The Royal Society of Literature Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction are annual awards, granted by Royal Society of Literature (RSL), to authors engaged in writing their first non-fiction book for a mainstream audience. The prize provides additional time or resources for writing or research, as well as raising the profile of the book when published. Recipients must have a publishing contract and be citizens of either the UK or Ireland, or have been residents in one of these for at least the last three years. The award was established in 2017, and secured in perpetuity through a bequest from author and RSL Fellow Giles St Aubyn. The awards replace the earlier RSL

Jerwood Award The Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Awards for Non-Fiction were financial awards made to assist new writers of non-fiction to carry out new research, and/or to devote more time to writing. The awards were administrated by the Royal Society of ...

, which existed from 2004 to 2016 and which was funded by the

Jerwood Charitable Foundation The Jerwood Foundation is an independent grant-making foundation in the United Kingdom. In 1999 the Jerwood Foundation established the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, a registered charity under English law. History The Jerwood Foundation was establ ...

Recipients

2020

* Doreen Cunningham for ''Soundings: A Journey with Whales'', Virago, 2022 (£10k) * Alice Sherwood for ''The Authenticity Playbook'', Harper Collins, 2022 (£5k) * Danny Lavelle for ''Down and Out: A Journey Through Homelessness'', Wildfire, 2022 (£2,500) The 2020 awards were judged by

Damian Le Bas Damian Le Bas (30 January 1963, Sheffield – 9 December 2017, Worthing) was a British artist associated with the Outsider Art (or "Art Brut") label, as well a leading exponent of the "Roma Revolution" in art. Life Le Bas was of Roma heritage. ...

, Ramita Navai and Fiona St Aubyn.

2019

* Harry Davies for ''Operation Information'', The Bodley Head, 2021 (£10k) * Olive Heffernan for ''The High Seas: The Race to Save the Earth’s Last Wilderness'', Profile Books, 2021 (£5k) * Judges’ Special Commendation: Rebecca Fogg for ''Beautiful Trauma'', Granta, 2022 The 2019 awards were judged by Fiona St Aubyn (Chair), Rachel Hewitt and

Kenan Malik Kenan Malik (born 26 January 1960) is an Indian-born British writer, lecturer and broadcaster, trained in neurobiology and the history of science. As an academic author, his focus is on the philosophy of biology, and contemporary theories of m ...

2018

* Laurence Blair for ''Lost Countries of South America: Travels in a Continent’s Past and Present'', The Bodley Head, 2020 (£10k) * Lily Le Brun for ''Looking to Sea: Britain Through the Eyes of its Artists'', Hodder and Stoughton, 2020 (£5k) * Judges’ Special Commendation: Paul Craddock for ''Dragon in a Suitcase: A Cultural History of the Art of Transplant'', Fig Tree, 2020 The 2018 awards were judged by:

Iain Sinclair Iain Sinclair FRSL (born 11 June 1943) is a writer and filmmaker. Much of his work is rooted in London, recently within the influences of psychogeography. Biography Education Sinclair was born in Cardiff in 1943. From 1956 to 1961, he was educate ...

(Chair),

Laura Bates Laura Bates (born 27 August 1986, Oxford) is an English feminist writer. She founded the Everyday Sexism Project website in April 2012. Her first book, ''Everyday Sexism'', was published in 2014. Biography Bates' parents are Diane Elizabet ...

Aida Edemariam Aida Edemariam is an Ethiopian-Canadian journalist based in the UK, who has worked in New York, Toronto and London. She was formerly deputy review and books editor of the Canadian ''National Post'', and is now a senior feature writer and editor a ...

and Fiona St Aubyn.

2017

* David Farrier for ''Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils'', 4th Estate, 2019 (£10k) * Lisa Woollett for ''Scavenging'', John Murray, 2019 (£5k) * Judges’ Special Commendation: Joanna Jolly for ''Red River Girl: The Life and Death of Tina Fontaine'', Virago, 2019 The 2017 awards were judged by Richard Holmes (Chair),

Afua Hirsch Afua Hirsch (born 1981) is a British writer and broadcaster. She has worked as a journalist for '' The Guardian'' newspaper, and was the Social Affairs and Education Editor for Sky News from 2014 until 2017. Early life Afua Hirsch was born in ...

and Fiona St Aubyn.

References

{{Reflist Royal Society of Literature awards Awards established in 2017 2017 establishments in the United Kingdom British non-fiction literary awards Literary awards honoring unpublished books or writers