harry potter wins book of the year award

yesterday, harry potter and the half-blood prince, book number six in jk rowling's harry potter series, won the british book awards' most important prize: the book of the year award.

the other award winners:
jamie oliver: outstanding achievement
kate mosse's labyrinth: read of the year
sharon osbourne's sharon osbourne extreme - my autobiography: biography of the year
anthony horowitz's ark angel: children's book of the year
audrey niffenegger's the time traveler’s wife: popular fiction award
alan bennett: author of the year
martina cole's the take: crime thriller of the year
diana evans' 26a: writer of the year
marina lewycka's a short history of tractors in ukranian: newcomer of the year
laurence rees' auschwitz: history book of the year
john le carré's the constant gardener: tv & film book of the year
andrew flintoff's being freddie: sports book of the year