2022/2023 Winners
Fiction Winner
For the Love of Roman
By Philip Pavlović, published by The Book Guild Ltd.
Non-Fiction Winner
Forget Me Not
By Sophie Pavelle, published by Bloomsbury Wildlife
Children’s Winner
Drawing Hope
By Ursula Hurst, published by Poems and Pictures Ltd
BERYL BAINBRIDGE FIRST TIME AUTHOR
50 Words for Love in Swedish
By Stephen Keeler, published by Archetype Books Ltd
BEST ACHIEVEMENT
The Keys to Kindness
By Claudia Hammond, published by Canongate Books
BEST PUBLISHER
Cogito
A new, innovative, independent publisher of high-quality literary fiction, non-fiction and poetry. A percentage of profits will be donated to charity. An ethically-sustainable publisher.
All Finalists
Fiction
A Man of Understanding by Dianna Janney, published by Cogito Publishing Limited
A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayp, published by Conongate Books
For the Love of Roman by Philip Pavlović, published by The Book Guild Ltd.
Losing the Plot by Derek Owusu, published by Canongate Books
Quiet City by Philip Davison, published by Liberties Press
The Garfield Conspiracy by Owen Dwyer, pubished by Liberties Press
Non-Fiction
50 Words for Love in Swedish by Stephen Keeler, published by Stephen Archetype Books Ltd
Cornerstones by Benedict Macdonald, published by Bloomsbury Wildlife
Crowning Glory by Charles Neilson Gattey, published by Shepheard-Walwyn
Culture Up by Mareike Mutzberg and Margareta Sailer, published by Orchard Publishing Company
Forget Me Not by Sophie Pavelle, published by Bloomsbury Wildlife
Story and Structure by Leon Conrad, published by The Squeeze Press
Struggle by Grace Marshall, published by Practical Publishing
The Art of Enough by Becky Hall, published by Practical Inspiration Publishing
The Keys to Kindness by Claudia Hammond, published by Canongate Books
The Language of Illness by Fergus Shanahan, published by Liberties Press
The Long Win by Cath Bishop, published by Practical Inspiration Publishing
What’s Sex Got To Do With It? by Dr Heather Remoff, published by Shepheard-Walwyn
Why Women Grow by Alice Vincent, published by Canongate Books
Children’s
Billy Plonka and the Grot Laboratory by Ian Billings, published by Ventorros Press Limited
Drawing Hope by Ursela Hurst, published by Poems and Pictures Ltd.
Luna – The Moon Pig by Suzy Davies, published by Ventorros Press Limited
No More Knives or County Lines by Christina Gabbitas, published by Poems and Pictures Ltd.
Nutty Nonsense by Colin West, published by Poems and Pictures Ltd
Roo and Sarge to the Rescue by Christina Gabbitas, published by Poems and Picutres Ltd
S.H.E.L.L by Chris White, published by Ventorros Press Limited