Revolt on the Right by Matthew Goodwin and Robert Ford won the Paddy Power Political Book Awards this year. The two were awarded with a £10,000 prize.
The award recognizes “the very best in political writing and publishing.” The awards include ten categories chosen by a panel of political celebrity judges and the prizes were donated by Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC.
Alan Johnson’s memoir Please, Mister Postman; Luke Harding’s The Snowden Files; and Simon Danczuk Smile for the Camera were also in the running for the top award at the event. Follow the jump to see the complete list of winners.
2015 Power Political Book Award Winners
Political Book of the Year: Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain by Robert Ford & Matthew Goodwin (Routledge)
Polemic of the Year: An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Now Remembers the Armenians? by Geoffrey Robertson QC (Biteback Publishing)
International Affairs Book of the Year:Women of the World: The Rise of the Female Diplomat by Helen McCarthy (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Political History Book of the Year: Modernity Britain: Book Two: A Shake of the Dice 1959–62 by David Kynaston (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Political Biography of the Year: Roy Jenkins by John Campbell (Jonathan Cape)
World War One Book of the Year: The World’s War by David Olusoga (Head of Zeus)
Political Humour and Satire Book of the Year: The Coalition Book by Martin Rowson (SelfMadeHero)
Debut Political Book of the Year: City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran by Ramita Navai (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Political Fiction Book of the Year: Acts of Omission by Terry Stiastny (John Murray)
Practical Politics Book of the Year: The ‘Too Difficult’ Box by Charles Clarke (Biteback Publishing)
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