Winners for 2009/2010
Click here to see the shortlist for 2009/10 Fiction - Non Fiction - Children
The People's Book Prize - and the winners for 2009/10 are...
The People's Book Prize Inaugural Award Ceremony took place at the elegant Stationers Hall on Wednesday 21st July. Authors, publishers, presenters and members of the press including SKY TV attended the glittering evening at Stationers Hall.
The People's Book annual prize was awarded to the top authors of Non-Fiction, Fiction and Children. A special award, The Beryl Bainbridge Award for First Time Author, was introduced to honour the memory of the late author who was a founding patron of the prize
FICTION | ||
Fiction - A Kind of Vanishing by Lesley Thomson (Myriad Editions) presented by Count Andrei Tolstoy-Miloslavsky | ||
NON FICTION | ||
Non-fiction - The 3+1 Plan by Brett Alegre-Wood (Delancey Press) presented by Christopher McKane, Master of The Worshipful Company of Stationers. | ||
CHILDREN | ||
Children - Mr. Stink by David Walliams (HarperCollins) accepted by Kate Bostock from the Publishers Assocation on behalf of the author. | ||
The Beryl Bainbridge Award for a First Time Author | ||
The Beryl Bainbridge Award for a First Time Author - Eerie Deirdre Darkly by Adam Perrott (Clementine Publishing) presented by Lady Barran. |
Fiction - A Kind of Vanishing by Lesley Thomson (Myriad Editions)
Synopsis: In the summer of 1968, two nine-year-old girls are playing hide and seek in the ruins of a deserted village. When it is Eleanor's turn to hide, Alice disappears. Years later, an extraordinary turn of events opens up shocking truths for the Ramsay family and all who knew the missing girl.
Author's Biography: Lesley Thomson's first novel, Seven Miles from Sydney ("Compelling" Times on Sunday; "Bold and imaginative" Time Out) is a crime thriller set in Australia. She also co-wrote actress Sue Johnston's autobiography Hold on to the Messy Times. She grew up in London and now lives in Lewes, East Sussex.
Non-fiction - The 3+1 Plan by Brett Alegre-Wood (Delancey Press)
Synopsis: The 3+1 Plan is
a simple step-by-step guide to building a portfolio
of just 4 properties to fund the lifestyle you've
always dreamed of.
Time-proven strategies that will safely guide you
through any economic boom, bust, recession or
downturn. You don't need years of training, huge
amounts of capital or luck to achieve outstanding
results!
The 3 + 1 Plan is more than just an answer to your
failing pension. It IS your new pension.
Author's Biography: Brett Alegre-Wood was born and educated in Australia and now lives and works in London. He is the founder and chairman of the leading free property investment & education website in the UK - www.3plus1plan.com.
Children's - Mr. Stink by David Walliams (Harper Collins)
Synopsis: Chloe sees Mr
Stink every day, but she's never spoken to him,
which isn't surprising, because he's a tramp, and he
stinks.
But there's more to Mr Stink than meets the eye (or
nose) and before she knows it, Chloe has an unusual
new friend hiding in her garden shed.
As Chloe struggles to keep Mr Stink a secret, and
her dad tries to hide a secret of his own, the stage
is set for an epic family confrontation. But there's
one other person with an extraordinary secret - Mr
Stink himself.
Author's Biography: David
Walliams is an actor and writer best known for his
work with Matt Lucas in the multi-award winning
sketch show Little Britain. His first novel was The
Boy in the Dress, which had great success. This is
his second and most recent novel.
The Beryl Bainbridge Award for a First Time Author - Eerie Deirdre Darkly by Adam Perrott (Clementine Publishing)
Synopsis: A funny tale of monstrous humans and humane monsters with a one-eyed octopus called Barbara and a mouse called Alan thrown in for good measure. Oh and a little girl called Deirdre who isn't quite what she seems...
Author's Biography: Adam started his career around books as a bookseller for Hammick's, Ottaker's and then Waterstone's. The birth of his first child saw him leaving work to concentrate on caring for his son and writing full time. Eerie Deirdre Darkly is his first book and is the first in a series.
All 36 finalists are listed here
Founding Patron: Dame Beryl Bainbridge
Dame Beryl Bainbridge, who died in London on 2 July 2010, was TPBP's Founding Patron. This famous personality in the literary world will be greatly missed but will remain an inspiration to us all.
Dame Beryl's great support to The People's Book Prize has been of immense value to us. In recognition to Dame Beryl, TPBP will have her as the Founding Patron and no other. TPBP will be a tribute to Dame Beryl and her legacy.
Her warm words at TPBP's launch will continue to guide us forward. "Something like this, this idea - which is absolutely amazing - once it takes off, it will be of enormous importance to writers. I look forward to the time when we mention this particular prize as the greatest - and look back - and remember I was at the meeting at the London Book Fair and think where it has gone! So I wish it tremendously good luck."
About the venue:
The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers is one of London's older Livery Companies with its origins in the fourteenth century. In 1403, a guild was formed whose members included text-writers and illuminators, booksellers, bookbinders and suppliers of parchment, pens and paper. They set up fixed-position stalls in St Paul's Churchyard, and were therefore referred to as 'Stationers', as opposed to those operating as itinerant vendors.
Summary of Winners for 2009/2010
Winners for May 2010
Fiction:
Nemesis ex Nihilo by
William Pascoe
published by Local Legend
Publishing
Non Fiction:
Sensual Pleasures
by
Sally Farmiloe-Neville published by
Delancey Press
Children's: Love a Duck by
Alan Brown published by
Gullane Children's Books
Winners for April;2010
Fiction:
Ringturn by John C Mawson
published by Local Legend
Publishing
Non Fiction:
Stars, Staterooms and Stowaways
by
Gary K Glading published by
Discovery Books
Children's:
When Dinosaurs Came to Town
by
Sally Mulholland and Lamorna Bonner-Oakley published by
Arthur H Stockwell Ltd
Winners for March 2010
Fiction:
A Quiet Voice Within by
Jenny holmes
published by Local Legend
Publishing
Non Fiction:
Open Up
by Carol
Belson published by
Local Legend
Publishing
Children's: Tortoise
vs Hare by Preston Rutt published by Meadowise
Children's Books
Winners for February 2010
Fiction:
Black Light by
Christian Tremain
published by Local Legend
Publishing
Non Fiction:
Making Britain Literate
by Kevin
Norley published by
Imprimata Publishers
Children's: Eerie Deirdre
Darkly
by Adam Perrott published
by Clementine Publishing
Winners for January 2010
Fiction: A
Kind of Vanishing by
Lesley Thomson
published by Myriad Editions
Non Fiction:
True
Love Cruel fate by
Nicola Wood published by
Seven Arches Publishing Ltd
Children's: Mr Stink
by David Walliams published
by Harper Collins Children's
Books
Winners for December 2009:
Fiction: Soothing
Music for Stray Cats by Jayne Joso
published by Alcemi
Non Fiction:
Bog Standard Britain by
Quentin Letts
published by Constable & Robinson
Children's: Bluey Meets
Father Christmas
by Phillip King published by
The Jolly Publishing Company Ltd
Winners for November 2009:
Fiction: None
of the Cadillacs was Pink by William Bedford
published by Solidus
Non Fiction:
Microwave Magic, The
Art of 21st Century Cooking by Jennipher Marshall-Jenkinson
published by MPress Books Ltd
Children's: Moon Rabbit by
Oliver Eade published by Delancey Press Ltd
Winners for October 2009:
Fiction: Among
Thieves
by Mez
Packer
Published by
Tindal Street Press
Non Fiction:
Ipswich 'til I Die
by Various supporters Published by
Legends Press
Children's: Chip Donovan
and the Dragonfly
by Bill Russell Published by
Delancey Press
Winners for September 2009:
Fiction: Suckle
by
Roger Robinson
Published by
Flipped Eye Publishing
Non Fiction:
The 3+1 Plan by
Brett Alegre-Wood
Published by
Delancey Press
Children's:
Tales from Olympus by
M B O'Reilly
Published by
Imprimata Publishers
Winners for August 2009:
Fiction: Ventriloquism
for Monkeys by Niall O'Sullivan
Published by
Flipped Eye Publishing
Non Fiction:
Wannabe a Writer? by Jane Wenham-Jones
Published by
Accent Press Ltd
Children's:
The Black Pear by Alan Porter
Published by
Eyelevel Books
Winners for July 2009:
Fiction: Heritage
of Secrets
by
Aoife Mannix
Published by
Flipped Eye Publishing
Non Fiction:
Empires apart by
Brian
Lander
Published by
Picnic Publishing
Children's:
Fritha's Summer
by
Susan Morris Published by
MPress Books Ltd
Winners for June 2009:
Fiction:
Crazy Horse
by Susan Everett
Published by:
Route Publishing Ltd.
Non Fiction:
Organic Places to Stay
- UK and Ireland
by
Linda Moss
Published by:
Green Books
Children's:
Brother Egbert and the
Carpenter of Willingford
With over 70
illustrations
by Steve Eggleton
Published by: The Erskine Press
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