Awards, volume 2

The British Book Awards — better known, for whatever reason, as the Nibbies — have been announced, and The Times is all over this, as Dalya Alberge rounds up the reaction and the shortlists. There are too many  books to list but there’s a handy roundup located here. A new category seems to be  the “World Books Crime Thriller of the Year”:

The Graft – Martina Cole (Headline)

Murder Room – P D James (Penguin)

Fleshmarket Close – Ian Rankin (Orion)

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  <em>Dissolution</em> &#8211; C J Sansom (Macmillan
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  Congrats to all the nominees. The winners will be announced at a presentation at Grosvenor House on April 20, and will be televised on April 22.
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