Shortlists announced for the Political Book Awards 2015

The winners of the Political Book Awards 2015 will be announced in a ceremony at the BFI IMAX cinema on on London's South Bank on 28 January.

Awards will be made in 10 categories:

• Political Book of the Year
• Polemic of the Year
• International Affairs Book of the Year
• Political History Book of the Year
• Political Biography of the Year
• World War One Book of the Year
• Political Humour and Satire Book of the Year
• Debut Political Book of the Year
• Political Fiction Book of the Year
• Practical Politics Book of the Year

You can find the shortlist for each category on the awards' website.

I am pleased to Englanders and Huns by James Hawes, one of my favourite contemporary novelists, listed for the Word War One category.