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Samuel Johnson prize

October 2016

  • Svetlana Alexievich in Belarus after winning the 2015 Nobel prize in literature.

    First-hand reporting dominates Baillie Gifford shortlist

    Non-fiction prize judges select books by Svetlana Alexievich, Margo Jefferson, Philippe Sands and Hisham Matar

November 2015

  • Steve Silberman, journalist, author. Silberman's book 'Neurotribes' has won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2015. 3/11/15

    Books blog
    Goodbye Samuel Johnson, hello Baillie Gifford: top non-fiction prize gets new sponsor – and new name

  • Steve Silberman, whose book Neurotribes has won the 2015 Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction.

    Steve Silberman on winning the Samuel Johnson prize: 'I was broke, broke, broke'

  • Samuel Johnson Prize-winner Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently by Steve Silberman.

    Steve Silberman's Neurotribes is the book 'families affected by autism have long deserved'

  • Steve Silberman and Leo Rosa, 14, who has autism and likes to calm himself with green straws from Starbucks.

    'Hopeful' study of autism wins Samuel Johnson prize 2015

October 2015

  • Ted and Carol Hughes

    Ted Hughes’ widow criticises ‘offensive’ biography

  • The books on the Samuel Johnson prize 2015 shortlist.

    Samuel Johnson book prize shortlist revealed

September 2015

  • Emma Sky

    Books blog
    The Samuel Johnson prize longlist is a giant step backwards for gender equality

    There’s no shortage of choice, so why is there only one book written by a woman out of the 12 in contention for the award?
  • Emma Sky, The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq (Atlantic Books)Samuel Johnson Prize Longlist book covers

    The 2015 Samuel Johnson prize longlist – in pictures

    Accounts of political fiascos in Sri Lanka and Iraq, a Guantánamo diary and a celebration of landscape and language are among the contenders for the UK’s most prestigious award for nonfiction
  • Mohamedou Ould Slahi's Guantanamo Diary press conference<br>epa04570758 Guantanamo detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi's brother, Yahdih Ould Slahi, shows his brother's book following a Guantanamo Diary press conference in London, Britain, 20 January 2015. Slahi's book which documents his 12 years as a detainee at Guantanamo Bay is published by Canongate goes on sale 20 January. Slahi remains in captivity. EPA/ANDY RAIN

    Guantánamo Diary author makes Samuel Johnson prize longlist

    Mohamedou Ould Slahi among a dozen writers including Jonathan Bate and Robert Macfarlane in contention for £20,000 non-fiction prize

June 2015

  • … guests wait to hear the announcement of the Booker prize winner.

    Beyond the Booker: in defence of the literary prize

    Philip Hensher has taken aim at the current glut of book awards. But the gongs are here to stay

November 2014

  • A goshawk

    The Guardian Books podcast
    Helen Macdonald and Tomás González – books podcast

    With memoir taking the laurels in the UK’s biggest non-fiction award we look at life writing, with Samuel Johnson winner Helen Macdonald and the Colombian novelist Tomás González
  • UK - "Bye" performance in London

    Notebook
    I share Sylvie Guillem’s pain

    Julie Myerson
    Julie Myerson: Notebook: The dazzling Guillem and I have a connection – sadly it is not the arched elegance of a foot en pointe

    • Helen Macdonald: a bird’s eye view of love and loss

    • Helen Macdonald’s ‘extraordinary’ memoir wins Samuel Johnson prize

    • The week in books
      Bookies name Helen Macdonald favourite to win Samuel Johnson prize

October 2014

  • Marion Coutts, Greg Grandin and Caroline Moorehead

    Samuel Johnson prize 2014 shortlist: two memoirs are among the ‘uplifting’ and ‘compelling’ finalists

    An uprising on a slave ship and a biography of politician Roy Jenkins are among the six books shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction, writes Alison Flood

September 2014

  • Books in boxes

    Books blog
    The Samuel Johnson prize: a judge's notes

    Claire Tomalin: Drawing up a longlist for the 2014 award has been more fun than I expected, revealing an amazing variety of brilliance
  • 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction

    2014 Samuel Johnson prize longlist – in pictures

    Two surgeons, an ‘accidental professor’ and a songwriter are among the contenders for the UK’s most prestigious award for nonfiction
  • Marion Coutts

    Samuel Johnson prize 2014 longlist spotlights memoirs

    UK's premier non-fiction award includes six contenders in the first-person genre among this year's finalists

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