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Own a piece of our Club history!

Own a piece of our Club history!

Feb 9, 2023 | News

In February 2022, the Authors’ Club received an email from a member of the public informing us that they had inherited a collection of letters sent to Algernon Rose, the long-serving Honorary Secretary of the Authors’ Club from 1908 to his death in 1934. Naturally, we...
Lord Denning: Life, Law and Legacy by James Wilson

Lord Denning: Life, Law and Legacy by James Wilson

Jan 30, 2023 | News

Congratulations to Authors’ Club member James Wilson, for a new book entitled Lord Denning: life, law and legacy (Wildy, Simmonds & Hill, 2023). ‘In this excellent book, James Wilson has managed to cpature both the man and the judge …’ From...
Michael Lindsay, 1938–2022

Michael Lindsay, 1938–2022

Dec 30, 2022 | News

We are very sad to report that Michael Lindsay, the Authors’ Club’s Honorary Treasurer, died peacefully on Wednesday night, at the age of 84, after a short illness. Michael was our longest-standing member, having joined in 1959, when the Club had its own premises at 2...
Key Dates for The Best First Novel Award 2023

Key Dates for The Best First Novel Award 2023

Aug 31, 2022 | News, Prizes

Key Dates 2023 Longlist February 2023 Shortlist March 2023 The winner will be announced at a dinner at the National Liberal Club: Wed 24 May 2023 About the Prize: The winning novel is selected by this year’s guest adjudicator Louisa Young from a shortlist drawn up by...
Winner of the 2022 Best First Novel Award

Winner of the 2022 Best First Novel Award

May 25, 2022 | News, Prizes

The Authors’ Club is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2022 Best First Novel Award is Tish Delaney’s Before my Actual Heart Breaks (Hutchinson Heinemann). The guest adjudicator, novelist Alex Wheatle, presented the £2,500 award at a reception at the National...