Category: Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction

‘He left the world in ruins’: the author who defied the Taliban and burning tyres to tell Alexander the Great’s epic story

by | Nov 6, 2026 | , , , , , | 0 |

He is the most powerful ruler ever – and his first biographer was crucified. What drew Edmund Richardson, winner of the £50,000 Baillie Gifford prize, to his short tumultuous life?He was the most powerful man in the world but he...

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‘Our third date was at Buckingham Palace’: Marlon James and Nicholas Boggs on life as a literary power couple

by | Oct 24, 2026 | , , , , , , , , | 0 |

Shortlisted for the Booker and Baillie Gifford prizes respectively, the novelist and biographer talk about working and living together – and giving a voice to Black queer historyThe literary power couple is a historically...

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Dara McAnulty becomes youngest ever finalist for Baillie Gifford prize

by | Sep 10, 2020 | , , , , , , , , | 0 |

Diary of a Young Naturalist, the 16-year-old’s debut, joins 12 other books in contention for prestigious £50,000 nonfiction awardThe teenager Dara McAnulty has become the youngest writer ever to be longlisted for the...

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