The Wellcome book prize is awarded annually to "the best new work of fiction or non-fiction centred on medicine and health"
May 2019
Will Eaves: ‘Life is chancier than we imagine: we’re never far from the edge’
Will Eaves wins Wellcome book prize for fictionalised take on Alan Turing
March 2019
Wellcome prize shortlist celebrates books about masculinity and mental illness
A transgender boxer’s memoir and Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation are among the six titles vying for the £30,000 prize
February 2019
Wellcome book prize: gender and identity dominate 2019 longlist
Books in contention range from a transgender man’s boxing story to a memoir of recovering from psychosis and a novel about narcotic hibernation
May 2018
Breaking the silence: are we getting better at talking about death?
As the media brings us constant news of strangers’ deaths, grief memoirs fill our shelves and dramatic meditations are performed to big crowds, we have reached a new understanding of mortality, says Edmund de Waal
April 2018
Exploration of transhumanism movement wins Wellcome book prize
Mark O’Connell’s To Be a Machine, about humanity’s attempts to conquer death through technology, wins £30,000 prize
March 2018
Female-dominated Wellcome book prize shortlist spans Victorian surgery and modern Nigeria
Titles vying for £30,000 award for books on health and medicine include Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s novel Stay With Me and Sigrid Rausing’s memoir Mayhem
April 2017
A life in ...
‘What is a heart? You have an organ in your body and you have a symbol of love’
The books interview: Maylis de Kerangal, the French author and winner of the 2017 Wellcome prize for writing, on grief, heart surgery and surfing
Wellcome science book prize goes to story of a heart transplant
Maylis de Kerangal’s Mend the Living, which tracks the journey of a heart from donor to recipient, is only the second novel to take the £30,000 award
On my radar
On my radar: Suzanne O’Sullivan’s cultural highlights
The neurologist and award-winning author on Dingle’s musical charm, playwright Enda Walsh, and London’s most opulent breakfast
March 2017
Wellcome prize shortlist announced: books that 'will change lives'
Six books are in contention for the annual award for excellence in science and health writing, including a trainee neurosurgeon’s posthumous memoir and books about the NHS, HIV/Aids and organ donorship
January 2017
Wellcome book prize reveals longlist for 2017 award
Val McDermid, chair of this year’s judges, hails a selection that crosses divide between arts and sciences
September 2016
Head quarters
When it comes to winning book prizes, gender has nothing to do with it
Adam Rutherford
Books blog
Why have women finally started winning science book prizes?
April 2016
Wellcome book prize goes to psychosomatic illness study
Neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan’s It’s All in Your Head wins the £30,000 award for ‘thoughtful, humane and heartfelt’ study
March 2016
Wellcome announces 2016 shortlist for £30,000 book prize
Joan Bakewell criticised for saying eating disorders are due to narcissism
May 2015
My hero
My hero: Marion Coutts by Jenny Turner
A life in ...
Miriam Toews: ‘I worried people would think, what is wrong with this family?’
April 2015
Keep it in the ground
Wellcome book prize winner gives full support to Guardian's climate campaign
Marion Coutts, winning author of The Iceberg, fully backs campaign calling on Wellcome Trust and Gates Foundation to divest from fossil fuels
