Thursday 23 April 2015

CrimeFest Awards Short Lists

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:
Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Orion Publishing Group)
Personal by Lee Child read by Jeff Harding (Penguin Random House Audio)
The Silkworm by Robert Gailbraith read by Robert Glenister (Little, Brown Book Group)
Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz read by Derek Jacobi & Julian Rhind-Tutt (Orion Publishing Group)
Want You Dead by Peter James read by Daniel Weyman (Macmillan Digital Audio)
Mr Mercedes by Stephen King read by Will Patton (Hodder & Stoughton)
The Son by Jo Nesbø read by Sean Barrett (Penguin Random House Audio)
The Hangman’s Song,by James Oswald read by Ian Hanmore (Penguin Random House Audio)


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:
The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons by Lawrence Block (Orion Publishing Group)
 Crime Always Pays by Declan Burke (Severn House Publishers)
 Bryant & May – The Bleeding Heart by Christopher Fowler (Bantam/Transworld)
Kill Your Boss by Shane Kuhn (Little, Brown Book Group)
The Accident by Chris Pavone (Faber & Faber)
Crooked Herring by L C Tyler (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:
No Safe House by Linwood Barclay (Orion Publishing Group)
The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons by Lawrence Block (Orion Publishing Group)
A Colder War by Charles Cumming (HarperCollins)
Dark Tides by Chris Ewan (Faber & Faber)
Natchez Burning by Greg Illes (HarperCollins)
Hollow Mountain by Thomas Mogford (Bloomsbury)
Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Thomas Sweterlitsch (Headline)
The Silent Boy by Andrew Taylor (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:
Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction by Pamela Bedore (Palgrave 2013)
Late Victorian Crime Fiction in the Shadows of Sherlock by Clare Clarke (Palgrave, 2014)
Nordic Noir by Barry Forshaw (Pocket Essentials, 2013)
Euro Noir by Barry Forshaw (No Exit Press, 2014)
Crime Scene: Britain & Ireland by John Martin (Five Leaves, 2014)
A Very British Murder by Lucy Worsley (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.

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