The Awards
The British Sports Book Awards exist to highlight and give prominence to the very best sports books published in the previous calendar year. The awards were originally conceived as part of the famous National Sporting Club’s banqueting campaign programme. These enjoyable lunches and dinners brought the world of sports writing, publishing and entertainment together. It soon became evident that there was room for a major celebration of the best of British sports writing and the British Sports Book Awards were born.
For 2013 the following awards will be presented at Lord’s Cricket Ground on the 21st May:
Autobiography / Biography of the Year
Cricket Book of the Year
Football Book of the Year
Golf Book of the Year
Horse Racing Book of the Year
Motorsports Book of the Year
Rugby Book of the Year
Illustrated Book of the Year
New Writer of the Year
Best Sports Bookseller
Best Publicity Campaign
After the ceremony the winners of each category (except Bookseller and Publicity Campaign) will become the shortlist for the overall Sports Book of the Year – voted for by the public and announced in the run-up to Father’s Day.
Awards news
Winners of the 2013 British Sports Book Awards announced
May 22nd, 2013
Sports stars, authors, commentators, journalists and publishers all gathered for the 11th annual British Sports Book Awards last night where the winners were announced at a prestigeous ceremony held at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London. The British Sports Book Awards is a celebration of the very best in sports writing and, following a seminal year for British sport, the 2013 shortlist featured one of the strongest nominee lists in the Awards’ history. In arguably the most competitive and eagerly ant …
David Walsh favourite to win lead category at British Sports Book Awards
May 15th, 2013
Journalist and writer David Walsh has been named the favourite by Ladbrokes to win the Autobiography / Biography category at this year’s British Sports Book Awards. His book Seven Deadly Sins tops what is widely recognised as the lead category at the Awards which take place next Tuesday 21 May at Lord’s Cricket Ground. With odds of 4/1, Walsh’s book, which chronicled the journalist’s much-lauded fight to expose Lance Armstrong as a serial drug cheat, tops an impressive list of eight shortlisted …
Christopher Martin-Jenkins to be honoured at British Sports Book Awards
May 9th, 2013
Legendary journalist, sports writer and commentator Christopher Martin-Jenkins is to be honoured at this year’s British Sports Book Awards where he will pick up the Outstanding Contribution to Sports Writing award. As a celebration of the very best in sports writing, the accolade from the British Sports Book Awards will be a fitting posthumous tribute to Christopher Martin-Jenkins (‘CMJ’) who was admired across both the world of sports journalism and by the cricket stars whom he wrote about. Dur …
Coe and Wiggins nominated in British Sports Book Awards Shortlists
April 23rd, 2013
Lord Sebastian Coe and Sir Bradley Wiggins have both been shortlisted for the coveted 2013 British Sports Book Awards, one of the key events in the publishing and sporting calendar. Tipped as the Awards’ strongest ever shortlist, Coe and Wiggins will compete against a ‘who’s who’ from sport and literature at the Awards, which are a celebration of the very best in sports writing. Nine award categories representing the most high profile sports in the UK will be contested by 56 shortlisted authors …
Submissions for the awards 2013
August 6th, 2012
If you would like information on how to submit titles for the 2013 awards, please contact danielle@agile-ideas.com who will add you to the email database to receive submissions info in early 2013. …
