29/07/2019
SA Book Awards
The SA Book Awards strive to celebrate books written and published in South Africa, as voted for by South African booksellers. The Awards are powered by Nielsen Book and SAPnet and supported by PASA and SABA. They build on the success of the longstanding Booksellers Choice Award which was established 19 years ago.
South African booksellers are currently being asked to vote on their favourite titles in three categories:
Favourite bestselling Adult Fiction title
Favourite bestselling Adult Non-Fiction title
Favourite bestselling Children’s title (Fiction and Non-Fiction)
This year a shortlist has been generated for each category based on the top 10 bestselling titles, which were published in South Africa, as measured by Nielsen BookScan South Africa in 2018. Each category winner will be awarded R5,000.00 and there will be an overall winner, receiving the highest number of votes, who will be presented with R20,000.00.
The awards will be presented at this year’s annual PASA/SABA Conference as part of the Sefika Awards Dinner. The Conference will be held at the prestigious Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town on 27 August 2019.