Their counterpart as Independent Publisher of the Year was the unstoppable Quercus, while Will Atkinson of Faber was honoured for industry achievement, and David Miller of Rogers, Coleridge & White was named Literary Agent of the Year.
The transfer window is swinging open and already, I fear, we might have peaked too soon with the news that one of our gelled, tanned, ultra-successful superstars – and I'm not talking Cristiano Ronaldo - is being linked with a big-money move to China on the back of being honoured with his industry's equivalent of the Ballon d'Or.
These changes, albeit a marketing, not a film-making decision, nevertheless stand in a time-honoured industry tradition of downplaying homosexuality.
Sir Christopher Lee is to be honoured by the movie industry with a fellowship from the British Film Institute.
The only woman who received a music award was Iggy Azalea, who should probably take some history lessons, ditch the blaccent, and learn what the term "cultural appropriation" means before she's honoured with any more industry accolades.
Solti was repeatedly honoured by the recording industry with awards throughout his career.
Last week, the best and brightest in the Italian porn industry were honoured in a ceremony in Milan, during the Italian Porn Awards.
I'm a lover of this industry, I'd do anything to protect it, and when you're given something from that industry, I'm honoured".
Less secret was the party thrown in the great court at the Foreign Office this week to honour the "entertainment industry", although it was hardly less embarrassing.
Britain's foreign policy objectives in this region are to honour the arms industry's "servicing agreements" on the armed forces of the Gulf states (which are supplied and trained by the British army and British defence companies), and to prop up an outmoded concept of Britain as a player on the international stage.
Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle was honoured by the UK movie industry last night as he was awarded a British Film Institute BFII) Fellowship.
