The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling has been
nominated for this year's
Galaxy British Book awards in the category of
Children's Book Of The Year. She faces competition from;
Dinosaurs Love Underpants (Claire Freedman & Ben Cort),
Horrid Henry Robs the Bank (Francesca Simon),
Captain Underpants & the Preposterous Plight (Dav Pilkey),
Artemis Fowl & the Time Paradox (Eoin Colfer) and
Breaking Dawn (Stephenie Meyer).
Other nominees include Dawn French (the Fat Lady) and Julie Walters (Molly Weasley) in the category of
Biography Of The Year for
Dear Fatty and
That's Another Story, respectively. They face competition from; Paul O'Grady, Marcus Trescothick, Barack Obama and J.G. Ballard.
Stephen Fry (UK audiobook narrator) is also nominated in the
Popular Non-Fiction category for
Stephen Fry in America. He faces competition from
The Ascent of Money (Niall Ferguson),
Call The Midwife (Jennifer Worth),
A History of Modern Britain (Andrew Marr),
The Mighty Book of Boosh (Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt) and
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (Kate Summerscale).
To vote in any of these categories
go here. The awards will be presented at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane, England on April 3rd. The ceremony will be aired on Watch on April 5th at 8pm.
Tales of Beedle the Bard shortlisted for Children's Book of the Year 
