Lily Allen shortlisted for 2018 National Book Award
Lily Allen's striking autobiography, My Thoughts Exactly, has been shortlisted in the Autobiography & Biography category for the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018.
The National Book Awards are designed to celebrate the best and most popular books of the year. They will be held in 2018 on Tuesday 20 November and presented by Zoe Ball.
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There are eleven main categories as well as a popular vote for the best book from this year's Zoe Ball Book Club. An outstanding achievement award will also be given on the night to an author or illustrator who has truly made their mark in books.
?The eleven main categories are: Popular Fiction, Crime & Thriller, Autobiography & Biography, Popular Non-Fiction, Food & Drink, Children's, Young Adult, Audiobook, New Writer, International Author, UK Author.
?The awards are judged by The Academy, a handpicked group of the most senior and influential people in the book trade including publishers, agents, booksellers, journalists and influencers. They vote for the shortlists from a longlist of 15-25 books per category and then again to choose the winning books.
?After the awards are announced the public are invited to vote for their Book of the Year from all the winning books. This winner will be announced just after Christmas. Previous winners have included David Nichols' One Day and EL James' Fifty Shades of Grey, Caitlin Moran's How to be a Woman, Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
The National Book Awards are designed to celebrate the best and most popular books of the year. They will be held in 2018 on Tuesday 20 November and presented by Zoe Ball.
?
There are eleven main categories as well as a popular vote for the best book from this year's Zoe Ball Book Club. An outstanding achievement award will also be given on the night to an author or illustrator who has truly made their mark in books.
?The eleven main categories are: Popular Fiction, Crime & Thriller, Autobiography & Biography, Popular Non-Fiction, Food & Drink, Children's, Young Adult, Audiobook, New Writer, International Author, UK Author.
?The awards are judged by The Academy, a handpicked group of the most senior and influential people in the book trade including publishers, agents, booksellers, journalists and influencers. They vote for the shortlists from a longlist of 15-25 books per category and then again to choose the winning books.
?After the awards are announced the public are invited to vote for their Book of the Year from all the winning books. This winner will be announced just after Christmas. Previous winners have included David Nichols' One Day and EL James' Fifty Shades of Grey, Caitlin Moran's How to be a Woman, Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane.