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SHORTLISTS 2008


All 2008 BBIA shortlists now in

SOME OF THE book world's best-known figures are shortlisted for next month's industry awards. They are sure to start much debate between now and the ceremony at the BA Conference in Brighton on May 13.
  • note: The shortlist and winner for the KPMG Publisher of the Year will be announced on 13 May at the Awards ceremony in Brighton.

    Activair Award for Exporting

    WINNER - Penguin UK
    Award announced and presented at the London Book Fair

    The shortlists are:

    Midas Public Relations Publicity Campaign of the Year

    Tamsin Kitson & Alexandra Richardson (Little, Brown) - Bit of a Blur
    Thi Dinh (Allen Lane / Penguin) - The Black Swan
    Hannah Ross (Jonathan Cape) - The Descendants
    Emma Knight and Tara Gladden (Hodder & Stoughton) - First Among Sequels
    Heather Carswell (Lonely Planet) - Great Britain 7th Edition
    Preena Gadher (Penguin) - The Islamist
    Liz Statham, Anna Paynton (Rough Guides) / Maria Boyle (MB Communications) - Rough Guides 25s
    Emma Harrow (Simon & Schuster) - The Secret
    Adele Minchin (Puffin) - Slam

    Vista Award for Industry Achievement

    Will Atkinson
    Richard Charkin
    Ian Hudson
    Gail Rebuck
    Ted Smart

    Lightning Source Independent Publisher of the Year

    Atlantic Books
    Michael O'Mara
    Quercus
    Snowbooks
    Summersdale

    Publishing News Chain Bookselling Company of the Year

    Blackwell UK
    Borders UK
    Foyles
    Hughes & Hughes Booksellers
    WHSmith
    Tesco
    Waterstone's

    Harlequin Mills & Boon Direct Bookselling Company of the Year

    Amazon.co.uk
    Play.com
    The Book People
    The Book Depository
    Waterstones.com

    Bowker UK Bookseller of the Year

    The winner of this new award will be chosen from the winners of these three categories:
    Publishing News Chain Bookselling Company of the Year
    Harlequin Mills & Boon Direct Bookselling Company
    of the Year
    Aurum Press Independent Bookshop of the Year

    Booksellers Association New Bookshop of the Year

    Bookstor, Kinsale, Co. Cork
    Mostly Books, Abingdon
    Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, Bath
    Seven Stories Bookshop, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    StoraEnso Design & Production Award

    Al Murray: The Pub Landlord's Book of British Common Sense (Hodder & Stoughton)
    The End of Mr Y Scarlett Thomas (Canongate)
    Farmyard Tales Wind-Up Tractor Book (Usborne Publishing)
    Mister Pip Lloyd Jones (John Murray)
    Vintage Classics (Vintage)

    Frankfurt Book Fair Rights Professional of the Year

    Valerie Duff (Atlantic Books)
    Ruth Logan (Bloomsbury)
    Diane Spivey (Little, Brown Book Group)
    Lucy Vanderbilt (HarperCollins)

    Baker Tilly Imprint & Editor of the Year

    Arcadia - Gary Pulsifer
    Atlantic Books - Toby Mundy
    David Fickling Books - David Fickling
    Fig Tree - Juliet Annan
    Jonathan Cape - Robin Robertson
    PanMacmillan - Maria Rejt

    Sue Butterworth Award for Young Bookseller of the Year - sponsored by HarperCollins

    Matt Bridge (Woolworths)
    Sam Harrison (Waterstone's)
    Craig Hillier (WHSmith Travel)
    Georgina Hanratty, Tales on Moon Lane, Herne Hill

    British Council & London Book Fair UK Young Publisher of the Year

    WINNER - Emma Hayley, Self-Made Hero
    (announced at London Book Fair)
    Tom Chalmers, Legend Press
    Helen Conford, Penguin Press
    Ed Faulkner, Virgin Books
    Ele Fountain, Bloomsbury
    Poppy Hampson, Chatto & Windus

    Orion Publishing Group Literary Agent of the Year

    Luigi Bonomi (LBA)
    Sheila Crowley (A P Watt)
    Robert Kirby (United Agents)
    David Miller (Rogers, Coleridge & White)

    Nielsen Book Award for Innovation in the Book Industry

    Blog a Penguin Classic
    CollinsLanguage.com
    Lovereading4schools
    Snowbooks XSL Project

    The Guardian Marketing Campaign of the Year

    Harry Potter series JK Rowling (Bloomsbury)
    Long Way Down Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman (Little, Brown)
    Nigella Express Nigella Lawson (Chatto & Windus)
    The Raw Shark Texts Steven Hall (Canongate)
    Rebus 20 Ian Rankin (Orion)
    Vintage Classics (Vintage)
    Young Stalin Simon Sebag-Montefiore (Weidenfeld & Nicholson)

    Aurum Press Independent Bookshop of the Year

    Bookmark, Spalding
    Cogito Books, Hexham
    Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, Bath
    Red Lion Books, Colchester
    Village Books, Dulwich Village

    decibel Cultural Diversity Award

    Ellah Allfrey, Jonathan Cape
    Arcadia Books
    Hamish Hamilton Publishing
    Verna Wilkins, Tamarind

    KPMG Publisher of the Year

    The shortlist and winner will be announced on 13 May at the Awards ceremony in Brighton.