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Volume 1 of "Baghdad Burning" was: longlisted for the BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2006; shortlisted for the Index on Censorship Award 2006; and was awarded third prize in the Lettre Ulysses Prize for Reportage 2005. In Volume 2 of this riveting weblog, a remarkable young Iraqi woman gives a human face to war and occupation in Iraq, from November 2004 up to June 2006. Since the 24th of September, 2003, twenty-five year old anonymous blogger 'Riverbend' has provided the world with an up-to-the-minute report on life in Iraq, from the viewpoint of someone who is there. In this hard-hitting journal, she describes on a day-to-day basis the realities of life in post-war Iraq, which for her family and neighbours means regular power-cuts, bombings, kidnappings and night-time raids by US soldiers. Including diary entries covering the release of the torture pictures of Abu Ghraib and Bush's State of the Union Speech, as well as a more critical analysis of key players during the war and in its aftermath, "Baghdad Burning" offers a highly personal narrative on life since the US occupation, as Iraq descends into civil war and Riverbend begins to feel more threatened by the Iraqi Secret Service than the coalition troops. With thousands of loyal readers worldwide, the Riverbend blog is recognized around the world as a crucial source of information not available through the mainstream media.

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