Books to look out for in Jan to April 2022

Jan 6, 2022 | News

Article by Lucy Popescu, originally published in the Camden New Journal. Some of the best titles to be published early in the year. January • Louise Welsh’s The Second Cut (Canongate) is a detective story with shades of gothic that explores the dark side of 21st...

Best First Novel Award dinner

Apr 26, 2021 | Prizes

We are delighted that we will once again be able to meet in person when the winner of the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award is announced, and the prize presented, by this year’s guest adjudicator, the novelist Michèle Roberts, at a dinner at the National Liberal...

Book Launch Dinner with Laurel Lindström

Apr 26, 2021 | Events

With indoor hospitality venues reopening on 17 May, we are delighted to announce our first live events in more than a year, the launch of Laurel Lindström’s debut novel The Draftsman (below) and the 2021 Best First Novel Award. The Authors’ Club was among the...

Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2021

Mar 28, 2021 | Prizes

This year’s books for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year, in association with the Authors’ Club, were selected for their innovative and/or literary merit with content which is relevant, useful or inspiring to travellers. Watch the video below to...

Shortlist announced for Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2021

Mar 26, 2021 | Prizes

Today, the Authors’ Club announces the shortlist for its annual Best First Novel Award.  ELLEN ALPSTEN, Tsarina (Bloomsbury) The judges commented: A compelling blend of fact and fiction that creates a memorable portrait of the rise of Catherine I of...

Longlist announced for Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2021

Feb 26, 2021 | Prizes

Today, the Authors’ Club announces the longlist for the annual Best First Novel Award. The longlisted books are as follows: Shahnaz Ahsan Hashim & Family (John Murray) Molly Aitken The Island Child (Canongate) Ellen Alpsten Tsarina (Bloomsbury Publishing)  ...

Stanfords Relaunches Dolman Travel Book Award

Mar 7, 2015 | Prizes

We are delighted to announce that Stanfords, the world’s largest travel bookshop, will relaunch the Dolman Travel Book Award and double the prize to £5,000. The renamed Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year, in association with the Authors’ Club, will become the...

ART BOOK PRIZE 2014 SHORT LIST ANNOUNCED

Dec 14, 2014 | Prizes

14/12/14 The short list for the Art Book Prize 2014 has been announced by the judges Giles Waterfield, Mark Jones, Daniel Hermann, and Joanna Woodall. The shortlist was selected from an extraordinary long list of twenty titles covering a range and breadth of...

THE ART BOOK PRIZE 2014 LONG LIST ANNOUNCED

Nov 24, 2014 | Prizes

The long list for the Art Book Prize 2014 has been announced. The long list of twenty titles selected from an extraordinary range and breadth of submissions on art and architecture was decided by the judges, Giles Waterfield, Mark Jones, Daniel Hermann, and Joanna...

A few spots are still available for Meike Ziervogel’s lunch at the Authors’ Club next Tuesday

Oct 25, 2014 | Uncategorized

Meike Ziervogel will discuss her latest novella, Clara’s Daughter (Salt Publishing). Michele is a successful businesswoman with a troubled private life. She has a high-powered job, a family, a husband, yet she is defined by a term of possession: she is ‘Clara’s...