel (Vintage). The award is chosen by a 12-strong panel of experts from the Academy of the British Book Awards. The night marked a significant "double" for McEwan, who was also was named Reader's Digest Author of the Year for On Chesil Beach . Guests saw film of McEwan accepting the award - his first Nibbie - in San Francisco where he has been on a lecture tour.

There was little surprise at Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns(Bloomsbury) winning the coveted Richard & Judy (right) Best Read of the Year, which will add another boost to what are already very impressive sales. His fellow R&J author Kim Edwards received the Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award for The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Penguin).

the man who dominated UK Christmas sales, Russell Brand, work, My Booky Wook won Tesco Biography of the Year. Catherine O'Flynn was named Waterstone Newcomer of the Year, a popular win for booksellers who have already enjoyed strong sales of her What Was Lost: A Novel (Tindal Street).

For Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman, 'down' has proved more successful than 'round'. Long Way Down(Sphere) won the Play.com Popular Non-Fiction Award - the previous title received a shortlisting for TV & Film Book in 2005. The same house also saw success with the Booksdirect Crime Thriller of the Year which went to Patricia Cornwell for Book of the Dead.

Finally, from Harry to Henry. Francesca Simon's Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman (Horrid Henry) (Orion) won the WHSmith Children's Book of the Year, which would have children's books naughtiest character squealing with delight.

The Galaxy Book of the Year
On Chesil Beach: A Novel by Ian McEwan

Reader's Digest Author of the Year Award
On Chesil Beach: A Novelby Ian McEwan

The Book People Outstanding Achievement Award
JK Rowling

Richard & Judy's Best Read of the Year
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

WH Smith Children's Book of the Year Award
Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman by Francesca Simon Published by Orion

Tesco Biography of the Year Award
My Booky Wook by Russell Brand

Books Direct Crime Crime Thriller of the Year Award
Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell

Waterstone's Newcomer of the Year Award
What Was Lost: A Novel by Catherine O'Flynn

Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

Play.com Popular Non-Fiction Award
Long Way Down by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorma

Full 2008 Galaxy British Book Award Shortlists

Richard & Judy (left) Best Read of the Year
Ten titles, each a good read, but only one will be named Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year

Shortlist

Random Acts of Heroic Love (Paperback), Danny Scheinmann, Black Swan / Transworld
A Thousand Splendid Suns , Khaled Hosseini, Bloosmbury
The Rose Of Sebastopol, Katharine McMahon, Weidenfeld & Nicolson / Orion
A Quiet Belief in Angels, RJ Ellory, Orion
Notes from an Exhibition, Patrick Gale, Fourth Estate / HarperCollins
Then We Came to the End: A Novel, Joshua Ferris, Viking / Penguin
The Visible World, Mark Slouka, Portobello Booksu
Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones, John Murray / Hodder Headline
Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart, Tim Butcher, Chatto / RandomHouse
The Welsh Girl, Peter Ho Davies , Scepter / Hodder Headlinea

Readers Digest Author of the Year

Five authors who have made waves with their writing, including the winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature

Shortlist

Khaled Hosseini forA Thousand Splendid SunsBloomsbury
Doris Lessing forThe Cleft: A NovelFourth Estate
Ian McEwan forOn Chesil Beach: A Novel Jonathan Cape
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for Half of a Yellow SunHarperPerennial
David Peace for The Damned Utd Faber & Faber& Faber

Waterstone's Newcomer of the Year
Five writers who have made an impact with their first published books

Shortlist

Rajiv Chandrasekaran Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Baghdad's Green Zone Bloomsbury
Catherine O'Flynn What Was Lost: A Novel Tindal Street
Stef Penney The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel Quercus
Paul Today Fishing in the YemenWeidenfeld & Nicolson
Markus Zusak The Book Thief Doubleday

WHSmith Children's Book of the Year
20 titles - four in each age category - are on the Children's Book of the Year long list. The winner in each category has formed the shortlist

Shortlist

That's Not My Penguin Fiona Watt Usborne
Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman Francesca Simon Orion Children's Books
Katie Price's Perfect Ponies: My Pony Care Book Katie Price Red Fox
Born to Run Michael Morpurgo HarperCollins Children's
Kiss Jacqueline Wilson Doubleday Children's

Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year
Three masters and two mistresses of the criminal genre have produced some of their finest work yet.

