THE LONGLIST FOR the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2024 has been announced.
17 books have been nominated, including ‘The Racket’ by former Irish tennis player Conor Niland. ‘The Racket’ was written in collaboration with The 42′s Gavin Cooney.
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Our reading panel have spent months reviewing hundreds of entries and ONE of these books will be crowned William Hill Sports Book of the Year:
— William Hill Sports Book Of The Year (@BookiePrize) October 3, 2024
The longlist, in full, is as follows:
These Heavy Black Bones – Rebecca Achieng Adulu-Bushell
A Culture of Kits – John Blair
Headshot – Rita Bullwinkel
When I Passed The Statue Of Liberty I Became Black – Harry Edward
Searching for Novak – Mark Hodgkinson
Unique – Kelly Holmes
More Than A Game – David Horspool
Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom – Adam Hurrey
Richie Benaud’s Blue Suede Shoes – David Kynaston
Angel of the Mountains – PaulMaunder5
The Racket – Conor Niland
Warming Up – Madeline Orr
Munichs – David Peace
My Beautiful Sisters – Khalida Popal
It’s Not Banter, It’s Racism – Azeem Rafiq
The Race to be Myself – Caster Semenya
LIV and Let Die – Alan Shipnuck
Nancy Froston (The Athletic), Neil Foggin (William Hill) and Matt Williams (Greatest Hits Radio) make up this year’s judging panel.
The William Hill Sports Book of the Year is its 36th year, having began in 1989. It is described as the “richest, most prestigious literary sports book prize in the world,” with the prize worth £30,000.
‘Good For a Girl’ by Lauren Fleshman won last year’s edition, while Paul Kimmage is among its previous winners.
You can read an interview with Conor Niland about The Racket on The 42here >
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The Racket longlisted for William Hill Sports Book of the Year
THE LONGLIST FOR the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2024 has been announced.
17 books have been nominated, including ‘The Racket’ by former Irish tennis player Conor Niland. ‘The Racket’ was written in collaboration with The 42′s Gavin Cooney.
The longlist, in full, is as follows:
Nancy Froston (The Athletic), Neil Foggin (William Hill) and Matt Williams (Greatest Hits Radio) make up this year’s judging panel.
The William Hill Sports Book of the Year is its 36th year, having began in 1989. It is described as the “richest, most prestigious literary sports book prize in the world,” with the prize worth £30,000.
‘Good For a Girl’ by Lauren Fleshman won last year’s edition, while Paul Kimmage is among its previous winners.
You can read an interview with Conor Niland about The Racket on The 42 here >
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