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Parliamentary Book Awards 2017 shortlists announced
13/11/2017
We're thrilled to announce the Parliamentary Book Awards 2017 shortlists.
Launched by the Booksellers Association of UK and Ireland and the Publishers Association in 2016, the awards aim to celebrate the best of political writing and the long-standing link between politics, books and publishing.
The awards celebrate parliamentary writing across three categories: Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian; Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian; and Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian.
Titles shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book Awards are:
Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian
A Woman’s Work
by Harriet Harman
Everywoman: One Woman’s Truth About Speaking the Truth
by Jess Phillips
First Confession
by Chris Patten
Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian
How to Stop Brexit
by Nick Clegg
War and the Death of News
by Martin Bell
Richard III
by Chris Skidmore
Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian
Jo Cox: More in Common
by Brendan Cox
Adults in the Room
by Yanis Varoufakis
Things Can Only Get Worse?: Twenty Confusing Years in the Life of a Labour Supporter
by John O’Farrell
Publishers were invited to nominate books and authors for the awards, and the shortlist was drawn up by booksellers. Voting is now open for parliamentarians to decide the winner in each category.
The awards will be presented at a parliamentary reception in the House of Commons on 5 December.
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