2012 Booksellers Choice Award

The Booksellers’ Choice Award is chosen and presented by the South African book trade in recognition of outstanding contribution to the industry. It is awarded to the book that booksellers across South Africa have enjoyed reading, selling or promoting during the previous year. The award is only open to South African authors who are published in South Africa and celebrates the excellence and high standard of South African writing. Nielsen sponsors similar awards in Australia and New Zealand.

 
Nielsen is proud to announce this year’s shortlist:
Byleveld: Dossier Van ‘n Baasspeurder by Hanlie Retief published by Umuzi
Killing Kebble: An Underworld Exposed by Mandy Wiener published by Pan Macmillan
7 Dae by Deon Meyer published by Human & Rousseau (Pty) Ltd
Hiervandaan by Dana Snyman published byTafelberg Publishers Ltd
My Father, My Monster by McIntosh Polela published by Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Stones Against the Mirror by Hugh Lewin published by Umuzi

 
Nielsen has worked with publishers, booksellers and writers in South Africa for many years and has
sponsored The Booksellers’ Choice Award for twelve years; this award allows us to support and
reward writing of a very high calibre, whilst providing another opportunity for publishers and
booksellers to work together to promote books and reading widely to book buyers in South Africa.