CrimeFest announced their Awards Nominations tonight! Congrats to all!
AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
The
Audible Sounds of Crime Award is for the best unabridged crime
audiobook first published in the UK in 2018 in both printed and audio
formats, and available for download from
audible.co.uk,
Britain’s largest provider of downloadable audiobooks. Courtesy of
sponsor Audible UK, the winning author and audiobook reader(s) share the
£1,000 prize equally and each receives a
Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.
Audible Sounds of Crime Award nominees:
– Ben Aaronovitch for
Lies Sleeping, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Orion Publishing Group)
– Louise Candlish for
Our House, read by Deni Francis & Paul Panting (Whole Story Audiobooks)
– Bill Clinton & James Patterson for
The President Is Missing, read by Dennis Quaid, January LaVoy, Peter Ganim, Jeremy Davidson, Mozhan Marnò and Bill Clinton (Random House Audiobooks)
– Robert Galbraith for
Lethal White, read by Robert Glenister (Hachette Audio)
– Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen for
The Wife Between Us, read by Julia Whelan (Pan Macmillan Publishers)
– Stephen King for
The Outsider, read by Will Patton (Hodder & Stoughton)
– Clare Mackintosh for
Let Me Lie, read by Gemma Whelan & Clare Mackintosh (Little, Brown Book Group)
– Peter May for
I’ll Keep You Safe, read by Anna Murray & Peter Forbes (riverrun)
– Ian Rankin for
In a House of Lies, read by James MacPherson (Orion Publishing Group)
– Sarah Vaughan for
Anatomy of a Scandal, read by Julie Teal, Luke Thompson, Esther Wane and Sarah Feathers (Simon & Schuster Audio UK)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and Audible UK listeners established the shortlist and the winning title.
eDUNNIT AWARD
The eDunnit Award is for the best crime fiction ebook first published in
both hardcopy and in electronic format in the British Isles in 2018.
The winner receives a
Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.
eDunnit Award nominees:
– Leye Adenle for
When Trouble Sleeps (Cassava Republic Press)
– Steve Cavanagh for
Thirteen (Orion Fiction)
– Martin Edwards for
Gallows Court (Head of Zeus)
– Laura Lippman for
Sunburn (Faber and Faber)
– Khurrum Rahman for
Homegrown Hero (HQ – HarperCollins)
– Andrew Taylor for
The Fire Court (HarperCollins)
LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the British Isles in 2018. The winner receives a
Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.
Last Laugh Award nominees:
– Simon Brett for
A Deadly Habit (Crème de la Crime – Severn House)
– Christopher Fowler for
Bryant & May – Hall of Mirrors (Transworld)
– Mario Giordano for
Auntie Poldi and the Fruits of the Lord (John Murray)
– Mick Herron for
London Rules (John Murray)
– Khurrum Rahman for
Homegrown Hero (HQ – HarperCollins)
– Lynne Truss for
A Shot in the Dark (Bloomsbury)
– Antti Tuomainen for
Palm Beach Finland (Orenda Books)
– Olga Wojtas for
Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Golden Samovar (Contraband – Saraband)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British
crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning
title.
H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
The H.R.F. Keating Award is for the best biographical or critical book
related to crime fiction first published in the British Isles in 2018.
The award is named after H.R.F. ‘Harry’ Keating, one of Britain’s most
esteemed crime novelists, crime reviewers and writer of books about
crime fiction. The winning author receives a commemorative
Bristol Blue Glass award.
H.R.F. Keating Award nominees:
– Nils Clausson for
Arthur Conan Doyle’s Art of Fiction (Cambridge Scholars Publishing)
– Brian Cliff for
Irish Crime Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Glen S. Close for
Female Corpses in Crime Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Laura Joyce & Henry Sutton for
Domestic Noir (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Barry Forshaw for
Historical Noir (No Exit Press)
– Steven Powell for
The Big Somewhere: Essays on James Ellroy’s Noir World (Bloomsbury)
– James Sallis for
Difficult Lives – Hitching Rides (No Exit Press)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British
crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning
title.
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN
This award is for the best crime novel for children (aged 8-12) first
published in the British Isles in 2018. The winner receives a
commemorative
Bristol Blue Glass award.
Best Crime Novel for Children nominees:
– P.G. Bell for
The Train to Impossible Places (Usborne Publishing)
– Fleur Hitchcock for
Murder At Twilight (Nosy Crow)
– S.A. Patrick for
A Darkness of Dragons (Usborne Publishing)
– Dave Shelton for
The Book Case: An Emily Lime Mystery (David Fickling Books)
– Lauren St. John for
Kat Wolfe Investigates (Macmillan Children’s Books)
– Nicki Thornton for
The Last Chance Hotel (Chicken House)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and reviewers of
fiction for children and young adults voted to establish the shortlist
and the winning title.
2019 BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN (AGES 8–12) AWARD ENTRIES
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BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS
This award is for the best crime novel for young adults (aged 12-16)
first published in the British Isles in 2018. The winner receives a
commemorative
Bristol Blue Glass award.
Best Crime Novel for Young Adults nominees:
– David Almond for
The Colour of the Sun (Hodder Children’s Books)
– Mel Darbon for
Rosie Loves Jack (Usborne Publishing)
– Julia Gray for
Little Liar (Andersen Press)
– Tom Pollock for
White Rabbit, Red Wolf (Walker Books)
– Nikesh Shukla for
Run, Riot (Hodder Children’s Books)
– Neal & Jarrod Shusterman for
Dry (Walker Books)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and reviewers of
fiction for children and young adults voted to establish the shortlist
and the winning title.
C
RIMEF
EST annually presents its awards at a dinner which in 2019 will be held on Saturday, 11 May.
– Sarah Ward for
The Shrouded Path (Faber and Faber)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British
crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning
title.
