Winners 2010/2011
The People’s Book Prize – and the winners
for 2010/11 are...
The second Award Ceremony
of the People's Book prize took place at the elegant Stationers Hall on
Wednesday 20th July
in the presence of their patron Frederick Forsyth
CBE. Authors, publishers,
presenters and members of the press including
Talent Television and Octopus MT
attended the glittering evening.
The People’s Book annual prize was awarded to the
top authors of Non-Fiction, Fiction and Children
and the Beryl Bainbridge Award for
First Time Author, to honour
the
memory of the founding patron.
This year The People's Book Prize
has introduced a new award for special achievement.
Fiction -
Making Shore by Sara Allerton
(Saraband)
Synopsis: Torpedoed by a
German U-boat, adrift on the open ocean, gravely
weakened and slowly dying of thirst - the odds of
making shore are lengthening with each gruelling
hour. Deliverance from purgatory on a decaying
lifeboat will take something far more remarkable
than sheer endurance... Inspired by a true incident
in World War II, this novel is a searing tale of
fear and survival, friendship and love.
Author's Biography: Sara
Allerton lives in Suffolk with her husband and three
children. This is her first novel
Non-fiction - Eradicating Ecocide by
Polly Higgins (Shepheard-Walwyn Ltd)
Synopsis: TBecause damage
to our environment in pursuit of profit is now so
threatening to the ecosystem on which all life
depends, the author is campaigning for a paradigm
shift, embodied in international law, from ownership
to trusteeship of the earth’s resources, enforced by
creating a 5th Crime Against Peace, Ecocide
Author's Biography: Polly
Higgins is a barrister and international
environmental lawyer, voted one of the ‘World’s Top
10 Visionary Thinkers’ by The Ecologist and
nominated as ‘the Lawyer for Planet Earth’ for 2010
Performance Awards
Children's -
When I
dream of ABC by Mr Henry Fisher (Top That
Publishing)
Synopsis: Enter the dreamy
world of ABC in this soothing bedtime book. A
humorous exploration of the many strange and
extraordinary characters that inhabit a fantastical
dreamworld, encouraging children to learn their ABC.
From shy dragons to opera- singing mermaids,
learning the alphabet has never been so fascinating.
Author's Biography:
Author and illustrator Henry Fisher studied
illustration at the Camberwell College of Arts,
London. He has a one-year-old son, who is featured
on the cover of his first published book, When I
Dream of ABC. A video game addict, he also has
extensive experience in the film and television
industry.
The Beryl Bainbridge Award for a
First Time
Author -
Synopsis: A
Keen climber, Alex dreams of scaling the Rock on
which Edinburgh Castle stands. Is it this dream that
makes him accept the challenge to travel back in
time to the night of silent killing in 1314: a band
of Scots rebels scaled the Rock and overcame the
sleeping English soldiers.
Author's
Biography: As well as having a distinguished career
in education, Morag Ramsey was, for many years,
director of Chelmsford Theatre Workshop, receiving a
prestigious Civic Award for services to the Arts.
She went on to run the ‘Save the Brighton Bandstand’
campaign, drawing on her skills as a producer of
shows.
TPBP Special Prize - Yes we Can Read by Libby Coleman
and Nick Ainley (Gatehouse Media Ltd)
Synopsis: A new one-to-one
reading scheme for learners aged from 8 to 80. Yes we can
read is a fun phonics-based programme to develop reading for
meaning. Anyone who can read fluently can teach a non-reader
or poor reader to read in six months or less.
Author's Biography: Libby Coleman is a retired head teacher.
She worked with people with severe learning disabilities and
has lectured in special needs. She works as a volunteer
teaching reading in prisons and areas of social deprivation.
Nick Ainley has spent most of his career working with adults
with severe learning disabilities.
All 36 finalists are listed
here
Winners for Spring 2011 (March,
April,
May)
Fiction:
Bottle of Life by Truth Thomas published
by Flipped Eye Publishing
The Somnambulist by
Essie Fox published by Orion Books
Play with
Strangers by Annie Hardacre published by Snowflake
Books Ltd
Non Fiction:
Eradicating Ecocide by Polly Higgins published by
Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd
Still 25
Inside by Lindsey Agness published by Rodale
Breast Beating by Professor Michael Baum published
by Ansham Ltd
Children:
Gruffs Guide to
Fairy Tale Land by Amy Sparkes published by
Meadowside Children's Books
Young Scamper and
The Sly Fox by Martin D TAlbot published by Martal
Publications of Ipswich
0.4 by Mike Lancaster
published by Egmont Press
Winners for Winter 2010 (December, January,
February)
Fiction:
Cold Enough to Freeze
Cows by Lorraine Jenkin published by Honno Press
The Woman Before Me by Ruth Dugdall published by
Legend Press
Lost Books by Adrienne J. Odasso
published by Flipped Eye Publishers
Non Fiction:
Dear Su Yen by Su
Yen Hu and Roy Preece published by Snowflake Books
Ltd
5P1R1T R3V3L4T1ON5 by Nigel Peace published
by Local Legend Publishing
The Lie of the Land
by Ian Vince published by Boxtree (an imprint
of Pan Macmillan)
Children:
When I Dream of
ABC by Mr Henry Fisher published by Top That!
Publishing
Alex McLean Time Traveller by Morag
Ramsey published by Seven Arches Publishing
WINTERCRAFT by Jenna Burtenshaw published by
Headline Publishing Group
Winners for Autumn 2010
(September, October, November)
Fiction:
Its Just the Beating of My Heart by
Richard Aronowitz
published by Flambard Press Ltd
Maxwell's Silver Hammer by Andy Rivers published by
Byker Books
War On The Margins by Libby Cone published by
Duckworth Publishers
Non Fiction:
Yes We Can Read
by Libby
Coleman and Nick Ainley published by
Gatehouse Media Ltd
Predator Culture by Fred Harrison published by
Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd
The Inheritance of Genius by John Aplin published by
The Lutterworth Press
Children’s:
Ralph is (not) a vampire by Corinne V Davies published by
RAL Publications
Just Because by Rebecca Elliot published by Lion
Children's books
The Boy Giant by Allan Plenderleith published by
Ravette Publishing
Winners for Summer 2010
(June, July, August)
Fiction:
Making Shore by
Sara Allerton
published by Saraband
Thin Blue Smoke by Doug Worgul published by Macmillan New Writing
Chewing the Scenery by Davina Elliott published by
Puck Books
Non Fiction:
High Heels and a Head Torch
by Chelsea Duke published by
Pan Books
Two Great Danes by Angela Mitchell published by
Parapress
That's another Story by Julie Walters published by
Weidenfeld And Nicholson
Children’s:
Young Scamper and the Conker Soup by Martin D Talbot published by
Martal Publications
The Sleepy Ladybird by Henri Renard and Caroline
Bailey published by Picnic Publishing
Errol and His Extraordinary Nose by David Conway
published by Gullane Children's Books
Last
year's winner - 2009/2010
The only democratic book prize voted for
exclusively by the public and so it is the public
who have a direct say in choosing Britain's next
bestsellers.
Founded in 2009, The People’s Book Prize’s goals
are to get the nation reading, give authors and
publishers equal opportunity in the marketplace,
raise the profile of libraries and discover new
talent.
Working in partnership with Talent TV and
OctopusMT TPBP are poised to fulfil their Founding
Patron Dame Beryl Bainbridge’s wish for The People’s
Book Prize to become the greatest.
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