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Hornby and Rushdie up for Whitbread
Wednesday 16 November 2005
Hornby and Rushdie were shortlisted for 'A Long Way Down' and 'Shalimar The Clown' respectively, along with Ali Smith's 'The Accidental' and Chris Wilson's 'The Ballad of Lee Cotton'.
The shortlists of the other four categories - Best First Novel, Biography, Poetry, and Children's Book - include Johannesburg-born Rachel Zadok, former postman Alexander Masters and Irish-based children's writer Kate Thompson.
"Our shortlist may confuse the book trade," said head judge, Philippa Gregory. "We are not saying these are the only good books. They are books which happened to resonate powerfully with the judges of the moment."
The winners of each of the categories will be announced in London on 4 January 2006 with the announcement of the overall winner of the £30,000 prize, chosen from the five winners, following on 24 January.
Last year's winner was Andrea Levy with 'Small Island'.
Novel award shortlist
Nick Hornby - Long Way Down (Viking)
Salman Rushdie - Shalimar the Clown (Jonathan Cape)
Ali Smith - The Accidental (Hamish Hamilton)
Christopher Wilson - The Ballad of Lee Cotton (Little, Brown)
First novel shortlist
Tash Aw - The Harmony Silk Factory (Harper Perennial)
Diana Evans - 26a (Chatto & Windus)
Peter Hobbs - The Short Day Dying (Faber and Faber)
Rachel Zadok - Gem Squash Tokoloshe (Pan Macmillan)
Biography shortlist
Nigel Farndale - Haw-Haw (Macmillan)
Richard Mabey - Nature Cure (Chatto & Windus)
Alexander Masters - Stuart: A Life Backwards (Fourth Estate)
Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master (Hamish Hamilton)
Poetry shortlist
David Harsent - Legion (Faber)
Christopher Logue - Cold Calls (Faber)
Richard Price - Lucky Day (Carcanet)
Jane Yeh - Marabou (Carcanet)
Children's book shortlist
Frank Cottrell Boyce - Framed (Macmillan)
Geraldine McCaughrean - The White Darkness (Oxford University Press)
Hilary McKay - Permanent Rose (Hodder Headline)
Kate Thompson - The New Policeman (Bodley Head)
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