British Book Awards Winners

The Galaxy British Book Awards, the "Oscars" of the British publishing industry, took place last week. So who were the winners and the losers this year?

Not too many surprises at this year's Nibbies - so called because the winners receive a trophy in the shape of a pen nib - with Ian McEwan receiving two major awards for his recent novella On Chesil Beach. This short but moving tale scooped both the Galaxy Book of the Year Award and The Reader's Digest Author of the Year prize.

Richard & Judy's Best Read of the Year Award - the winning of which seems a licence to print money - was won by Khaled Hosseini for A Thousand Splendid Suns, the already immensely successful follow-up to The Kite Runner.

Controversy was avoided when Katie Price failed to win the WHSmith Children's Book of the Year - instead the prize went to Francesca Simon for Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman.

A full list of winners is available at the Publishing News website.