FAQ's

The People’s Book Prize is the unique literary competition that is judged by the nation and open to all publishing companies. Patrons:  Frederick Forsyth CBE and The Publishers Association.  Founding Patron:  Dame Beryl Bainbridge DBE.

1. finding, supporting and promoting new and undiscovered works of literature
2. help to eradicate illiteracy

• to give authors a better chance of being read
• to create a unique space where publishers can showcase their authors’ work
• to offer marketing, sales and social media support to publishers and their authors
• to give the public the opportunity to choose the next Bestsellers and discover new talent
• to encourage community interaction and take an active role
• to celebrate reading
• to get people reading – everybody can take part

 Yes!

• To champion new and undiscovered literary works.
• To secure a transparent democratic process
• To empower the public to vote with confidence for the next bestsellers
• To engage the community
• To raise the profile of publishers, libraries and writers
• To form an alliance with retailers to sell and distribute winners’ books.
• To support literacy
• To foster a love of reading
• To inspire the next generation of best untapped writing talent
• To eradicate illiteracy

Publishers are invited to submit titles.

Only through their publisher.

The People’s Book Prize showcase entries in 2 collections x year.

Summer: from 1 June 2018 to 15 October 2018
Winter: 1 November 2018 to 15 March 2019

Three:  Fiction, Non-Fiction and Children’s

For the Entries showcased in a Collection:

You can vote for 9 different books:

3 books from Fiction, 3 from Non-fiction and 3 from Children’s (9 books in total)

For the Finalists to choose the overall Winners:  From the special Finalists Voting pages:

You can vote for 3 different books in each category  (9 books in total)

Top six books x 3 categories x 2 collections = 36 finalists.

Members of the public vote for their favourite books on www.peoplesbookprize.com  The votes received by the 36 finalists are carried forward and the public vote again from 1-30 April 2019.  Winners are announced at the Awards Ceremony. (See below)

The People’s Book Prize have no judges. YOU are the Jury!

You cannot vote for the same book twice – it will be rejected

In The People’s Book Prize computerised safe system.

Six:

The People’s Book Prize for Fiction | Non-Fiction | Children’s Literature (voted for exclusively by the public)
The Beryl Bainbridge Award for a First Time Author (from the 36 finalists – voted for exclusively by the public -discretionary )
The People’s Book Prize Special Achievement Award (from the 36 finalists – voted for exclusively by the public – discretionary)

The People’s Book Prize Best Publisher Award – chosen from the publishers featured in the 2 collections.

This is a project in which EVERYBODY can get involved, and where all gain something.  Join and help spread the word so The People’s Book Prize becomes the No. 1 Book competition!

In the words of our Founding Patron, Dame Beryl Bainbridge DBE:  “…this idea – which is absolutely amazing – will be of enormous importance to writers.  I look forward to the time when we mention this particular prize as the greatest…”