Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award: Meet the Shortlisted Writers May 3
Meet four of the shortlisted writers of the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2023, the longest-running UK prize for debut fiction and the second oldest literary prize in Britain. Previous winners have included Brian Moore, Alan Sillitoe, Diran Adebayo, Jackie Kay,...
Shortlist announced for Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2023
The Authors’ Club is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2023 Best First Novel Award, drawn up by a panel of Club members. Lucy Popescu, chairing the judging panel, commented: ‘We are proud to recommend six exceptional debuts. These dazzling novelists cover a...
Longlist announced for Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2023
Today, the Authors’ Club announces the longlist for the annual Best First Novel Award. The longlisted books are as follows: Sussie Anie To Fill a Yellow House (Phoenix Books) Freya Berry The Dictator’s Wife (Headline Review) James Cahill Tiepolo Blue, Sceptre (Hodder...
Own a piece of our Club history!
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
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
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 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
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...