International Rubery Book Award
Rubery Book Award
 Rubery Book Award | |
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| Awarded for | Best self published or indie book written in the English language. |
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The Rubery International Book Award is the largest cash award for books published by independent publishers and self published authors in Great Britain.[1] The London Review of Books described it as "independent publishing's response to the Booktrust and the Orange Prize.[2] The Alliance of Independent Authors describes the award as: 'holders of the respected Rubery Award [...] should be considered to have a quality endorsement.' Opening up to Indie Authors In 2012, the award attracted submissions from five continents.[3]
Current and prior judges include Booker shortlisted author Clare Morrall; publisher of Tindal Street Press Alan Mahar; judge for the critically acclaimed international Arthur C. Clarke Award Pauline Morgan; American literature and Creative Writing lecturer, Paul McDonald; Poet and Stand winner Jeff Phelps, Gaynor Arnold who was longlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize (now the Bailey's); Acclaimed short story writer and novelist, Judith Allnatt; Children's authors, Ann Evans and Simon Cheshire; Creative Writing teacher and previously Birmingham's Poet Laureate, Chris Morgan; William Gallagher, author, dramatist and lecturer who writes Doctor Who audio dramas, stage plays and has an extensive British journalism experience; and literary agent Laura Longrigg.
In 2015 entries were received from twenty different countries around the world: Australia, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA.
Founded in 2010 by Heather Painter.
WINNERS
| Year | Author | Title | Category |
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| BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 | Laura Tisdall | Echoes | YA |
| 2016 | Emma Purshouse and Catherine Pascall Moore | I Once Knew a Poem Who Wore a Hat | Children's Poetry |
| 2016 | Annie Dawid | York Ferry | Fiction |
| 2016 | Lisa Woollett | Sea Journal | Non Fiction |
| BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015 | Angela Readman | Don't Try this at Home | Short Stories |
| 2015 | Diana Whitney | Wanting It | Poetry |
| 2015 | Sasha Harding | A Brush with the Coast | Non Fiction |
| 2015 | Jo Riccion | The Italians at Cleat's Corner Store | Fiction |
| 2015 | Diana Kimpton | The Green Sheep | Children's |
| 2014 WINNER | Victor Tapner | Flatlands [4] | Poetry |
| 2014 | JoeAnn Hart | Float | Fiction |
| 2014 | Peter Reason | Spindrift | Non-Fiction |
| 2013 WINNER | Jacob M Appel | The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up | Fiction |
| 2013 | T. D. Griggs | Redemption Blues | Fiction |
| 2013 | Sophie Neville | Funnily Enough | Non-Fiction |
| 2012 WINNER | Daniela Murphy | The Restorer | Fiction |
| 2012 | Ann Victoria Roberts | The Master's Tale | Fiction |
| 2012 | Carol Mead and Gareth Davies | Sea Things | Children's Poetry |
| 2011 WINNER | Christine Donovan | Jump Derry ,[5] | Fiction |
| 2011 | Lindsay Stanberry–Flynn | Unravelling | Fiction |
| 2011 | Sarah James | Into the Yell | Poetry |
Short Story Winners
- Gregory J Wolos "Still Life" (2014)
- Gill Blow "On the Bench" (2013)
- Melanie Whipman "Peacock Girl" (2012) 2012 Short Story Winner, Melanie Whipman, has had stories subsequently read on BBC Radio 4.
- Sarah Evans "The Tipping Point" (2011)
References
- ↑ Birmingham Post, August 1, 2011
- ↑ London Review of Books, Sept 2012
- ↑ Birmingham Mail, July 22, 2012
- ↑ East Anglian Daily Times
- ↑ Downey, Garbhan. "Jump Derry". Culture Northern Ireland. Culture Northern Ireland. Retrieved 23 February 2015.