My wife and I alternate the early shift with our two young children, and it’s often quite a manic time. Usually, though, there’s a brief moment to scan the online news — often a fairly depressing business, as you realise you’ve just dedicated your window of respite to reading a grisly news story, or another piece of negative electioneering, or an instantly forgettable celebrity update. But occasionally something joyous happens, as yesterday — spotting that ‘Hollow Mountain’ had made it onto the shortlist for next month’s Crimefest eDunnit award. ‘Sign of the Cross’ had the same honour in 2014, so I had no expectation it would ever happen again. This year, as last, the competition is fearsome, but in the absence of Derek B Miller, who has defeated me in every awards category I have ever been nominated in (well, all two of them, anyway), there has to be at least a tiny percentage of a chance. Below is the full list of nominees for the various awards, followed by a link to a ‘Bookseller’ article describing how the shortlists are made…
—
CRIMEFEST annually presents a number of awards at its Gala Dinner which in 2015 will be held on Saturday, 16 May.
AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
The Audible Sounds of Crime Award recognises the best crime audiobook published in both print and audio in 2014. Courtesy of sponsor Audible UK, the winning author and audiobook reader share the £1,000 prize equally and each receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.
The nominees are:
– Ben Aaronovitch for Foxglove Summer, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Orion Publishing Group)
– Lee Child for Personal, read by Jeff Harding (Penguin Random House Audio)
– Robert Galbraith for The Silkworm, read by Robert Glenister (Little, Brown Book Group)
– Anthony Horowitz for Moriarty, read by Derek Jacobi & Julian Rhind-Tutt (Orion Publishing Group)
– Peter James for Want You Dead, read by Daniel Weyman (Macmillan Digital Audio)
– Stephen King for Mr Mercedes, read by Will Patton (Hodder & Stoughton)
– Jo Nesbø for The Son, read by Sean Barrett (Penguin Random House Audio)
– James Oswald for The Hangman’s Song, read by Ian Hanmore (Penguin Random House Audio)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers for the longlist, and Audible UK listeners established the shortlist and the winning title.
GOLDSBORO LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Goldsboro Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the British Isles in 2014. The £500 prize is sponsored by Goldsboro Books, the UK’s largest specialist in signed and/or first edition books. The winner also receives a Bristol Blue Glass vase.
The nominees are:
– Lawrence Block for The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons (Orion Publishing Group)
– Declan Burke for Crime Always Pays (Severn House Publishers)
– Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May – The Bleeding Heart (Bantam/Transworld)
– Shane Kuhn for Kill Your Boss (Little, Brown Book Group)
– Chris Pavone for The Accident (Faber & Faber)
– L. C. Tyler for Crooked Herring (Allison & Busby)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers for the longlist, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish 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 2014. The winning author receives a cash prize as well as a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass vase.
The nominees are:
– Linwood Barclay for No Safe House (Orion Publishing Group)
– Lawrence Block for The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons (Orion Publishing Group)
– Charles Cumming for A Colder War (HarperCollins)
– Chris Ewan for Dark Tides (Faber & Faber)
– Greg Illes for Natchez Burning (HarperCollins)
– Thomas Mogford for Hollow Mountain (Bloomsbury)
– Thomas Sweterlitsch for Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Headline)
– Andrew Taylor for The Silent Boy (HarperCollins)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers for the longlist, 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 biography or critical book related to crime fiction published between 2013 and 2014. The award is named for Harry Keating, who died in 2011. Harry was one of Britain’s most esteemed crime novelists, a reviewer for The Times, and a writer of books about crime fiction. The winning author receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass vase.
The nominees are:
– Pamela Bedore for Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction (Palgrave 2013)
– Clare Clarke for Late Victorian Crime Fiction in the Shadows of Sherlock (Palgrave, 2014)
– Barry Forshaw for Nordic Noir (Pocket Essentials, 2013)
– Barry Forshaw for Euro Noir (No Exit Press, 2014)
– John Martin for Crime Scene: Britain & Ireland (Five Leaves, 2014)
– Lucy Worsley for A Very British Murder (BBC Books, 2013)
Eligible titles were collated by author and crime fiction expert Martin Edwards. A team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
—
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/child-galbraith-king-crimefest-shortlists
{ 0 comments… add one now }