Talk:British Book Awards

"Galaxy" ?
I'm going through the "Galaxy" dab page and noticed that Galaxy British Book Awards links here. There's no mention of that name in the article; is that a current name, former name, or... ?--NapoliRoma (talk) 19:33, 19 August 2011 (UTC)


 * The page is in need of updating. These awards have had a number of different sponsors/names over the years.  The current on seems to be Galaxy National Book Awards as shown in --JBellis (talk) 08:51, 20 August 2011 (UTC)


 * OK, thanks, that helps. I added that link to the page as a start.  Regards, NapoliRoma (talk) 14:30, 20 August 2011 (UTC)


 * "Galaxy" is now just another former name, so the article needs another update.
 * "Specsavers announced as headline sponsor". nationalbookawards.co.uk 15 September 2012.
 * It's a two-year deal evidently covering 2012 and 2013 awards abut the official website already headlines Specsavers in place of Galaxy.
 * The 2011 "Galaxy" category winners were announced Friday 4 November so the first class of "Specsavers" winners may be imminent.
 * ... I have inserted a one-line notice of the change, updated the {official website}, tagged the Galaxy {dead link}, and tagged the article for {update}. The dead link is named as a source three times. --P64 (talk) 01:48, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Should be good to go now. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 07:03, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Cactus TV
quoting "About the Awards" (official):
 * ... The event and TV programmes are managed by Cactus TV Ltd. - See more at: http://www.nationalbookawards.co.uk/about-the-awards/#sthash.erk6MxHe.dpuf
 * The National Book Awards were created, owned and event managed by Cactus TV.
 * The National Book Awards were created, owned and event managed by Cactus TV.

We say Cactus TV was established in 1994. When did it create what?

--P64 (talk) 20:45, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

Annual scope, calendar, updates
What is the "year" covered by those awards that cover a year?

When are the nominations settled? When does the voting begin, and end? When are the results announced, and awards presented?

The lead section or (probably better) section 1 should say when the latest British Book Awards were announced or presented with a general reference.
 * ✅ simply with one-line section 1 lead using December 2014 press release -P64
 * Restored today – the only information about the annual cycle that is provided in the body of the page. --P64 (talk) 19:37, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Although the calendar may change, awards commonly follow essentially the same calendar from year to year. Readers will routinely be informed either [1] that the lists of winners are up to date (some template message should be used while update is incomplete) or [2] that the lists are out of date or the calendar has changed.

Section 1.2, Specsavers National Book Awards begins with a listing that is dated 2012 and carries a reference dated December 2012. Cancelled? "No award" for 2013, as we say for 2009?

Section 2 Retired awards is unreferenced section. If multiple sources can be found which do not use the initial articles consistenly --"The Children's Author of the Year" vs. "Children's Author of the Year"-- then it will be reasonable to delete them all, I daresay.


 * About the awards (unbelievably short) gives this official info about the annual cycle: "The shortlists are chosen by [... with] knowledge of not only what has been published throughout the year, but have also seen proofs and galleys of titles about to be published."

--P64 (talk) 18:56, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

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National Book Awards and British Book Awards
There is a contradiction about the connection between these two awards. According to The National Book Awards website:


 * "Before 2010 the awards were known as the British Book Awards. Specsavers became the sponsor of the 2012 awards, the new deal follows the previous 5-year partnership with Galaxy. The ownership of the property changed in 2009, but, it is administered by the same team of individuals."

According to Foyles bookseller:


 * "The National Book Awards are a wholly separate entity to the British Book Awards which ran up to 2009 and have different ownership."

Both sources concur there was a 'British Book Awards' that ran to 2009. But they differ in who owned it. One saying it was part of the history of the National Book Awards; the other saying it was a 'wholly separate entity' from the National Book Awards.

There is also overlap in some winner lists. It's confusing and the exact history of ownership, name changes and claims to winners needs further research. For now they are combined into a single article. -- Green  C  14:31, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

About the awards categories
From the awards page https://www.thebookseller.com/british-book-awards you can see two main areas "Book of the year" and "Trade awards", the article seems to focus on the book of the year with no mention to the trade awards. Should it be added? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gatsbimantico (talk • contribs) 23:45, 14 November 2020 (UTC)