Winners were announced last night at the British Book Awards. The overall book of the year was Patriot by the late Alexei Navalny, which also won in the non-fiction narrative category. In addition, Margaret Atwood was given the Freedom to Publish Award, and the British Book Award for Social Impact went to Kate Mosse, writer and founder of the Women's Prize for Fiction.
Winners in the book categories:
Fiction: James by Percival Everett
Debut Fiction: Butter by Asako Yuzuki, translated by Polly Barton
Crime & Thriller: Hunted by Abir Mukherjee
Pageturner: Faebound by Saara El-Arifi
Discover: poyums by Len Pennie
Non-Fiction: Lifestyle & Illustrated: What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci
Non-Fiction: Narrative Winner: Patriot by Alexei Navalny, translated by Arch Tait and Stephen Dalziel
Children's Fiction: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney
Children's Non-Fiction: Wilding: How to Bring Wildlife Back by Isabella Tree, illustrated by Angela Harding
Children's Illustrated: Jonty Gentoo: The Adventures of a Penguin by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Audiobook, Fiction (tie):
Bunny vs Monkey by Jamie Smart, narrated by Ciaran Saward
My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes
Audiobook: Non-Fiction: Sociopath by Patric Gagne