Shortlist

Bad Luck and Trouble Lee Child Bantam Press
Book of the Dead Patricia Cornwell Little,Brown
The Tin Roof Blowdown James Lee Burke Orion
The Grave Tattoo Val McDermid Harper
Exit Music Ian Rankin Orions

Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award
An eclectic, international mix, three from well-established authors and two from first-time novelists

The Memory Keeper's Daughter(Thorndike Paperback Bestsellers) Kim Edwards Penguin
The Ghost Robert Harris, Hutchinson
A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini, Bloomsbury
The House at Riverton: A Novel Kate Morton, Pan
An Absolute Scandal Penny Vincenz1,i Headline Review

PLAY.com Popular Non-fiction Award
Broadcasters and TV personalities dominate this list, which draws on popular culture, food and travel.

Shortlist

Don't Stop Me NowJeremy Clarkson, Michael Joseph
Nigella Express Nigella Lawson, Chatto & Windus
A History of Modern Britain Andrew Marr, Macmillan
The Wild Places Robert Macfarlane, Granta
Long Way Down, Ewan McGregor & Charlie Boorman, Sphere

Tesco Biography of the Year
Five of the most astonishing biographies of the last year. Though each very different from the other, all showcase lives extremely well-lived.

Shortlist

My Booky Wook Russell Brand Hodder & Stoughton
The Blair Years Alastair Campbell H
Spilling the Beans Clarissa Dickson-Wright Hodder & Stoughton
On the Edge: My Story Richard Hammond Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman, Lover, Betrayer, Hero, Spy Ben MacIntyre Bloomsbury

The Book People Lifetime Achievement Award
This Award recognizes an enduringly popular author whose books have made an outstanding contribution to contemporary literature.

Winners 1991 to present

The Lifetime Achievement Award
2007 John Grisham
2006 Jamie Oliver
2005 Sir John Mortimer
2004 Sir David Attenborough
2003 Alan Bennett
2002 Mark Barty-King
2001 Ernest Hecht
2000 Spike Milligan
1999 Maeve Binchy
1998 Jilly Cooper
1997 Paul Scherer
1996 Wilbur Smith
1995 Delia Smith
1994 Catherine Cookson
1993 Dr. D.G.Hessayon

Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year
2007 The Interpretation of Murder Jed Rubenfeld (Headline Review)
2006 Labyrinth Kate Mosse (Orion)
2005 Cloud Atlas: A Novel David Mitchell (Sceptre)
2004 The Lovely Bones: Deluxe Edition Alice Sebold (Picador)

The Book of the Year
2007 The Dangerous Book for Boys Con & Hal Iggulden (Harpercollins
2006 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) JK Rowling (Bloomsbury)
2005 The Da Vinci Code: Special Illustrated Edition: A Novel Dan Brown (Corgi)
2004 Eats, Shoots & Leaves Lynne truss (Profile)
2003 Stupid White Men Michael Moore (Penguin)
2002 Billy Pamela Stephenson (HarperCollins)
2001 Man and Boy Tony Parsons (HarperCollins)
2000 Managing My Life Alex Ferguson (Hodder & Stoughton)
1999 Birthday Letters Ted Hughes (Faber & Faber)
1998 Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding (Picador)
1997 Longitude Dava Sobel (Fourth Estate)
1996 Delia Smith's Winter Collection (BBC Books)
1995 Writing Home Alan Bennett (Faber & Faber)
1994 Wild Swans Jung Chang (Flamingo)

The Author of the Year
2007 - Richard Dawkins
2006 - Alan Bennett
2005 Sheila Hancock
2004 Alexander McCall Smith
2003 Sarah Waters
2002 Philip Pullman
2001 Nigella Lawson
2000 J K Rowling
1999 Beryl Bainbridge
1998 Louis de Bernieres
1997 Bill Bryson
1996 Salman Rushdie
1995 Sebastian Faulks
1994 Roddy Doyle
1993 Andrew Morton
1992 Peter Mayle
1991 Peter Ackroyd
1990 HRH, Prince of Wales

The Children's Book of the Year
2007 Flanimals of the Deep Ricky Gervais (Faber & Faber)
2006 Ark Angel (Alex Rider) Anthony Horowitz (Walker Books)
2005 The Gruffalo's Child Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (Macmillan Children's Books)
2004 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon (David Fickling)
2003 Girls in Tears Jacqueline Wilson (Corgi Children's)
2002 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer (Viking/Puffin)
2001 The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman (Scholastic)
2000 The Illustrated Mum Jacqueline Wilson (Doubleday) 1999 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J K Rowling (Bloomsbury)
1998 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J K Rowling (Bloomsbury)
1997 Northern Lights Philip Pullman (Scholastic)
1996 The Hutchinson treasury of Children's Literature ed Alison Sage (Hutchinson)

