Posted on May 13, 2021 at 12:28 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Author Douglas Stuart was the overall winner in more ways than one at today’s British Book Awards.
His Shuggie Bain won both the fiction - début award and the book of the year honors.
The ceremony, like so many others, was held virtually because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The other winners are listed below; you can also read comments from some of the honorees in The Bookseller.
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Fiction Book of the Year: Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell
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Fiction - Crime & Thriller: Troubled Blood, by Robert Galbraith
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Audiobook of the Year: Think Like a Monk, written and narrated by Jay Shetty
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Pageturner: Where The Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
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Non-Fiction - Narrative Book of the Year: Diary of a Young Naturalist, by Dara McAnulty
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Non-Fiction - Lifestyle: Skincare, by Caroline Hirons
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Children’s Fiction: The Highland Falcon Thief, by M G Leonard and Sam Sedgman
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Children’s Illustrated & Non-Fiction: Black and British: A Short, Essential History, by David Olusoga
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Author of the Year: Richard Osman (The Thursday Murder Club)
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Illustrator of the Year: Charlie Mackesy (The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse)
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