[SA] Booksellers' Choice Award 2011 shortlist
Posted by Celia Walter | 8 Jul, 2011The Booksellers' Choice Award
is chosen and presented by the South African book trade in recognition
of outstanding contribution to the industry. It is awarded to the book
that booksellers across South Africa have most enjoyed reading, selling
or promoting over the past year. The award is only open to South African
authors who are published in South Africa and celebrates the excellence
and high standard of South African writing.
The shortlist:
* 50 People Who Stuffed Up South Africa by Alexander Parker Illustrations by: Zapiro published by Burnet Media
* Awesome South Africa: The Best, Greatest, Craziest, Biggest and
Funniest by Derryn Campbell, published by Awesome SA Publishers
* Evita's Kossie Sikelela by Evita Bezuidenhout published by Random House Struik
* Four Drunk Beauties by Alex Smith published by Random House Struik
* Happiness is a Four-letter Word by Cynthia Jele published by Kwela Books
* Zoo City by Lauren Beukes published by Jacana Media