The Authors’ Club is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Best First Novel Award, now in its 71st year. Lucy Popescu, chairing the judging panel, commented: “We are thrilled to announce our shortlist of six outstanding debuts. These brilliant novelists...
Today, the Authors’ Club announces the longlist for the annual Best First Novel Award, now in its 71st year. The longlisted books are as follows: Colin Barrett Wild Houses (Jonathan Cape) Mark Bowles All My Precious Madness (Galley Beggar Press) Kaliane Bradley The...
The Authors’ Club is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2024 Best First Novel Award is Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow’s All The Little Bird Hearts (Tinder Press). The guest adjudicator, journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed, presented the £2,500 award at a reception...
The Authors’ Club is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2024 Best First Novel Award, now in its 70th year. Lucy Popescu, chairing the judging panel, commented: ‘We are thrilled to announce our shortlist of six outstanding debuts. These brilliant novelists...
Today, the Authors’ Club announces the longlist for the annual Best First Novel Award, now in its 70th year. The longlisted books are as follows: Santanu Bhattacharya One Small Voice (Fig Tree) Stephen Buoro The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa (Bloomsbury...
