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Lesley Downer at Daunt, Marylebone
Lesley Downer launched her new book, The Shortest History of Japan (Old Street), at Daunt Books in Marylebone. The book presents 16,500 years of history in fewer than 250 pages, and is, in the words of her publisher Ben Yarde-Buller, ‘a model of clarity and expertise’. With her are old friends Robert Rigby (the Lord…
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Black Spring Press publishes TLP-shortlisted Jay Prosser
Jay Prosser was shortlisted the Tony Lothian (now Elizabeth Buccleuch) prize in 2019 for the best proposal by a first-time biographer, as well as winning the Hazel Rowley Prize in the US. Now his completed book, Loving Strangers: A Camphorwood Chest, A Legacy, A Son Returns, is published by Black Spring Press. The synopsis: ‘At…
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Summer party
We enjoyed one of the first warm evenings of the year at our summer party, held in the garden of St Mark’s Church Regent’s Park. Watch out for news next month of our programme for the autumn.
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Chink’s letters and war diary
Pen & Sword publishes at the end of June Military Maverick: Selected Letters and War Diary of ‘Chink’ Dorman-Smith, edited by Club member Lavinia Greacen. The book follows Greacen’s acclaimed biography of Dorman-Smith, Chink (‘deserves wide attention’ – Frederick Raphael, the Listener; ‘A dazzling triumph’ – Irish Times). Dorman-Smith, who was to appear in various…
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Tony Lothian Prize winner Sarah Harkness launches debut
Sarah Harkness has seen the proposal that won her the Tony Lothian (now Elizabeth Buccleuch) prize come to fruition with Macmillan’s release of her Literature for the People: How the Pioneering Macmillan Brothers Built a Publishing Powerhouse. The launch of the book took place at Hatchards, where the guests included Daniel Macmillan’s great-great grandson the…
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Ariane Bankes at Daunt, Marylebone
There was quite a crush at Daunt Books as many friends celebrated with Ariane Bankes (left, with Clare Bullock of Duckwoth) , the Biographers’ Club prizes administrator, publication of her new book The Quality of Love. You can read more about the party here. Ariane is discussing her book with Cressida Connolly at Hatchards on…
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Hatchards and the Biographers’ Club are delighted to announce the launch of the Hatchards & Biographers’ Club First Biography Prize, the first year of Hatchards’ sponsorship, following our highly successful partnership with Slightly Foxed.
The prize awards £2,500 to the best biography or memoir published that year, and has been won in recent years by Daniel Finkelstein, Katherine Rundell and Osman Yousefzada, Lea Ypi, Heather Clark, Jonathan Phillips, Bart van Es, Edmund Gordon and Hisham Matar. The judges for 2024 will be: Tom Baily has worked at Hatchards bookshop…
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The Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2023 winner is Daniel Finkelstein for Hitler, Stalin, Mum & Dad
Slightly Foxed and The Biographers’ Club are delighted to announce that the winner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2023 is Daniel Finkelstein for Hitler, Stalin, Mum & Dad. From left to right: Sue Gaisford (judge), Arabella Pike (Daniel Finkelstein’s publisher at William Collins), Gail Pirkis (Slightly Foxed), Clare Mulley (judge) THE PRIZE 2023 SHORTLIST…
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TLP is now the Elizabeth Buccleuch Prize
The Tony Lothian Prize, for the best proposal by a first time biographer, has been renamed the Elizabeth Buccleuch Prize. The change follows the death last year of the Duchess of Buccleuch, who founded the prize in memory of her mother, Antonella (“Tony”) Lothian. The Duke of Buccleuch is continuing to support the £2,000 prize…
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Slightly Foxed and The Biographers’ Club are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2023
This is the 10th year that Slightly Foxed – publishers of the literary journal Slightly Foxed: The Real Reader’s Quarterly and an acclaimed list of limited-edition cloth-bound memoirs, and producers of the well-loved literary podcast – has sponsored the Prize. The Prize awards £2,500 to the judges’ choice of the best first biography published each…