The 2023 Sports Book Awards, in association with The Sunday Times, announces eleven category shortlists today.
Durham’s Mark Wood has been shortlisted in the Sports Book awards sport entertainment book of the year category for his book “The Wood Life” – A Not so Helpful How-To Guide on Surviving Cricket, Life and Everything in Between
Gary Lineker, Gary Neville, Sue Barker, Alex Scott, Peter Crouch, Gabby Logan, Micah Richards, Steve Thompson, Marcus Rashford, Barry Hearn and Sports Personality of the Year Winner, Beth Mead, are among those nominated for the 2023 Sports Book Awards.
New for this year is the award for New Women’s Sports Writing, which will be named in honour of Vikki Orvice – a brilliant sports journalist who did so much to champion female sports writing.
Mark Pougatch will host the 21st Sports Book Awards, which will take place at the Kia Oval on the evening of 24th May, and Bat For A Chance will be the 2023 Sports Book Awards charity of choice.
The Sports Book Awards in association with The Sunday Times is the major annual promotion for sports writing and publishing.
The awards exist to highlight the most outstanding sports books of the previous calendar year to showcase their merits and enhance their reputation and profile.
The shortlists for the 2023 Sports Book Awards in association with The Sunday Times have been announced this morning, with nominations featuring some of the greatest sports men and women in a diverse collection of works across eleven award categories.
The shortlist for 2023 includes Gary Lineker, Gary Neville, Sue Barker, Alex Scott, Peter Crouch, Gabby Logan, Micah Richards, Steve Thompson, Marcus Rashford, Beth Mead, Mark Noble, Sir Geoffrey Boycott, Mihir Bose, Anyika Onuora, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Christian Pulisic, Barry Hearn, Moeen Ali, and many more.
Socios.com Sports Entertainment Book of the Year How to be an Ex-Footballer Shortlist: Peter Crouch (Ebury Press) Cheers, Geoff!: Tales from the Touchline, Geoff Shreeves (Pan Macmillan) How to Be a Footballer Manager, Ian Holloway (Headline) BBC Sports Report, Pat Murphy (Bloomsbury Sport) The Wood Life: A Not so Helpful How-To Guide on Surviving Cricket, Life and Everything in Between, Mark Wood (Allen & Unwin) The Game, Micah Richards (HarperCollins) Square Peg, Round Ball, Ned Boulting (Bloomsbury Sport) Touching the Heights, Archie Macpherson (Luath Press Ltd)