Book festivals previously sponsored by Baillie Gifford seek donations
Partnerships ended over the investment firm’s ties to fossil fuel and Israel, leaving nine book festivals including Hay, Edinburgh and Cheltenham in need of funding
June 2024
The Observer view on Baillie Gifford sponsorship row: writing is on the wall for book lovers
Now the investment fund is pulling out of literary festivals, what other sponsors will dare expose themselves to the scrutiny of Fossil Free Books?
Baillie Gifford will no longer sponsor Borders and Cheltenham literature festivals
Investment management firm’s links to Israel and fossil fuel sector put sponsorship deals under pressure
Growing sponsorship row leaves UK summer arts festivals in turmoil
Book festivals and events still sponsored by Baillie Gifford to meet investment firm amid row over funding
November 2023
‘We have given Earth a fever’: author John Vaillant on the firestorms coming for us all
John Vaillant wins Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize with ‘highly relevant’ work on wildfires
October 2023
Authors join call for Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuel
Music, history and courageous journalism: Baillie Gifford prize shortlist announced
September 2023
Slavery, revolution and war: Baillie Gifford prize longlist highlights history
Tania Branigan’s Red Memory and Jeremy Eichler’s Time’s Echo are among the titles in the running for the £50,000 award
August 2023
Book festivals deserve sponsors, not boycotts
Letters: Readers respond to the row over Baillie Gifford’s sponsorship of the Edinburgh international book festival
Of course Greta Thunberg is right to call out greenwashing, but the reality can be messy
Charlotte Higgins
Her withdrawal from the Edinburgh book festival raises questions about how best to demand change, says Guardian columnist Charlotte Higgins
Authors threaten boycott of Edinburgh book festival over sponsors’ fossil fuel links
An open letter signed by more than 50 authors including Zadie Smith, Ali Smith and Katherine Rundell calls for investment firm Baillie Gifford to be dropped as main sponsor for 2024
April 2023
Baillie Gifford winner of winners James Shapiro: ‘I draw a very sharp line between fiction and nonfiction’
James Shapiro wins Baillie Gifford anniversary prize with ‘extraordinary’ Shakespeare biography 1599
March 2023
Baillie Gifford prize: six books shortlisted for ‘winner of winners’ award
Finalists for honour spotlighting the best of the non-fiction prize’s 25-year history include studies of the Beatles, Shakespeare and the Treaty of Versailles
November 2022
£50K Baillie Gifford non-fiction prize won by Katherine Rundell
The acclaimed children’s author won for her book Super-Infinite, described as a ‘glorious celebration’ of the life and work of poet John Donne
October 2022
Female history and biography writing dominates Baillie Gifford shortlist
A study of the violence of Britain’s empire, Oliver Cromwell’s commonwealth and the present day refugee crisis are among five books by women vying for this year’s £50,000 first prize
September 2022
Violence of British empire in focus on Baillie Gifford longlist
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire by Caroline Elkins among potential winners of £50,000 nonfiction prize
August 2022
Notebook
Walking with Salman Rushdie to a tube station now seems like a distant age
Rachel Cooke
After our interview, he offered to take me there even though he clearly had no idea where he was going
November 2021
Baillie Gifford prize goes to ‘controlled fury’ of Empire of Pain
Judges praise Patrick Radden Keefe’s investigation of the Sackler family and its role in the opioid crisis for its rigour, bravery and narrative energy
About 50 results for Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction
