World Book Day Winners

Thursday 6th March was World Book Day in the UK, and the winner of the "Book to Talk About" award has been announced.

Congratulations to young British writer Jonathan Trigell, who yesterday won the World Book Day "Book to Talk About" award with his brilliant but controversial novel Boy A.

His margin of victory was convincing, as Trigell polled 21% of the total votes, some 7% ahead of the second placed Ishq and Mushq. Trigell's book was originally published in 2004 to rave reviews, and was the winner of the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in that year. The book's current popularity may in part be due to the dramatisation screened by Channel 4 last year to great acclaim.

Trigell's second novel Cham was published last year and he is currently working on his third. Nice to see someone with a Manchester connection doing so well - he completed an MA here in Creative Writing in 2002.