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Tony Lothian Prize: The shortlist!
The judges have shortlisted six titles for the Tony Lothian Prize, given for a proposal by a first-time biographer. The £2,000 prize will be presented at our Christmas party (see above). Victoria Baena: A Sentimental Education – Amélie Bosquet, Gustave Flaubert, and the Writer’s Vocation in Nineteenth-Century France A Sentimental Education draws on original archival…
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TLP-shortlisted biography by Sharon Mather published in October
Sharon Mather – Edward Marsh: A Life of Poets, Painters and Players Unicorn publishes in October Edward Marsh: A Life of Poets, Painters and Players, a contender for the Tony Lothian Prize in 2021. The blurb: “Sir Edward ‘Eddie’ Marsh was an ornament of early twentieth-century society; a respected civil servant, polymath and scholar who…
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Philip Ward – Encounters with Michael Arlen
Philip Ward, who was shortlisted for the Tony Lothian Prize in 2017, has published Encounters with Michael Arlen. Michael Arlen (1895-1956) was a literary shooting star among the smart set of the 1920s. The self-styled chronicler of Mayfair society, he became an international celebrity after the publication of his scandalous novel The Green Hat in…
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Biographers’ Club Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2023 is launched!
We are open for submissions for this year’s Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize, generously sponsored by Slightly Foxed. We are delighted to have the following judges: Philip Eade is the author of three biographies, Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters (2007), Young Prince Philip (2011) and Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited (2016), all of which…
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Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize and Shortlist
Date: Tuesday 14th March 2023. Time: 6.15pm for 6.30pm to 8pm
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AN Wilson wins Exceptional Contribution award – come and hear him in conversation with Jane Ridley
Date: Thursday 26th January Time: 6.30pm Price: £12.50
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Catherine Haig wins Tony Lothian Prize 2022
Congratulations to Catherine Haig, who has won the £2,000 Tony Lothian Prize, for a proposal for an uncommissioned biography, for An Unfinished Life – Lady Gwendolen Cecil (1860–1945). Haig received the prize at the Biographers’ Club Christmas party, held at Albany, London. Haig’s proposal is about Lord Salisbury’s second daughter, who took on the daunting…
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Philip Ward, shortlisted for the Tony Lothian Prize is 2017 for a proposed biography of Michael Arlen, has written two new titles
Laura Nyro On Track: Every Album Every Song (Sonicbond)Laura Nyro (1947-1997) was one of the most significant figures to emerge from the singer-songwriter boom of the 1960s. She first came to attention when her songs were hits for Barbra Streisand, The Fifth Dimension, Peter, Paul and Mary, and others. But it was on her own…
