The Guildford Arts Book Prize has been awarded annually for the best
first novel by an author living anywhere in the UK, and announced at the
Guildford
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Book Festival. Between 1998 and 2005 it was sponsored by Pendleton May and known as the Pendleton May First Novel Award, in 2006 by Goss & Co., and in 2007 by Jelf Group PLC, which had supported the award since its inception.
[Alison Flood]
"O'Flynn wins Jelf Group award"
'' The Bookseller'', 31 October 2007.
The winners have been :
* 1997 :
Jeremy Poolman for ''Interesting Facts about the State of Arizona''
* 1998 :
Steve Lundin
Steve Rune Lundin (born October 7, 1959), known by his pseudonym Steven Erikson, is a Canadian author, novelist who was educated and trained as both an archaeologist and anthropologist.
He is best known for his ten-volume spanning epic fantasy s ...
for ''
This River Awakens
''This River Awakens'' is the first novel by Canadian author Steve Lundin, best known by his pseudonym Steven Erikson. The book was first published in 1998, with funding by the ''Manitoba Arts Council
The Manitoba Arts Council (MAC; ) is a p ...
''
* Pendleton May First Novel Award :
** 1999 : ?
** 2000 : ?
** 2001 :
Shamim Sarif
Shamim Sarif (born 24 September 1969) is a British novelist and filmmaker of South Asian and South African heritage. Her work often focuses on various aspects of identity including gender, race, and sexuality. It often draws upon her own person ...
for ''
The World Unseen
''The World Unseen'' is a 2007 historical drama film, written and directed by Shamim Sarif, adapted from her own novel. The film is set in 1950s Cape Town, South Africa during the beginning of apartheid. The film stars Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sh ...
''
** 2002 :
Hari Kunzru
Hari Mohan Nath Kunzru (born 1969) is a British novelist and journalist. He is the author of the novels '' The Impressionist'', '' Transmission'', ''My Revolutions'', ''Gods Without Men'', ''White Tears''David Robinson"Interview: Hari Kunzru, a ...
for ''The Impressionist''
** 2003 :
Babs Horton Babs or BABS may refer to:
People
* Nickname of Barbara Windsor (1937-2020), British actress
* Babs McMillan, Australian actress
* Babs Olusanmokun, American actor
* Babs Reingold, American artist
* Babs Fafunwa (1923-2010), Nigerian educationist, ...
for ''A Jarful Of Angels''
** 2004 :
Panos Karnezis
Panagiotis Karnezis ( el, Παναγιώτης (Πάνος) Καρνέζης; born 1967 in Amaliada), known as Panos Karnezis, is a Greek writer. Born in Greece, he moved to England in 1992 to study Engineering. He was later awarded a M.A. in Crea ...
for ''
The Maze''
** 2005 :
Clare Clark Clare may refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Clare Range, a mountain range in Victoria Land
Australia
* Clare, South Australia, a town in the Clare Valley
* Clare Valley, South Australia
Canada
* Clare (electoral district), an electoral district
* Cl ...
for ''The Great Stink''
* Goss First Novel Award :
** 2006 :
Mike Stocks for ''
White Man Falling''
* Jelf Group First Novel Award :
**
Catherine O'Flynn
Catherine O'Flynn (born 1970) is a British writer. She has published three novels for adults, and two for children as well as various articles and short stories. Her debut novel, '' What Was Lost'', won the prestigious first novel prize at the Cos ...
for ''
What Was Lost
''What Was Lost'' is the 2007 début novel by Catherine O'Flynn. The novel is about a girl who goes missing in a shopping centre in 1984, and the people who try to discover what happened to her twenty years later. ''What Was Lost'' won the First ...
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* First Novel Award
** 2008
for ''God's Own Country''
[Katie Allen]
"Raisin wins first novel award"
'' The Bookseller'', 16 October 2008.
** 2009 ''award in abeyance''
References
External links
Guildford Book Festival
British fiction awards
First book awards
Awards established in 1997
1997 establishments in the United Kingdom
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