The British Book Awards 2020 Small Press of the Year
The Small Press of the Year Award returns for a second year: last year the overall award was won by Bath-based publisher Wild Things
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KEVIN DUFFY OF BLUEMOOSE BOOKS, WHICH IS UP FOR THE NORTH AWARD
ort small presses have made it onto the regional and country shortlists for The British Book Awards’ Small
Press of the Year, sponsored by CPI Books, which returns in 2020 for a second time. Veteran publishers Sandstone, Carcanet, Lilliput and Parthian feature on this year’s shortlist, alongside newer ventures including a raſt of children’s publishers, such as Monkey Blue Press (based in Enniskillen), Litle Door Books (Argyll) and Scallywag (London). Brand new 2019 arrival Boldwood Books is also shortlisted for the award (see the full shortlist, right). Philip Jones, chair of the judges and
editor of The Bookseller, said: “For a second year, this shortlist shows how publishing is thriving across the regions and countries of the United Kingdom and Ireland. “The shortlist shows companies every bit as dedicated to their authors as the bigger publishers and with some notable success stories contained in their submissions. It is our pleasure to platform their hard work once again.”
The regional and country winners will be announced on 20th March. The overall winner will be announced at The British Book Awards on 18th May 2020. Bath-based publisher Wild Things won the inaugural Small Press of the Year award in 2019.
DELARAM GHANIMIFARD, CO-FOUNDER OF TINY OWL PUBLISHING
PICTURED ABOVE, FROM LEFT LISA COEN AND SARAH DAVIS-GOFF, CO-FOUNDERS OF TRAMP PRESS, AND CARCANET PRESS FOUNDER MICHAEL SCHMIDT
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Regional shortlists
East/ South-East
Dedalus Limited
Strangers Press (UEA Publishing Project) SRL Publishing
UIT Cambridge / Green Books
Boiler House Press (UEA Publishing Project)
September Publishing
Ireland Tramp Press Wordwell Group The Lilliput Press New Island Books Monkey Blue Press
London Boldwood Books
Henningham Family Press Hera Books
Jacaranda Books Art Music
Penned in the Margins Tiny Owl Publishing Out-Spoken Press Scallywag Press
Candlestick Press Otter-Barry Books The Pound Project
North
Bluemoose Books Carcanet Press Comma Press Dead Ink Fly on the Wall Press UCLan Publishing Smokestack Books WatAdventure
Scotland Charco Press
BHP Comics Little Door Books Sandstone Press Scotland Street Press
South-West From You To Me
Really Decent Books
Wales Firefly Press Wales Parthian Books
Midlands Butterfly Books
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