Graeme Swann’s autobiography has been nominated for two prizes at the British Sports Book Awards
ESPNcricinfo staff11-May-2012Graeme Swann’s autobiography has been nominated for two prizes at the British Sports Book Awards. Swann is nominated in the cricket book and autobiography of the year categories for his tale of drunken exploits, England exile and making offspin cool once again. will be up against Chris Waters’ , which is also nominated in the new writer category, with biographies dominating the field in the cricket award. Simon Wilde’s book on Ian Botham, Leo McKinstry on Jack Hobbs and David Tossell’s reappraisal of Tony Greig’s career make up the rest of the shortlist.There are also nominations for two cricket titles in the illustrated book of the year award. by Chris Arnot and by Laurence Griffiths will compete against Sir Steve Redgrave’s , among others.The awards, which are celebrating their 10th anniversary, will be presented at a black tie ceremony on Monday May 21. The winners of the 10 categories, which include football, rugby and golf, will then be entered into an online public vote to find the overall British Sports Book of the Year.Cricket Book of the Year by Chris Waters (Aurum)
by Simon Wilde (Simon & Schuster)
by Leo McKinstry (Yellow Jersey)
by Graeme Swann (Hodder & Stoughton)
by David Tossell (Pitch Publishing)
Autobiography / Biography of the Year by Ronald Reng (Yellow Jersey)
by Paul Kimmage (Simon & Schuster)
by Paul Merson (HarperSport)
by Jonny Wilkinson (Headline)
by David Millar (Orion)
by Gary Neville (Bantam Press) by Willie Thorne (Vision Sports Publishing)
by Graeme Swann (Hodder & Stoughton)
Illustrated Book of the Year by Chris Arnot (Aurum)
by Laurence Griffiths (Atlantic Publishing)
by Sir Steve Redgrave (Headline)
by Daniel Friebe and Pete Goding (Quercus)
by Bill Burrows with Tom Bailey (Simon & Schuster)
by Adam Powley (Haynes Publishing)
by Bob Martin and Ian Hewitt (Vision Sports Publishing)New Writer of the Year by Patrick Collins (Wisden)
n by Andy Holgate (Know the Score Books)
by Chris Waters (Aurum)
by Alastair Hignell (Bloomsbury)
by Ed Hawkins (Know the Score Books)
by Bill Jones (Mainstream)