Good morning everyone and happy Friday . With all the hype about the Booker Prize winner you may have missed the winners of the 2024 Books Are My Bag Awards.
These awards are the only book awards with a shortlist curated by bookshops and the winners chosen by readers.
(In my best award show host voice)
The Winners are:
👑 Fiction:
You Are Here by David Nicholls
👑Non Fiction:
Abroad In Japan by Chris Broad
👑 Poetry:
Lobster: and other things I’m learning about love
by Holly McNish
👑 Children’s Fiction:
I Am Rebel by Ross Montgomery
👑 Breakthrough Author:
Butter by Asako Yuzuki
👑 Reader’s Choice:
Abroad In Japan by Chris Broad
I haven’t actually read any of these yet, though I do have three of the books on my shelf. I’m particularly intrigued by Butter now as it’s been getting lots of hype recently and Abroad In Japan as I’ve been wanting to read it for a while. Butter is actually a book club choice for my fellow bookclub leader at Rossiter Books @somethingbyjane so I’ll definitely be reading it soon. My eldest son was a big fan of Spellstone by Ross Montgomery so I’ve ordered I Am Rebel as a Christmas present for him.
Have you read any of these? Who would your winners have been?
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