ITV3 awards

Carol

If you don't want to find out the winners and want to watch the awards tonight at 10pm on ITV3 to find out, then don't read anymore.
I will add the link in the next box.

Carol

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/68347-rankin-and-p-d-james-pick-up-itv3-awards.html

Carol

Will anyone be watching?

Chippy

I am going to record it and watch it at a later date...even though I will no doubt have found out the results before I watch it :rolleyes:

I usually can't stand the suspense and have to find out =)

Stirling

I think the link gave it away!

I don't have digital yet (getting a new digital ready tv soon) so I won't be.

I was actually disappointed by Exit Music (Rankin). Maybe they should have given Rankin a special award, because to say Exit Music was the best crime novel of last year is a joke.

Chippy

I am always dissappointed that Lee Child doesn't get more awards - I am hooked on his books

Yes, the link did give it away but as I didn't click on the link I don't know the details...

Carol

That is where the question of who did the judging for the other awards, comes in.

Stirling

And where was Mark Billingham?

Carol

I watched some of it, and it wasn't bad- pity it was on so late.
But you can read a round-up by one of the Bookseller staff who was there. I agree with her completely on the moment when the father of a now dead author collected his son's award.

http://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/68375-a-thrilling-night-for-crime-writers.html

Chippy

I have just watched this - I recorded it

I want to write crime now!!! However...I think I might be better off staying with my current genre, as I think if I tried writing a crime novel at the moment it would end up sounding like a bad game of cluedo! ;)

I think there should be a 'Chick lit awards' - or to make it sound a bit more prestigious - 'The Women's Contemporary Fiction Awards'

There are enough Chick lit authors out there to warrant an award ceremony...someone is now going to tell me that there is one aren't you?