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'''Novel Award'''
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'''Category Winner'''
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|author=Hilary Mantel
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007315090</amazonuk>
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'''Other Books on the Shortlist'''
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'''First Novel Award'''
'''Category Winner'''
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|author=Francesca Segal
|title=The Innocents
|rating=4
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=Francesca Segal's debut novel, ''The Innocents'' is set in upper class, Jewish, North London. Adam is about to marry his childhood sweetheart, Rachel, and is working as a lawyer in her father's business. Into this romantic idyl though comes Ellie, Rachel's wayward cousin who has been forced to flee the US following an appearance in an 'art house' movie of dubious repute and, it turns out, further scandal. Ellie is everything that Rachel is not; a model, worldly, sexy and tempting. As Adam gets drawn into wanting to 'rescue' her and look after her, his whole future with Rachel is thrown into doubt and the story becomes a will they, won't they get together narrative.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0701186992</amazonuk>
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'''Other Books on the Shortlist'''
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It's the time for the tall mainland men to come to the island to trade, so 16 year old Mary prepares. She brings out her handmade 'broideries' and hides Barney, her little brother, in a cupboard. This is a necessary preparation born of fear, for the island boys have been vanishing, taken by the traders. On this particular day Mary's broideries go, but so does Barney.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144473783X</amazonuk>
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'''Biography Award'''
'''Category Winner'''
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|author=Mary M Talbot and Bryan Talbot
|title=Dotter of Her Father's Eyes
|rating=4.5
|genre=Biography
|summary= If there's one person able to produce a worthwhile potted history of James Joyce's daughter, it should be Mary M Talbot. She's an eminent academic, and her father was a major Joycean scholar. Both females had parents with the same names too - James and Nora, both took to the stage when younger after going to dance school, but it's the contrasts between them this volume subtly picks out rather than any similarities, in a dual biography painted by one person we know by now as more than able to produce a delightful graphic novel - [[:Category:Bryan Talbot|Bryan Talbot]].
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224096087</amazonuk>
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'''Other Books on the Shortlist'''
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|summary= (Chatto & Windus)
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0701183683</amazonuk>
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We don't review poetry, but here's a list of the runners and riders:
'''Category Winner'''
''The Overhaul'' by Kathleen Jamie
'''Other Books on the Shortlist'''
''Bee Journal'' by Sean Borrowdale
''People Who Like Meatballs'' by Selima Hill
''The Overhaul'Children's Book Award''' by Kathleen Jamie
'''Children's Book AwardCategory Winner'''
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|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471400042</amazonuk>
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'''Other Books on the Shortlist'''
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