Good Housekeeping Book Awards 2008
Check out the results of our fantastic book awards...
In April, we asked you to help us judge one of the prizes at this year's prestigious Good Housekeeping Book Awards by telling us the name of your favourite novelist. We received a fantastic response and the results were announced at a star-studded event, which took place at Foyles book shop in Charing Cross, London.
Presenting the awards was our panel of expert judges, including broadcaster Jenni Murray, novelist Victoria Hislop, GH Books Editor Kerry Fowler and Editor Louise Chunn. The event was attended by some of Britain's best-loved writers, such as Kathy Lette, Sue Gee, Katharine Whitehorn and Sally Brampton. We would like to say a big thank you to Jacob's Creek for providing the wine and also to Foyles for providing such a great location.
Here are the results...
Best Fiction Novel
Winner: The Road Home by Rose Tremain (Chatto and Windus)
Runners-up:
Love Falls by Esther Freud (Bloomsbury)
Reading in Bed by Sue Gee (Headline Review)
A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy by Charlotte Greig (Serpent's Tail)
Fifty is not a Four Letter Word by Linda Kelsey (Hodder)
The Outcast by Sadie Jones (Chatto and Windus)
Best Non-Fiction Novel
Winner: Shoot the Damn Dog by Sally Brampton (Bloomsbury)
Runners-up:
Into the Darkness: An Account of 7/7 by Peter Zimonjic (Vintage Books)
Blue Sky July by Nia Wyn (Michael Joseph/Penguin)
Latin Love Lessons by Charlotte Higgins (Short Books)
Selective Memory by Katharine Whitehorn (Virago)
The Mitfords: Letters Between Sisters edited by Charlotte Mosley (Fourth Estate)
Best Debut Novel
Winner: The Outcast by Sadie Jones (Chatto and Windus)
Best Author
Winner: Ian McEwan

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