Congratulations to Sarah Rainsford, whose memoir has been shortlisted for Best Book by a Non-Parliamentarian, alongside Alexei Navalny’s ‘Patriot’. Winners will be presented with their awards at the Houses of Parliament on 12 February 2025.
Adelle Stripe’s olfactory memoir of growing up in the north of the 1980s will be published by White Rabbit in February.
“Our Book of the Year changes how we think about music memoirs, how they are structured and what they tell us,” say Rough Trade. “It tells us of a particular indefatigable individual who will go further than anyone else.”
Described by Jarvis Cocker as ‘essential reading’ and Bobby Gillespie as ‘wonderful’, Street-Level Superstar follows a year in the life of Lawrence, Britain’s most singular musical genius who never hit the big time.
Described by Elton John as “a wonderful book of pop music history” and by Cillian Murphy as “beautiful, insightful and honest”, In One Ear: Cocteau Twins, Ivor and Me will be published by Nine Eight Books on September 12.
Rose Boyt talks to the Observer about her chaotic childhood, writing truthfully about her dad, and the books she read to him on his deathbed. Her memoir Naked Portrait will be published by Picador on May 30th.