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The Writers' Prize
The Writers' Prize, previously known as the Rathbones Folio Prize, the Folio Prize and The Literature Prize, is a literary award that was sponsored by the London-based publisher The Folio Society for its first two years, 2014–2015. Starting in 2017, the sponsor was Rathbone Investment Management. At the 2023 award ceremony, it was announced that the prize was looking for new sponsorship as Rathbones would be ending their support. In November 2023, having failed to secure a replacement sponsor, the award's governing body announced its rebrand as The Writers' Prize. The Folio Academy is the international group of writers and critics who nominate titles for the award. History of the prize The prize came into being after a group in Britain "took umbrage at the direction they saw the Booker Prize taking – they saw it leaning toward popular fiction rather than literary fiction." It was described as "complementary to other awards" and "Booker without the bow ties". Margaret Atwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Folio Society
The Folio Society is an independent London-based publisher, founded by Charles Ede in 1947 and incorporated in 1971. Formerly privately owned, it became an employee ownership trust in 2021. It produces illustrated hardback fine press editions of fiction and non-fiction books, poetry and children's titles. Folio editions feature specially designed bindings and include artist-commissioned illustrations (most often in fiction titles) or researched artworks and photographs (in non-fiction titles). The Folio Society publishes titles across a breadth of genres including fantasy, science fiction, modern fiction and non-fiction from authors such as George R. R. Martin, Madeline Miller and Stephen King. Folio editions can be purchased only online through their website or over the telephone. Folio Society editions have won prestigious awards, including the V&A Book Illustration Awards, the British Book Production and Design Awards and the Association of Illustrators World Illustra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Last Friends (novel)
Jane Mary Gardam (born Jean Mary Pearson; 11 July 1928 – 28 April 2025) was an English writer of children's and adult fiction and literary critic. She also penned reviews for ''The Spectator'' and ''The Telegraph'', and wrote for BBC Radio. She lived in Kent, Wimbledon, and Yorkshire. She won numerous literary awards, including the Whitbread Award twice. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. Biography Gardam was born Jean Mary Pearson in Coatham, North Yorkshire, on 11 July 1928 to William and Kathleen Mary Pearson, and grew up in Cumberland and the North Riding of Yorkshire. Whilst at school, she was inspired by a mobile all-woman theatre run by Nancy Hewins, who created "She Stoops to Conquer". At the age of seventeen, she won a scholarship to read English at Bedford College, London, now part of Royal Holloway, University of London ( BA English, 1949). After leaving university, Gardam worked in a number of literary- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Sport Of Kings (novel)
''The Sport of Kings'' is a 2016 novel by C. E. Morgan. It is a family saga about horse racing set in Kentucky and Ohio. It won the 2016 Kirkus Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Reception According to Book Marks, the book received a "positive" consensus, based on twelve critics: five "rave", six "positive", and one "pan". In its starred review, ''Kirkus Reviews'' called the novel "vaultingly ambitious, thrillingly well-written, charged with moral fervor and rueful compassion." ''Publishers Weekly'' praised the novel's "authentically pungent shed-row atmosphere" but criticized its "series of melodramatic incidents that undermines the care with which Morgan has created these larger-than-life characters." Awards and nominations * Winner, 2016 Kirkus Prize for Fiction * Finalist, 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction * Shortlist, 2017 Women's Prize for Fiction * Shortlist, 2017 Rathbones Folio Prize The Writers' Prize, previously known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Golden Hill (novel)
''Golden Hill'' is a 2016 novel by the English writer Francis Spufford. It won the Costa Book Award for a first novel, and the Ondaatje Prize. As explained in its acknowledgements, it is heavily influenced by ''The Adventures of David Simple'' by Sarah Fielding and ''Joseph Andrews'' by her brother Henry Fielding. The novel follows a mysterious British traveller named Mr Smith who arrives in New York City in 1746 and upends the lives of the merchant and political classes. Plot In early November 1746 a traveller called Mr Smith arrives in New York, bringing with him a bill for £1000, which he takes to Mr Lovell, a local businessman, who reluctantly agrees to honour it despite Smith refusing to reveal who it is from and how he intends to use it. He meets Lovell's daughters Tabitha and Flora at home and soon afterwards also encounters Septimus Oakeshott, secretary and spymaster to George Clinton, governor of New York. He has his purse stolen and soon afterwards is saved from a mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
''Do Not Say We Have Nothing'' is a novel by Madeleine Thien published in 2016 in Canada. It follows a 10-year-old girl and her mother who invite a Chinese refugee into their home. Critically acclaimed, in 2016 the author was awarded both the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Award for this novel. It was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize as well as the Women's Prize for Fiction. Plot summary The novel begins with a girl named Marie living with her mother in Vancouver, Canada. The year is 1991, and the addition to their household of a Chinese refugee fleeing the post-Tiananmen Square crackdown, Ai-Ming, is the catalyst that sets the rest of the plot into motion. The novel quickly fractures into a number of different sub-plots, introduced by Ai-Ming, which span generations of both Marie and Ai-Ming's families, who are later revealed to be intrinsically connected. These sub-plots are set during a tumultuous period in China's history, from the beginning of Mao Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
