2021/2022 Winners
Fiction Winner
Mrs Death Misses Death
By Salena Godden, published by Canongate Books
Non-Fiction Winner
A State of Fear
By Laura Dodsworth, published by Pinter & Martin
Children’s Winner
Yapping Away
By Joshua Seigal, published by Bloomsbury Publishing
BERYL BAINBRIDGE FIRST TIME AUTHOR
Red Corona
By Tim Glister, published by Oneworld Publications
BEST ACHIEVEMENT
Florence Nightingale at Home
By Paul Crawford, Anna Greenwood, Richard Bates & Jonathan Memel, published by Palgrave Macmillan
BEST PUBLISHER
Poems & Pictures
Lockdown Life – A collection of poems about life in lockdown
All Finalists
Fiction
A Cobra’s Bite doesn’t Hurt by Anil Nijhawan, published by Conrad Press
Acts of Kindness by Heather Barnett, published by Serpentine Books
Affairs by Denise Denby, published by Mereo Books
Body on the Island by Victoria Dowd, published by Joffe Books
Cows Can’t Jump by Philip Bowne, published by Neem Tree Press
Don’t Forget Me by Lisa Nicolas, published by Olympia Publishers
Knife Edge by Kerry Buchanan, published by Joffe Books
Maps Full of Borders by Todd Dedman, published by The Conrad Press
Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden, published by Canongate Books
Red Corona by Tim Glister, published by Oneworld Productions
The Cacuda by Elaine Graham-Leigh, published by The Conrad Press
The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, published by Oneworld Publications
The Rocket Post by Ian Glossop, published by Blossom Spring Publishing
The Silent Listener by Lyn Yeowart, published by Joffe Books
Non-Fiction
A Philosopher’s Take on Economics by John Tippett, published by Shepheard-Walwyn
Emotional Logic by Trevor Griffiths and Dr Marian Langsford, published by Hammersmith Books Limited
Feeding Your Vegan Child by Sandra Hood RD, published Hammersmith Limited
Poverty is not Natural by George Curtis, published by Shepheard-Walwyn
Small Bodies of Water by Nina Mingya Powles, published by Canongate Books
The Unusual Suspects by Ben Machell, published by Canongate Books
Thin Places by Kerri ní Dochartaigh, published by Canongate Books
Take a Deep Breath by Igor Goldkind, published by Chameleon Publishing
The Power in the Land by Fred Harrison, published by Shepheard-Walwyn
When the Time Comes by Dr Magnolia Cardona and Nurse Ebony Lewis, published by Hammersmith Books
Children’s
Believe in the Magic of Blackburn by Christina Gabbitas, published by Poems and Pictures Ltd
Billie Swift Takes Flight by Iszi Lawrence, published Bloomsbury Publishing
Everyday Magic by Jess Kidd, published Canongate Books
I, Master Shakespeare by David Lawrence Young, published by The Conrad Press
Innocently Guilty by Ashling Bourke, published by The Conrad Press
Legal Crime by Samiksha Bhattacharjee, published by The Conrad Press
Little Lasange Sisters by Elisabetta Astolfi, published by Cook With Me
Lockdown Life by children, young people and teachers, published by Poems and Pictures Ltd
Mr Broccoli – Veggie Adventures by Natasha Rose Mills, published by Compass Publishing
MUNU by Shirley Galligan, published by Shepheard-Walwyn
POG by Anthony Haydock, published by Blossom Spring Publishing
Rappaman Read Aloud Proudly by Donavan Christopher, published by Poems and Pictures Ltd
Something I Said by Ben Bailey Smith, published by Bloomsbury Publishing
The Five Clues by Anthony Kessel, published by Crown House Publishing
The Lightning Catcher by Clare Weze, published by Bloomsbury Publishing
The Night the Moon Went Out by Smanatha Baines, published by Bloomsbury Publishing
The Valley of Lost Secrets by Lesley Parr, published by Bloomsbury Publishing
Yapping Away by Joshua Seigal, published by Bloomsbury Publishing