The Guardian First Book Award

The Guardian First Book Award, first awarded in 1999, is unique amongst book prizes for rewarding new writing across fiction and non-fiction. It is in association with the booksellers, Waterstone's.

The award is open to all first-time authors writing in English, or translated into English, across all genres. The Guardian First Book Award aims to recognise and reward the finest new writing talent.

The prize is judged by a celebrity panel and readers from selected book groups. The winner of The Guardian First Book Award receives £10,000 plus an advertising package in The Guardian and The Observer.

To find out more about The Guardian First Book Award, please visit their website at:


From the Library catalogue

The following link will take you directly into the library catalogue. Once in the catalogue you will see a link in the Recommended Reading box to a list of previous winners for this award. If you wish to reserve an item in the catalogue you will need to first log in as a library member using your User ID and PIN.

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