BOOK AWARDS
Guardian First Book Award 2009
http://books.guardian.co.uk/firstbook
The Guardian first book award was established in 1999 to reward the finest new literary talent with a £10,000 prize for an author's first book. Now in its eighth year, the award is open to writing across all genres. It is unique among book awards as debut works of fiction are judged alongside those of non-fiction.
The judging panel, chaired by the Guardian's literary editor Claire Armitstead, will award the winning author with £10,000 and an advertising package within the Guardian and Observer.
A series of regional reading groups, run through Waterstone's bookstores, will assist the judges in making their final selection of shortlisted works.
Winner (announced early December)
An Elegy for Easterly by Petina Gappah published by Faber & Faber - ISBN 9780571246939
Shortlist (announced end October)
| Title (fiction) | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| The Rehearsal | Eleanor Catton | Granta | 9781847081162 |
| The Wilderness | Samantha Harvey | Jonathan Cape | 9780224089685 |
| The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet | Reif Larsen | Harvill Secker | 9781846552779 |
| An Elegy for Easterly | Petina Gappah | Faber & Faber | 9780571246939 |
| Title (non-fiction) | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| A Swamp Full of Dollars: Pipelines and Paramilitaries at Nigeria's Oil Frontier | Michael Peel | I B Tauris | 9781845119201 |
Longlist (announced end August)
| Title (fiction) | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| The Rehearsal | Eleanor Catton | Granta | 9781847081162 |
| The Wilderness | Samantha Harvey | Jonathan Cape | 9780224089685 |
| The Girl With Glass Feet | Ali Shaw | Atlantic Books | 9781843549185 |
| The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet | Reif Larsen | Harvill Secker | 9781846552779 |
| An Elegy for Easterly | Petina Gappah | Faber & Faber | 9780571246939 |
| The Missing | Sian Hughes | Salt | 9781844714988 |
| Title (non-fiction) | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories | Edward Hollis | Portobello Books | 9781846271274 |
| Direct Red: A Surgeon's Story | Gabriel Weston | Jonathan Cape | 9780224084390 |
| The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius | Graham Farmelo | Faber & Faber | 9780571222780 |
| A Swamp Full of Dollars: Pipelines and Paramilitaries at Nigeria's Oil Frontier | Michael Peel | I B Tauris | 9781845119201 |
