RCW Authors Shortlisted for Readers Awards
We are thrilled to see that so many of our authors have been shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2017.
Swing Time by Zadie Smith and The End We Start From by Megan Hunter are on the shortlist for the Novel Award.
East West Street by Philippe Sands has been shortlisted for the Non-Fiction Award.
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell is on the Middle Grade shortlist.
A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee has been shortlisted for the Breakthrough Author Award.
The shortlists have been curated by bookshops, and the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards are the only major awards voted for by readers themselves. Running for a second year, the awards consist of shortlists across eight categories.
For more information about the awards and to vote for your favourite books, please see here.
(Agent for Zadie Smith and Philippe Sands: Georgia Garrett; Agent for Megan Hunter: Emma Paterson; Agent for Katherine Rundell: Claire Wilson; Agent for Abir Mukherjee: Sam Copeland)
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