THE LONDON BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES “ROTTENKID” FOR TOP HONORS
LONDON_ The 2024 London Book Festival celebrates the best of international publishing. and considers books in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian in the competition. The works may be published, self-published or independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography/memoir, children’s books, cookbooks, compilations/anthologies, genre-based, how-to, photography/art, spiritual, young adult, unpublished, business, wild card (anything goes!), science fiction, and poetry.
Submitted works are judged by a panel of industry experts using the following criteria: General excellence and the author’s passion for telling a good story and The potential of the work to reach a wider audience.
Headline Books titles won the following Awards:
COMPILATIONS/ANTHOLOGIES:
WINNER: 1968: A Primer for Understanding Baby Boomers – Rick Robinson
GENRE-BASED:
RUNNER-UP: Dawn of Legends – Matt Dragovits and
HONORABLE MENTION: By Rook Or By Crook – Nancy A. Hughes
GENERAL FICTION:
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BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY:
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Grand Prize goes to a memoir sauteed in Hollywood stories, world travel, and the need to belong has won top honors in the 2024 London Book Festival, which celebrates the best of international publishing.
Cookbook author Brigit Binns’ coming-of-age memoir, Rottenkid: A Succulent Story of Survival (Sibylline Press) reveals how simultaneous privilege and profound neglect lead Brigit to seek comfort in the kitchen, eventually allowing her to find some sense of self-worth.