Friday 8 September 2017

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book


2011                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

Africa Regional Winner                                 

The Memory of Love      by           Aminatta             Forna

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

Room    by           Emma   Donoghue

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet               by           David     Mitchell

                                               

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

That Deadman Dance     by           Kim        Scott

                                               

2010                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Solo       by           Rana      Dasgupta

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

The Double Crown           by           Marié    Heese

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

Galore  by           Michael Crummey

                                               

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

The Adventures of Vela by           Albert   Wendt

                                               

2009                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

The Slap               by           Christos                Tsiolkas

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

The Lost Colours of the Chameleon          by           Mandla Langa

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

Good to a Fault by           Marina  Endicott

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Unaccustomed Earth      by           Jhumpa Lahiri

                                               

2008                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

The Book of Negroes      by           Lawrence            Hill

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

The Hangman's Game    by           Karen    King-Aribisala

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Animal’s People by           Indra     Sinha

                                               

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

The Time We Have Taken             by           Steven  Carroll

                                               

2007                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

Mister Pip            by           Lloyd     Jones

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

The Native Commissioner            by           Shaun   Johnson

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

The Friends of Meager Fortune  by           David Adams      Richards

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

The Perfect Man              by           Naeem Murr

                                               

2006                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

The Secret River               by           Kate       Grenville

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

The Sun by Night              by           Benjamin             Kwakye

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

Aligator by           Lisa         Moore

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

On Beauty           by           Zadie     Smith

                                               

2005                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Small Island        by           Andrea Levy

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

Boy        by           Lindsey Collen

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

Runaway             by           Alice      Munro

                                               

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

The White Earth                by           Andrew McGahan

                                               

2004                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

A Distant Shore by           Caryl      Phillips

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

The Good Doctor              by           Damon Galgut

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

Deafening           by           Frances Itani

                                               

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

The Hamilton Case          by           Michelle               de Kretser

                                               

2003                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

The Polished Hoe             by           Austin   Clarke

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

The Other Side of Silence              by           André   Brink

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Spies     by           Michael Frayn

                                               

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

Of a Boy               by           Sonya    Hartnett

                                               

2002                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

Gould's Book of Fish        by           Richard Flanagan

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

The Pickup          by           Nadine Gordimer

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories         by           Alice      Munro

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Atonement        by           Ian          McEwan

                                               

2001                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

True History of the Kelly Gang    by           Peter     Carey

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

The Heart of Redness     by           Zakes    Mda

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

The Hero's Walk                by           Anita Rau             Badami

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Super-Cannes    by           JG           Ballard

                                               

2000                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

Africa Regional Winner                                 

Disgrace               by           JM          Coetzee

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

What the Body Remembers        by           Shauna Singh Baldwin

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

The Ground Beneath Her Feet    by           Salman Rushdie

                                               

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

Too Many Men by           Lily          Brett

                                               

1999                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

Eucalyptus          by           Murray Bail

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

If You Can Walk, You Can Dance by           Marion Molteno

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

Aelred's Sin         by           Lawrence            Scott

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Master Georgie by           Beryl      Bainbridge

                                               

1998                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

Jack Maggs         by           Peter     Carey

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

Walking Still        by           Charles Mungoshi

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

Barney's Version              by           Mordecai             Richler

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Love and Longing in Bombay       by           Vikram  Chandra

                                               

                                               

1997                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

Salt         by           Earl         Lovelace

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

Under the Tongue           by           Yvonne Vera

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Every Man For Himself   by           Beryl      Bainbridge

                                               

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

Leaning Towards Infinity               by           Sue        Woolfe

                                               

1996                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

A Fine Balance   by           Rohinton             Mistry

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

None                                    

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Therapy               by           David     Lodge

                                               

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

The Grass Sister by           Gillian    Mears

                                               

1995                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Captain Corelli's Mandolin            by           Louis      de Bernières

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

The Master of Petersburg            by           JM          Coetzee

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

A Way in the World         by           VS           Naipaul

                                               

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

The Riders           by           Tim         Winton

                                               

1994                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

A Suitable Boy   by           Vikram  Seth

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

The Rape of Sita                by           Lindsey Collen

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

The Robber Bride             by           Margaret             Atwood

                                               

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

Remembering Babylon  by           David     Malouf

                                               

1993                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

The Ancestor Game        by           Alex       Miller

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

Tides     by           Isidore  Okpewho

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

The English Patient          by           Michael Ondaatje

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Persistent Rumours        by           Lee         Langley

                                               

1992                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

Such a Long Journey       by           Rohinton             Mistry

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

Changes               by           Ama Ata               Aidoo

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Señor Vivo & the Coca Lord          by           Louis      de Bernières

                                               

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

Ola         by           Albert   Wendt

                                               

1991                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

The Great World               by           David     Malouf

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar    by           Syl          Cheney-Coker

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

Friend of My Youth          by           Alice      Munro

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Possession          by           AS           Byatt

                                               

1990                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

Solomon Gursky Was Here           by           Mordecai             Richler

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

Harvest of Thorns            by           Shimmer              Chinodya

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

The Great Indian Novel  by           Shashi   Tharoor

                                               

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

The Bay of Contented Men          by           Robert  Drewe

                                               

1989                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

The Carpathians               by           Janet     Frame

                                               

Africa Regional Winner                                 

Nervous Conditions        by           Tsitsi      Dangarembga

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

Myal      by           Erna       Brodber

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

The Lost Father by           Marina  Warner

                                               

1988                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

Africa Regional Winner                                 

Heroes by           Festus   Iyayi

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

The Honorary Patron      by           Jack        Hodgins

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Songlines             by           Bruce    Chatwin

                                               

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner                                           

The Sea and Summer     by           George Turner

                                               

1987                                      

Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book                                              

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

Summer Lightning            by           Olive      Senior

                                               

Africa Regional Winners                               

Incidents at the Shrine   by           Ben        Okri

A Forest of Flowers         by           Ken        Saro-Wiwa

                                               

Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner                                         

The Handmaid's Tale       by           Margaret             Atwood

                                               

Europe and South Asia Regional Winner                                

Plans for Departure         by           Nayantara           Sahgal

                                               

South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winners                                         

Winter in Jerusalem        by           Blanche d'Alpuget

The Matriarch    by           Witi        Ihimaera

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