Catton shortlisted for UK’s inaugural Nero Book Awards

In the UK, Eleanor Catton has been shortlisted in the fiction category of the inaugural Nero Book Awards for her novel Birnam Wood (Granta).

The other titles shortlisted for the fiction award are The Bee Sting (Paul Murray, Hamish Hamilton), Ordinary Human Failings (Megan Nolan, Jonathan Cape) and Fifteen Wild Decembers (Karen Powell, Europa Editions).

Shortlists were announced across four categories: children’s fiction, debut fiction, fiction and nonfiction. The winner of each category will receive £5000 (A$9560), with an overall winner of the Nero Gold prize to receive an additional £30,000 (A$57,355).

In May, Caffè Nero announced its new book awards—a year after Costa Coffee announced the end of the Costa Book Awards. The Nero Book Awards are open to books by writers based in the UK and Ireland, and administered by the Booksellers Association (BA). Winners will be announced in February next year. More information about the awards is available on the website.

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