The 2008 British Book Industry Awards

The British Book Industry Awards, organised by Publishing News in association with the Booksellers Association, took place at the Hilton Metropole Brighton on Tuesday 13th May 2008. Foyles was among the winners at the glittering ceremony, scooping two awards on the night - UK Bookseller of the Year 2008 and Chain Bookselling Company of the Year.
For the full list of winners, click here.

2008 BMS Best Marketing Campaigns

The first judging meeting for the 2008 BMS Best Marketing Campaigns will take place on the 5th June, looking at the marketing campaigns for January - April. The Open Meeting at which these will be announced will be on the 12th June. The second judging meeting will take place on the 1st October 2008, and will look at marketing campaigns for May - August. The Open Meeting at which these will be announced will be on the 8th October.

Submission Deadlines

Best Marketing Campaign, January - April 2008: 23rd May latest
Best Marketing Campaign, May - August 2008: 19th September latest

2008 Galaxy British Book Awards

Ian McEwan, JK Rowling and Khaled Hosseini have won the top prizes at the Galaxy British Book awards. Ian McEwan's On Chesil Beach won the Readers Digest Author of the Year award - beating The Cleft by Doris Lessing, who won the Nobel prize for literature earlier this year. JK Rowling took this year's Outstanding Achievement honour, and The Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year, was won by Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns.

2007 Bookseller Retail Awards

The 2007 Bookseller Retail Awards ceremony took place at the Natural History Museum on Thursday 20th September, and was hosted by comedian Dara O'Briain. Blackwell took the top prize of the evening - Retail Chain of the Year, as well as Bookselling Company of the Year. Other winners included Asda as General Retailer of the Year, Borders as Children's Retailer of the Year, and Jaffé and Neale as Independent Bookseller of the Year. Richard & Judy's Summer Reads campaign beat The Book Marketing Society's 50 Best Reads promotion for the Expanding the Retail Market award. See here for details on the rest of the winners.

50 Best Film Books

The 50 Best Film Books promotion has won the Hollis Sponsorship Special Award for Best Low Budget Sponsorship. The awards reward and recognise the very best work in the UK sponsorship industry - the most creative and the most effective, those campaigns which managed to ensure the best outcomes for both sponsor and partner.

The 50 Best Books promotion was commended for the way in which The Guardian created an editorial event from a marketing promotion, with sales of the featured titles up by around 20%