The awards have been running for over 10 years and previous winners include Antjie Krog (2004), John Van de Ruit (2006) and Peter Harris (2009).
2010 nominees
The Booksellers Choice Award and the Sefika Awards will be presented at the PASA and SABA conference to be held at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg on Tuesday 17 August 2010. Nielsen Book's sales director, Simon Skinner, will present the award.