Football star Roy Keane's controversial autobiography will be fighting it out with the Booker Prize winner for the Book of the Year Award.

Keane's book, ghostwritten by Eamon Dunphy, caused a storm when it was published last year after the Manchester United captain admitted deliberately injuring Manchester City player Alf Inge Haaland.

The revelations led to him being fined �150,000 by the Football Association and a five-match ban.

Now his autobiography has been shortlisted in two British Book Award categories, chosen by the publishing world and the public.

Martel won the Booker Prize in 2002

It will compete against Yann Martel's Booker winner Life of Pi and Michael Moore's Stupid White Men, which criticises US President George W Bush, for the overall book of the year.

Keane also features in the biography section alongside Ulrika Jonsson's Honest and Roy Jenkins' book about Churchill.

Gardening presenter Alan Titchmarsh is competing in the illustrated book category alongside Kylie Minogue's La La La and Michael Palin's Sahara book which accompanied his BBC series.

The TV and film shortlist features JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Jamie's Kitchen by Jamie Oliver and the scripts from TV comedy The Office.

Among those competing for the author of the year awards are David Attenborough, Donna Tartt, Tipping the Velvet writer Sarah Waters and the late Douglas Adams.

Voting lines are now open for the public to choose their favourite books and authors of the year.

The awards will be held at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on 24 February.

The shortlisted books are:

Book of the Year

Roy Keane - Roy Keane and Eamon Dunphy Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Atonement - Ian McEwan
Berlin - Antony Beevor
The Shelters of Stone - Jean M Auel
Stupid White Men - Michael Moore

Biography of the Year

Honest - Ulrika Jonsson
Churchill - Roy Jenkins
Roy Keane - Roy Keane and Eamon Dunphy
Murray Walker: Unless I'm Very Much Mistaken - Murray Walker
Serious - John McEnroe
The Lunar Men - Jenny Uglow

Author of the Year

David Attenborough
Douglas Adams
Martina Cole
Ian Rankin
Donna Tartt
Sarah Waters

Illustrated Book of the Year

Fauna Britannica - Stefan Buczacki
How To Be A Gardener - Alan Titchmarsh
Kylie: La La La - Kylie Minogue and William Baker
A Life Drawing - Shirley Hughes
Rolling With The Stones - Bill Wyman
Sahara - Michael Palin

Film and TV Book of the Year

Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets - JK Rowling
A History Of Britain Vol 3 - Simon Schama
Jamie's Kitchen - Jamie Oliver
Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers - JRR Tolkien
The Office: The Scripts (Series 1) - Ricky Gervais and Steve Merchant
What Not To Wear - Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine

Children's Book Of The Year

Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident - Eoin Colfer
The Ersatz Elevator - Lemony Snicket
Girls In Tears - Jacqueline Wilson
I Am NOT Sleepy And I Will NOT Go To Bed - Lauren Child
Room On The Broom - Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Skeleton Key - Anthony Horowitz

Audio Book Of The Year

Across The Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn
The Aeneid - Virgil, read by Paul Scofield
An Audience With Tony Benn
Band Of Brothers - Stephen Ambrose
Churchill - Roy Jenkins, read by John Sessions
Embers - Sandor Marai, read by Paul Scofield
A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket

Newcomer Of The Year

Glen David Gold
Hari Kunzru
Garth Nix
Allison Pearson
Eric Schlosser
Alice Sebold