Press Release
Hachette titles shortlisted for the British Sports Book Awards03/02/2010
Nine Hachette titles have featured across the categories in this year’s British Sports Book Awards.
Headline, Hodder & Stoughton and Orion feature in the shortlist, Hodder & Stoughton being nominated twice in the new award for Best Publicity Campaign for a Sports Title in connection with the PPC.
The winners will be announced at an awards dinner on 11th March.
The full shortlists are as follows:
Best Autobiography
Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi - HarperCollins
My Autobiography by Chris Hoy - HarperCollins
Just for Kicks by Kenny Logan - Headline
Time to Declare by Michael Vaughan - Hodder & Stoughton
Lucky Break by Paul Nichols - Orion
Close to the Wind by Ben Ainslie - Yellow Jersey
Best Biography
Olympic Gangster by Matt Rendell - Mainstream
Born to Run by Chris McDougall - Profile Books
Last Champion: Life of Fred Perry by Jon Henderson - Yellow Jersey
Harold Larwood by Duncan Hamilton - Quercus
Jacob's Beach: The Mob, the Garden and the Golden Age of Boxing by Kevin Mitchell - Yellow Jersey
Fallen Angel: The Passion of Fausto Coppi by William Fotheringham - Yellow Jersey
Best Illustrated Title
100 Magic Moments of the Turf by Graeme Roe - Green Umbrella
Bowled Over by Stuart Broad - Hodder & Stoughton
My Comeback by Lance Armstrong - Yellow Jersey
Reuters Sport in the 21st Century - Thames Hudson
Sea the Stars: The Story of a Perfect Racehorse by Sean Magee - Racing Post
Centre Court: The Jewel in Wimbledon's Crown by John Barrett and Ian Hewitt - Vision Sports
Best New Writer
Eclipse by Nicholas Clee - Bantam Press
Simple Goalkeeping Made Spectacular by Graham Joyce - Mainstream
Blood Over Water by David and James Livingston - Bloomsbury
I Am the Glory Hunter by Spencer Austin - Know the Score Books
The Man Who Cycled the World by Mark Beaumont - Transworld
A Great Face for Radio by John Anderson - Know the Score Books
When Freddie Became Jesus by Jarrod Kimber - Pitch Publishing
Best Football Book
Englischer Fussball by Rafael Honigstein - Yellow Jersey
Every Boy's Dream by Chris Green - A&C Black
Why England Lose by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski - HaperCollins
Cantona by Philippe Auclair - Macmillan
Feet of the Chameleon by Ian Hawkey - Anova
Stokoe, Sunderland and 73 by Lance Hardy - Orion
Best Rugby Book
Nobody Beats Us by David Tossell - Mainstream
For the Glory by Mark Ryan - JR Books
Just for Kicks by Kenny Logan - Headline
The Red and the White by Huw Richards - Aurum
Lion Man by Ian McGeechan - Simon and Schuster
Confessions of a Rugby Mercenary by John Daniell - Ebury Press
Best Cricket Book
Golden Boy by Christian Ryan - Allen & Unwin
Imran Khan by Christopher Sandford - HarperCollins
Time to Declare by Michael Vaughan - Hodder & Stoughton
Harold Larwood by Duncan Hamilton - Quercus
Of Didcot and the Demon by Anthony Gibson - Fairfield
Best Publicity Campaign
The Man Who Cycled the World by Mark Beaumont - Transworld - campaign by Madeline Toy
Lion Man by Ian McGeechan - Simon & Schuster - campaign by Anna Robinson
Close to the Wind by Ben Ainslie - Yellow Jersey - campaign by Lisa Gooding
The Last Champion by Jon Henderson - Yellow Jersey - campaign by Sue Amaradivakara
Ashes to Ashes by Andrew Flintoff - Hodder & Stoughton - campaign by Louise Swannell
A Time to Declare by Michael Vaughan - Hodder & Stoughton - campaign by Louise Swannell