British Book Awards
The British Book Awards or Nibbies are literary awards for the best UK writers and their works, administered by "The Bookseller". The awards have had several previous names, owners and sponsors since being launched in 1990, including the National Book Awards from 2010 to 2014. Book award history. The British Book Awards, or Nibbies, ran from 1990 to 2009 and were founded by the editor of "Publishing News". The award was then acquired by Agile Marketing which renamed it the National Book Awards with headline sponsors Galaxy National Book Awards (2010–2011) (sponsored by Galaxy) and Specsavers National  Book Awards (2012–2014) (sponsored by Specsavers). There were no National Book Awards after 2014. In 2017 the award was acquired by "The Bookseller" and renamed to the original British Book Awards or Nibbies. In 2005, "The Bookseller" launched a separate scheme, The Bookseller Retail Awards (winners not listed in this article). In 2010, running parallel to the National Book Awards, "The Bookseller" combined The Nibbies with its retail awards to produce The Bookseller Industry Awards (winners not listed in this article). In 2017 The British Book Industry Awards were renamed as The British Book Awards after it acquired the National  Book Awards from Agile Marketing. It is known as the "Nibbies" because of the golden nib-shaped trophy given to winners. Award winners. Book of the Year. Prior to 2010 the Best was a unique winner. Starting in 2010, the Best was chosen by the public via open internet vote from among the winning books in the other categories. Children's Book of the Year. Previously called British Children's Book of the Year. Renamed to Children's Book of the Year in 2010. Début Book of the Year. Previously called the "Newcomer of the Year". Name changed to "New  Writer of the Year" in 2010. Name changed to "Début Book of the Year" in 2017. Fiction Book of the Year. Previously called Popular Fiction Award. Name changed to Popular Fiction Book of the Year in 2010. Name changed to Fiction Book of the Year in 2017. Crime & Thriller Book of the Year. Previously called the Crime Thriller of the Year. Name changed to Thriller & Crime Novel of the Year in 2011. Name changed to Crime & Thriller Book of the Year in 2017. Bestseller Award. Named "Bestseller of the Year" in 1991. Renamed "Bestseller Award" in 2017. Retired awards. The  following awards are no longer active. Biography/Autobiography of the Year. Previously called Biography of the Year. Name changed to Biography/Autobiography of the Year in 2010. Outstanding Achievement. Previously called the Lifetime Achievement Award (1993–2009). Renamed to Outstanding Achievement Award in 2010. UK Author of the Year. Previously called Author of the Year. Renamed to UK Author of the Year in 2010, notwithstanding the fact the award has been given to non-UK authors.