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2006 winners

Overall winners  

Best Book  
The Secret River, Kate Grenville, Australia

Best First Book  
Suspended Sentences: Fictions of Atonement, Mark McWatt , Guyana

 
Regional winners  

Africa   

Best Book
The Sun by Night, Benjamin Kwayke, Ghana

Best First Book
Tropical Fish: Stories out of Entebbe, Doreen Baingana, Uganda

 

Caribbean and Canada  

Best Book
Alligator, Lisa Moore, Canada

Best First Book
Suspended Sentences: Fictions of Atonement, Mark McWatt , Guyana

  
South Asia and Europe  

Best Book
On Beauty, Zadie Smith, UK

Best First Book
Lazy Eye, Donna Daley-Clarke,UK  

 

South East Asia and Pacific   

Best Book
The Secret River, Kate Grenville, Australia

Best First Book
The Harmony Silk Factory, Tash Aw, Malaysia
 

 

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