The National Book Awards — previously known as the Galaxy National Book Awards (2010 — 11); British Book Awards or Nibbies (1990 — 2009)-- is
a British literary award for the best UK writers and their works, as selected by an academy of members from the British book publishing industry.
Not exact matches
The
award - winning
British novelist became the first
literary Bad Mother for her memoir A Life's Work, which chronicled the «abasements» of pregnancy and «the sacking and slow rebuilding of every corner of my private world that motherhood has entailed.»
Not only is she newsletter editor for the ALCS, she's also non-fiction editor for The Bookseller (the trade paper of the
British book trade), chair of
literary festival events, book
award judge, and a respected author — and she still finds time to volunteer in the local community, choreographing a fabulous Book Week for one lucky primary school in the neighbourhood.
In addition to several
literary awards, Pullman was even appointed a Commander of the Order of the
British Empire in 2004...
Our pictures round - up of the 2018
British Book
Awards features authors Judith Kerr and Philip Pullman, Faber c.e.o. Stephen Page,
literary agent Madeleine Milburn and more....
First time novelist Stef Penney shook the
British literary world last year when she won the Costa
Award (formerly Whitbread
Award) with The Tenderness of Wolves, not least because she has never been to Canada and carried out all her research in the
British Library.
Phillips is an
award - winning author whose own Kittian -
British heritage makes this a powerful
literary statement.
Swift, a multiple
award - winning author who's collected many of the biggest
British literary prizes for his previous books, is working in a lighter vein here.
J. K. Rowling hasn't just been embraced by fans, she has plenty of
awards from various publishing and literary groups, including a lifetime achievement award from the British Book A
awards from various publishing and
literary groups, including a lifetime achievement
award from the
British Book
AwardsAwards.