Fragile Animals shortlisted at British Book Awards!
We are over the moon to announce that Fragile Animals by Genevieve Jagger has been shortlisted for the Discover Award at the British Book Awards!
Politics, nature, romantasy and vampires are to the fore on the shortlists for The British Book Awards 2025, celebrating its 35th year with multiple nominations for David Nicholls, Jamie Smart, Sarah J Maas, Gillian Anderson, Boris Johnson, Percival Everett and Dav Pilkey. From memoirs and retellings to ancient worlds; from love stories and murder mysteries to graphic novels, nature books, classics, cookery and even some poyums; from time-travel and spuds to wants and butter; from swifties and penguins to poonamis and chess, the selected titles examplify the best of the book business.
The shortlists, which celebrate bestselling books well published, well sold and critically acclaimed, pitch well-known names, such as Chris and Rosie Ramsey, Stanley Tucci, Pete Wicks, Susie Dent, Sir Chris Hoy and Miranda Hart against established writers Sally Rooney, Colm Tóibín, Percival Everett and Jacqueline Wilson. Meanwhile, AF Steadman, Lynda La Plante and Sophie Kinsella join Nicholls, Everett and Maas in the first publicly announced shortlist for Author of the Year, as past winner Smart vies with Pilkey, Jim Field, Mariajo Ilustrajo, Oliver Jeffers and Rob Biddulph for the Illustrator accolade.
On Fragile Animals, the judges said, “Readers sank their teeth into Genevieve Jagger’s vampire novel. 404 Ink capitalised on Fragile Animals’ strong social-media potential with a creative proof mailing where white feathers fell from the pages to surprise readers. The stylish book jacket separated Fragile Animals from the crowd as did Jagger’s appearance with Mona Awad at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. 404 Ink’s awareness-raising worked – Fragile Animals had to be reprinted less than four months after publication.”
Read more at The Bookseller.
