Winner of the Book Drum Tournament 2011

Here's the opening line of the email I got from the editor of Book Drum --

In a unanimous decision, the judges awarded first prize to Emily Gray for her stunning profile of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg.

Go to  Emily Gray's page and read her contribution via this link. And here are more news on the winners of the second, third and consolation prizes.

Second prize was awarded to Gordon Knox for The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy. 

Third prize was awarded to Johanna Trew for War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.

Kerri McDonald (My Traitor's Heart); Eleanor Updegraff (The Reluctant Fundamentalist); Wendy Attwell (Possession); Bryony Bell (Nights at the Circus); Helen Anderson (Disgrace)

Congratulations to the winners!