BOOK OF THE YEAR
NON-FICTION: NARRATIVE
Narrative shortlist, with a moving account of brotherly love, a memoir of fame and addiction, this an award-winning literary biography and a comic tale of parenting travails, and the
MADLY, DEEPLY: THE ALAN RICKMAN DIARIES Canongate acquired Madly, Deeply at auction; 27 volumes of hand-written diaries and the task of editing two million words down to an entertaining single volume. Publication was marked by a BFI Southbank event with guests including Emma Thompson and Ian McKellen. Three days of features ran in the Guardian and Observer.
FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING No ordinary celebrity memoir, this moved beyond Matthew Perry’s day job on the set of “Friends” to reveal a life lived in the grip of addiction. With the actor focused on the US for publicity, Headline ran a “Perry Chris
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A VISIBLE MAN Edward Enninful’s extraordi- nary life story, from asylum seeker in 1990s London to “setting the cultural agenda” as the first Black editor-in-chief of British Vogue. Bloomsbury’s public- ity campaign, including a 2,000-strong event at the Royal Festival Hall, led to 25 interviews and 27 news stories in its first week on sale; the book hit fourth in the charts.
SUPER-INFINITE Faber set out to establish Katherine Rundell as an adult non-fiction “heavyweight” with Super-Infinite, an “exhila- rating” new take on the literary biography—and winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize 2022. Indie booksellers were identified as key champions and offered an exclusive pamphlet of love poetry by John Donne (the title’s subject), curated and signed by Rundell.
BROTHER. DO. YOU. LOVE. ME. Manni Coe and his brother undertook a six-week tour in a camper van, which served as a safe space for Reuben while away from his care home. Over 16 scheduled events they met carers, nurses, families and adults with learning disabili- ties, and Dorset indie Little Toller Books sold out the first print run of 5,000 copies in less than a fortnight.
TIRED AND TESTED: THE WILD RIDE INTO PARENTHOOD A “wild ride into parenthood” from Liverpool-born comedian Sophie McCartney, who has a huge online following, was acquired by HarperNorth at its biggest auction to date. It targeted the author’s existing fanbase with competitions, signed extras and personalised messages, putting connection at the heart of the campaign.
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