The BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction

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The BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, first awarded in 1999, is the UK's most prestigious non-fiction award.

Sponsored by the BBC, the prize aims to reward the best of non-fiction and is open to authors of all non-fiction books in the areas of current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography, autobiography and the arts.

The prize is managed by a steering committee and administered by Colman Getty. The winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction receives £20,000.

To find out more about the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, 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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