2025 Winners
TPBP Frederick Forsyth Fiction Award Winner
Song Of The Stag
By R.M. Brown, published by Ringwood Publishing
TPBP Non-Fiction Award Winner
One Garden Against The World
By Kate Bradbury, published by Bloomsbury Wildlife
TPBP Children’s Literature Award Winner
Swan Song
By Lynn Santer, published by Swan Lake Press
TPBP Beryl Bainbridge First Time Author Award Winner
The Future Is Rosie
By Carolyn Mayling, published by Alliance Publishing Press
TPBP Best Achievement Award Winner
Unfolding Consciousness
By Edi Bilimoria, published by Shepheard Walwyn
TPBP Best Publisher Award Winner
Nosy Crow
An independent publisher of children’s books based in London, NOSY CROW was founded in 2010 by KATE WILSON, ADRIAN SOAR and CAMILLA REID – all with long-established reputations in the British publishing world.
In its first year of publishing, the company released 23 books and 3 apps – and sold the foreign rights to its titles in 16 languages. The company is noted for its rapid growth. By 2021, Nosy Crow had grown to become the 11th largest children’s publisher in the UK. In May 2023, Nosy Crow launched a United States company, Nosy Crow Inc.
SPECIAL MENTION
Congratulations to LOUISE MINCHIN, whose début novel Isolation Island (published by Headline Publishing) was a strong contender in TPBP 2025 Collection!
Louise drew on her background as a TV presenter and personality to write an addictive thriller about a reality show’s contestants who are stretched to the limit under the unrelenting gaze of hidden cameras, as they try to outshine their fellow competitors and hide their darkest secrets.
Louise turned her hand to fiction after publishing two non-fiction books – DARE TO TRI: My Journey from the BBC Breakfast Sofa to GM Team Triathlete, and FEARLESS: Adventures with extraordinary women (both published by Bloomsbury Sport).
Fearless won The People’s Book Prize for Non-Fiction in 2024.
All Finalists
Fiction
A Matrimonial Murder by Meeti Shroff-Shah, published by Joffe Books
A Summer House on Arran by Ellie Henderson, published by Choc Lit (Joffe Books)
All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker, published by Orion Fiction
Americanitis by Miles Beard, published by Renard Press
Bad at Dying by Ashley Paulsen, published by Amazon
Flagey in Winter by Simon Mundy, published by Renard Press
Fledging by Rose Diell, published by Renard Press
Girls by Kirsty Capes, published by Orion Press
Isolation Island by Louise Minchin, published by Headline Publishing Group
Kitten Heels by Maureen Cullen, published by Ringwood Publishing
Murder in Bloom by Liz Fielding, published by Joffe Books
Remember the Rowan by Kirsten MacQuarrie, published by Ringwood Publishing
Song of the Stag by R.M. Brown, published by Ringwood Publishing
That’s Just Perfect by Nicola Gill, published by Bedford Square Publishers
The Black Hole Pastrami by Jeffrey M. Feingold, published by Meat for Tea Press
Non-Fiction
10 Scotland Street by Leslie Hills, published by Scotland Street Press
A Bookshop of Ones’s Own by Jane Cholmeley, published by Harper Collins
Are You Ready? by Dr. Kimberly Harms, published by Muse Literary
Brutal by Iwan Thomas, published by Bloomsbury Publishing
Coach Yourself Confident by Julie Smith, published by Practical Inspiration Publishing
Do I Bark Like A Dog by Michael Volpe OBE, published by Renard Press
Killing Thatcher by Rory Caroll, published by Harper Collins
Listening, Laughing and Learning by Neil Tuson, published by Filament Publishing Ltd.
Migrant Magic by Elham Fardad’, published by Practical Inspiration Publishing
Once Upon a Time in Uppsala by Shirin Amani Azari, published by The Book Guild Ltd
One Garden Against the World by Kate Bradbury, published by Bloomsbury Wildlife
Peace between Breaths by Feroze Dada, published by Filament Publishing Ltd
Potholes and Pavements by Laura Laker, published by Bloomsbury Publishing
Renegotiating Patriarchy by Naila Kabeer, published by LSE Press
The Alchemy by Anna Vaught, published by Renard Press
The Future is Rosie by Carolyn Mayling, published by Alliance Publishing Press
The Getting of Resilience from the Inside Out by Sally Baker, published by Hammersmith Books Limited
The Walnut Tree by Kate Morgan, published by Harper Collins
Trails and Tribulations by Susie Chan, published by Bloomsbury Publishing
Unfolding Consciousness by Edi Bilimoria, published by Shepheard-Walwyn
Working Mother by Rachel Morris, published by Practical Inspiration Publishing
Children’s
Aura Boy by Joffre White, published by Troubador Publishing Ltd
Black Hole Cinema Club by Christopher Edge, published by Nosy Crow
Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial by Kieran Larwood and Joe Todd-Stanton, published by Nosy Crow
Flower Block by Lanisha Butterfield, Hoang Giang (Illustrator), published by Puffin
Grandpa Loved Wild Things by Melissa Rousu, published by Amazon
Santa Steals Christmas! by Eve Nairn-Magnante, published by EV3
Secrets of the Snakestone by Piu DasGupta, published by Nosy Crow
Swan Song by Lynn Santer, published by Swan Lake Press
The Day the Clouds Went Away by Richard Rieman, published by Illustrated Audiobooks
The Freezies by Farrukh Dhondy, published by Tradewind
Tiny Dogs: Bea’s Secret Friends by Rose Lihou, published by Puffin