The Children's Author of the Year
1995 Allan & Janet Ahlberg
1994 Anne Fine
1993 Raymond Briggs
1992 Dick King-Smith
1991 Anne Fine
1990 Roald Dahl

The Illustrated Children's Book of the Year
1995 The Most Amazing Pop-Up Science Book Jay Young (Watts Books)
1994 Mummy Laid an Egg Babette Cole (Jonathan Cape)
1993 Penguin Small Mick Inkpen (Hodder)
1992 Farmer Duck Helen Oxenbury (Walker Books)
1991 The Mousehole Cat Nicola Bayley (Walker Books)

The Illustrated Book of the Year
2004 England's Thousand Best Houses Simon Jenkins (Allen Lane)
2003 Sahara Michael Palin (Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated)
2002 The Blue Planet Andrew Byatt, Alastair Fothergill, Martha Holmes (BBC Worldwide)
2001 The Beatles Anthology (Cassell)
2000 Century Bruce Bernard (Phaidon Press)
1999 Ethel and Ernest Raymond Briggs (Jonathan Cape)
1998 The Lost Gardens of Heligan Tim Smit (Gollancz)
1997 Flora Britannica Richard Mabey (Sinclair-Stevenson)
1996 The River Cafe Cookbook Rose Gray & Ruth Rogers (Ebury Press)
1995 The Art Book (Phaidon Press)

The Newcomer of the Year
2007 Victoria Hislop
2006 Marina Lewycka
2005 Susanna Clarke
2004 Monica Ali
2003 Allison Pearson
2002 Pete McCarthy
2001 Zadie Smith
2000 Sort Of Books and Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart
1999 Borders UK
1998 Daisy & Tom
1997 Kate Atkinson
1990 Bryce Courtenay

The TV & Film Book of the Year
2007 The Devil Wears Prada Lauren Weisberger (HarperCollins)
2006 The Constant Gardener John le Carré (Hodder & Stoughton)
2005 Himalaya Michael Palin (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
2004 How Clean Is Your House Kim Woodburn & Aggie MacKenzie (Michael Joseph)
2003 What Not To Wear Trinny Woodall & Susannah Constantine (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

The Biography of the Year
2007 The Sound of Laughter Peter Kay (Century)
2006 Sharon Osbourne Extreme Sharon Osbourne (Time Warner)
2005 My Life Bill Clinton (Hutchinson)
2004 Toast Nigel Slater (Fourth Estate)
2003 Churchill Roy Jenkins (Pan)

The Popular Fiction Award
2006 Anybody Out There Marian Keyes (Michael Joseph)
2006 The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger (Vintage)

The Literary Fiction Award
2005 Cloud Atlas David Mitchell (Sceptre)
2004 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon (Jonathan Cape)

The History Book of the Year
2005 William Pitt the Younger William Hague (HarperCollins)
2004 Stalin Simon Sebag Montefiore (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

The Sports Book of the Year
2007 Gerrard: My Autobiography Steven Gerrard (Bantam)
2006 Being Freddie Andrew Flintoff (Hodder & Stoughton)
2005 Gazza: My Story Paul Gascoigne (Headline)
2004 Martin Johnson: The Autobiography (Headline)

The Audiobook of the Year
2004 Forgotten Voices of the Great War Max Arthur (Random House)
2003 Series of Unfortunate Events written by Lemony Snicket, read by Tim Curry (Collins)
2002 The Laying on of Hands written & read by Alan Bennett (BBC Radio Collection)

The Crime Thriller of the Year
2007 The Naming of the Dead Ian Rankin (Orion)
2006 The Take Martina Cole (Headline)
2005 Fleshmarket Close Ian Rankin

The deciBel Writer of the Year
2007 Jackie Kay
2006 Diana Evans
2005 Hari Kunzru

The Fastest Selling Biography of All Time
2004 My Side David Beckham (CollinsWillow)

The Travel Writer of the Year
1993 Michael Palin Pole to Pole (BBC Books)
1992 Mark Shand Travels on my Elephant (Jonathan Cape)
1991 V.S. Naipaul India (Heinemann)
1990 Peter Mayle A Year in Provence (Hamish Hamilton)

The Fantasy and Science Fiction Author of the Year
1994 Terry Pratchett

Bestseller of the Year
1991 Delia Smith's Christmas (BBC Books)

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