With the final reviews of novels published in 2008 complete an dthe March 1, 2009 deadline for Hugo Award nominations approaching a number of science-fiction and fantasy sites are listing their suggestions for nominations. The first few I;ve found are:
Some of the works in these lists were published prior to 2008 outside of the United States. The nomination form states:
Works published in 2008 for the first time anywhere or for the first time in English are eligible for the Hugo Awards being awarded in 2009. Books are considered to have been published on the publication date which usually appears with the copyright information on the back of the title page. If there is no stated publication date, the copyright date will be used instead. A dated periodical is considered to have been published on the cover date, regardless of when it was placed on sale or copyrighted. Serialized stories or dramatic presentations are eligible in the year in which the last installment appears. The 2008 WSFS Business Meeting, as authorized by section 3.2.3 of the WSFS Constitution, passed a resolution providing that works originally published outside the United States of America and first published in the United States of America in 2008 shall also be eligible for the 2009 Hugo Awards, unless they have already appeared on a final Hugo Award ballot.
Hence the possibility of nominating books from the UK that were published in 2007 or earlier.
As an attending member of Anticipation, the 67th Worldcon in August I can make nominations and have a final vote. Please leave a comment with any suggestions of books or short stories to read, I can fit a few more in before March.