Etymologicon shortlisted for Independent Booksellers Award

Posted on 2013/04/03 , tagged as

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Mark Forsyth’s Sunday Times Number One bestseller The Etymologicon has another laurel for its wreath this morning – the book has been shortlisted for the 2013 Independent Booksellers Award!

Mark is in very good company – Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up the Bodies is on the shortlist too, along with Laurent Binet’s HHhH – a favourite around the Icon office.

The winner will be announced at the start of this year’s Independent Booksellers Week on 29th June.

Here’s the full shortlist for the adult prize:

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Rachel Joyce (Black Swan)
HhHH Laurent Binet (Vintage)
Bring Up The Bodies Hilary Mantel (HarperCollins)
Capital John Lanchester (Faber)
The Etymologicon Mark Forsyth (Icon Books)
Flight Behaviour Barbara Kingsolver (Faber)
The Song of Achilles  Madeline Miller (Bloomsbury)
Walking Home Simon Armitage (Faber)
A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki (Canongate)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo (Portobello Books)

Congratulations to Mark and to the other shortlisted authors! Keep your fingers crossed for us!