Press Release: Prizes and Awards
PPC Annual Awards 2012 Shortlist
Posted at 9:06PM Thursday 31 Jan 2013
PPC Annual Awards 2012 ShortlistThe Publisher's Publicity Circle (PPC) are delighted to announce the shortlist for the PPC Annual Awards, given to the publicists responsible for the best PR campaigns carried out in 2012. The PPC organises these awards as part of its on-going commitment to book promotion and the campaigns are judged according to the publicist's use of imagination, careful thought and effective planning. Each category receives support from across the book trade and consumer media and for 2012, we are very pleased to welcome the sponsorship of IndieBound UK who are supporting the Best Newcomer category. The PPC are delighted to have on-going support from The London Book Fair, Waterstones, Daily Mail, The Bookseller, Nielsen, Foyles and Bertrams in conjunction with The Reading Agency in the sponsorship of the additional categories. The Annual Awards judging panel will comprise of representatives from each of the sponsors and the winners of each category will be announced at the PPC Annual Awards dinner which will be held on the 13th February 2013. The PPC also presents awards for Events Manager of the Year, Journalist of the Year and Librarian of the Year. These three awards are voted for by PPC Members and the winners will also be announced at the annual awards dinner. PPC Annual Awards 2012 Shortlist: PPC Award for Hardback Non-Fiction French Children Don't Throw Food by Pamela Druckerman – Aislinn Casey, Transworld Management in 10 Words by Terry Leahy – Najma Finlay, Cornerstone, Random House Quiet by Susan Cain – Lija Kresowaty, Penguin Mrs Robinson's Disgrace by Kate Summerscale – Jude Drake, Bloomsbury A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen – Emma Knight and Emilie Ferguson, Hodder Sweet Revenge by Tom Bower – Sarah Christie, Faber & Faber The Hardback Fiction Award, supported by The Reading Agency Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel – Patrick Hargadon, Fourth Estate, Harper Collins The Casual Vacancy by J K Rowling – Tamsin Kitson and Jo Wickham, Little, Brown HHhH by Laurent Binet – Fiona Murphy, Harvill Secker, Random House The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey – Samantha Eades, Headline Skagboys by Irvine Welsh – Hannah Ross, Jonathan Cape, Random House Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin – Angela McMahon, Orion The London Book Fair Award for Hardback Celebrity Amy, My Daughter by Mitch Winehouse – Katherine Patrick, HarperCollins Bond on Bond by Roger Moore – Ana McLoughlin, Michael O'Mara Is it Just Me? by Miranda Hart – Emma Knight (Hodder) with Pandora Tulloch and Hayley Stubbs (Public Eye) The Little Paris Kitchen by Rachel Khoo – Francesca Russell, Michael Joseph Rod: The Autobiography by Rod Stewart – Charlotte Bush and Citizen Sigmund, Century, Random House Tom Daley: My Story by Tom Daley – Jo Wickham, Michael Joseph Daily Mail Award for Paperback Original Fiction Complete Short Stories by Elizabeth Taylor – Judith Greenberg, Virago, Little, Brown The Dark Heroine by Abigail Gibbs – Liz Dawson, HarperCollins The Dinner by Herman Koch – Fran Owen, Atlantic Books Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James – Charlotte Bush and Natalie Higgins, Arrow Books, Random House The JM Barrie Ladies' Swimming Society by Barbara Zitwell – Katherine Stroud and Rosamund Hutchinson, Hutchinson PR for Short Books Temptation Island by Victoria Fox – Tory Lyne-Pirkis, Midas PR for Mira Books Foyles Award for Paperback Original Non-Fiction Middle Age by David Bainbridge – Kelly Pike, Portobello Books Mum's List by StJohn Greene – Katya Shipster and Francesca Russell, Michael Joseph Revolution 2.0 by Wael Ghonim – Katherine Josselyn, Fourth Estate, HarperCollins Run Fat Bitch Run by Ryth Field – Hannah Hargrave, Sphere Trafficked by Sophie Hayes – Katherine Patrick, HarperCollins Vagina: A New Biography by Naomi Wolf – Zoe Hood, Virago, Little, Brown Waterstones Award for Second Edition Paperback: Fiction or Non-Fiction Best in Travel 2013 by various – Laura Lindsay, Lonely Planet Lace by Shirley Conran – Angela Robertson and Jaz Lacey-Campbell, Canongate Books Poppy Day by Amanda Prowse – Becci Sharpe, Head of Zeus The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey – Samantha Eades, Headline Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman – Ryan Davies, Penguin Press The Bookseller Award for a Children's Book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney – Tania Vian-Smith, Puffin The Empty Stocking by Richard Curtis – Hermoine Lawton, Puffin Secrets of the Henna Girl by Sufiya Ahmed – Jayde Lynch, Puffin Wings & Co: Operation Bunny by Sally Gardner – Louise Court, Orion The Wolf Princess by Cathryn Constable – Maura Brickell and Ceri Maxwell (Riot Communications) for Chicken House Wonder by R J Palacio – Lauren Bennett, Random House Children's Publishers Nielsen Award for a Generic Campaign Children's Laureate Library Tour – Anwen Hooson and Liz Hyder (Riot Communications) with Alice Ingall (Book Trust) Dear Zoo 30th Anniversary – Sally Oliphant, Macmillan's Children's Books Charles Dickens 2012 – Maura Brickell and Anwen Hooson (Riot Communications) for Penguin Classics Dork Diaries Series – Kat McKenna, Simon & Schuster Sue Townsend Anniversary – Jo Wickham, Michael Joseph Terry Pratchett 2012 – Lynsey Dalladay, Transworld The IndieBound UK Award for Best Newcomer Award A Bunch of Fives by Helen Simpson – Saskia Angenent, Vintage Classics Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook by Mary Berry – Sophia Rubie, Dorling Kindersley Sacred Land by Martin Palmer – Madeleine Feeny, Little, Brown The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver – Maria Garbutt-Lucero, Allen Lane, Penguin Quiet by Susan Cain – Lija Kresowaty, Penguin White Dolphin by Gill Lewis – Ceri Maxwell (Riot Communications) for Oxford University Press PPC Events Manager of the Year 2012 Sheryl Sherville and Morag Watkins, Chorleywood Bookshop Andrew Kelly, Bristol Festival of Ideas Elaine Silverwood at SilverDell Books Victoria McDonald and Karl O'Leary at WHSmith Frances Hopkins at Urmston Bookshop The team at Theakstons Old Peculier Harrogate Crime Writing Festival PPC Journalist of the Year 2012 Dixi Stewart, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Live John Dutton, Radio 2 Steve Wright Paul Laity, The Guardian Charlotte Heathcote, Sunday Express Miranda Collinge, Esquire Deborah Fraser, Heat Bertrams Librarian of the Year 2012 Tim O'Dell, Lambeth Libraries Joy Court, Coventry Libraries David Denham, Rainham Library Kay Hadwick, Surrey Libraries Margaret Houston, Glasgow Libraries Elaine Wilkinson, Vicacity Peterborough Libraries
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