Congratulations to Bruce Robinson for making it onto the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize longlist for They All Love Jack: Busting the Ripper, his gripping quest to discover the identity of history’s most notorious murderer.
How do I feel about winning the Samuel Johnson Prize? The answer is predictable and embarrassing. In a word, smug. And since there’s nothing more unattractive than smugness I’m not going to go on about it. Let’s imagine instead what my subject, d’Annunzio, would have thought of the award.
We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that The Pike by Lucy Hughes-Hallett last night won the Samuel Johnson Prize 2013 – the UK’s most prestigious award for non-fiction.
Lucy’s biography of Italian artist Gabriele D’Annunzio beat off strong competition to scoop the £20,000 prize, which was awarded at a ceremony at London’s Royal Institute of British Architects. Read more…
We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that The Pike by Lucy Hughes-Hallett last night won the Samuel Johnson Prize 2013 – the UK’s most prestigious award for non-fiction.
