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 Literature The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820, by George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV, to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". A charity that represents the voice of literature in the UK, th ...

on behalf of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation. 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. In 2017 the awards were replaced by the

Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction 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 addi ...

Recipients

2016

Violet Moller Violet may refer to: Common meanings * Violet (color), a spectral color with wavelengths shorter than blue * One of a list of plants known as violet, particularly: ** ''Viola'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants Places United States * V ...

for ''The Geography of Knowledge'', Pan Macmillan (£10k) * Afua Hirsch for ''Brit(ish): Getting Under the Skin of Britain's Race Problem'', Cape (£5k) *

Damian Le Bas (writer) Damian James Le Bas (born 11 May 1985) is a British writer and journalist from West Sussex in England best known for his book ''The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain''. Life Le Bas is the son of the artists Damian Le Bas and Delai ...

for ''Stopping Places'', Chatto (£5k)

2015

* Thomas Morris for ''The Matter of the Heart'', Bodley Head (£10k) *

Catherine Nixey ''The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World'' is a 2017 book by Catherine Nixey. In the book, Nixey argues that early Christians deliberately destroyed classical Greek and Roman cultures and contributed to the loss of cl ...

for '' The Darkening Age'', MacMillan (£5k) * Duncan White for ''Cold Warriors: Waging Literary War Across the Iron Curtain'', Little, Brown (£5k)

2014

* Laurence Scott for ''The Four-Dimensional Human'', Heinemann (£10k) *

Minoo Dinshaw is a city in northwestern Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Its name is commonly romanized as "Minō" or "Minoo"; however, the city government officially uses the spelling Minoh in English. As of October 2016, the city has an estimated population of 134 ...

for ''A Life of Sir Steven Runciman'', Penguin (£5k) *

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 ...

for ''The Wife's Tale'', 4th Estate (£5k)

2013

Tom Burgis Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

for ''The Looting Machine'', William Collins (£10k) *

Julian Mash Julian may refer to: People * Julian (emperor) (331–363), Roman emperor from 361 to 363 * Julian (Rome), referring to the Roman gens Julia, with imperial dynasty offshoots * Saint Julian (disambiguation), several Christian saints * Julian (g ...

for ''Portobello Road: Dispatches from the Street'', Frances Lincoln (£5k) * Corri Waitt for ''The Wisdom of Chickens'', Quercus (£5k)

2012

* Ramita Navai for ''City of Lies: The Undercover Truth About Tehran'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson (£10k) * Edmund Gordon for ''Angela Carter: The Biography'', Chatto (£5k) * Gwen Adshead for ''A Short Book About Evil'', Jessica Kingsley (£5k)

2011

James Macdonald Lockhart James is a common English language surname and given name: * James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambigua ...

for Raptor: ''A Journey Through Britain's Birds of Prey'', Fourth Estate (£10k) * Gerard Russell for ''Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms'', Simon & Schuster (£5k) * Helen Smith for ''Edward Garnett: The Uncommon Reader'', Jonathan Cape (£5k) *

Polly Morland Polly Morland is a British writer and documentary maker. She worked in television for 15 years as a producer and director of documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4 and Discovery, including ''The 9/11 Conspiracies'' (2004), '' Who Wrote the Bible? ...

for ''The Society of Timid Souls, or How to Be Brave'', Profile (£2k)

2010

* Alexander Monro for ''The Paper Trail'', Penguin (£10k) *

Roger Beam Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ( ...

for ''Englandspiel'', Haynes (£5k) *

Jonathan Beckman Jonathan may refer to: *Jonathan (name), a masculine given name Media * ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer * ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski * ''Jonathan'' (2018 ...

for ''Cardinal Sins: Marie Antoinette and the Affair of the Necklace'', Fourth Estate (£5k)

2009

Caspar Henderson Caspar Henderson is a British writer and journalist living in Oxford, England. He writes on the subjects of energy, science, environment and human rights. Biography Henderson was educated at Westminster School and Corpus Christi College, Ca ...

for ''The Book of Barely Imagined Beings'', Granta (£10k) *

Miles Hollingworth The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English ...

for ''St Augustine of Hippo: An Intellectual Biography'', Continuum (£5k) * Selina Mills for ''Life Unseen: The Story of Blindness'', IB Tauris (£5k)

2008

Rachel Hewitt Rachel Hewitt is a writer of creative non-fiction, and lecturer in creative writing at Newcastle University. Education Hewitt attended the University of Oxford, where she studied English Literature at Corpus Christi College for a BA and M.St ...

for ''Map of a Nation'', Granta (£10k) * Matthew Hollis for ''Edward Thomas:The Final Years'', Faber (£5k) * Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts for ''Edgelands – Journeys into England’s Last Wilderness'', Cape (£2.5k each)

2007

Andrew Stott Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is frequently shortened to "Andy" or "Drew". The word is derived ...

for ''The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi'', Canongate (£10k) * Rachel Campbell-Johnston for ''Mysterious Wisdom: The Life and Work of Samuel Palmer'', Bloomsbury (£5k) *

Daniel Swift Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...

for ''A Terrible Fury'', Hamish Hamilton (£5k)

2006

* Carolyn Steel for ''Hungry City'', Chatto (£10k) * Sarah Irving for ''Natural Science and the Origins of British Empire'', Pickering & Chatto (£5k) * Thomas Wright for ''Oscar’s Books'', Chatto (£5k)

2005

* Alice Albinia for ''

Empires of the Indus ''Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River'' is a non-fiction book by Alice Albinia published in 2008 by John Murray (publishing house). It is a part-memoir part-essay recount of Albinia’s Journey through Central and Southern Asia, following t ...

'', John Murray (£12,500) * Christopher Turner for ''Adventures in the Orgasmatron'', Fourth Estate (£10k) * Druin Burch for ''Digging Up the Dead'', Chatto (£5k) * Matthew Green for ''The Wizard of the Nile'', Portobello (£5k)

2004

Jim Endersby Jim or JIM may refer to: * Jim (given name), a given name * Jim, a diminutive form of the given name James (given name), James * Jim, a short form of the given name Jimmy (given name), Jimmy * OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism * Jim (comics), ...

for ''A Guinea Pig’s History of Biology'', Heinemann (£10k) *

Roland Chambers Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as th ...

for ''The Last Englishman – The Double Life of Arthur Ransome'', Faber (£5k) *

John Stubbs John Stubbs (or Stubbe) (c. 1544 – after 25 September 1589) was an English pamphleteer, political commentator and sketch artist during the Elizabethan era. He was born in the County of Norfolk, and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. ...

for ''John Donne: The Reformed Soul'', Viking (£5k)

References

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