Author's Club First Novel Award
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Author's Club First Novel Award is awarded to the most promising first novel of the year, written by a British author and published in the UK during the calendar year preceding the year in which the award is presented[1] .
It has been awarded to the following :
This list is incomplete
- 1955 Brian Moore The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne [2]
- 1956 Harry Bloom Episode[3]
- 1957 Edmund Ward Summer in Retreat[4]
- 1958 Alan Sillitoe Saturday Night and Sunday Morning[5]
- 1960 Lionel Davidson The Night of Wenceslas[6]
- 1961 Jim Hunter The Sun in the Morning[7]
- 1982 Frances Vernon Priveged Children[8]
- 1988 Gilbert Adair The Holy Innocents[9]
- 1989 Lindsey Davis The Silver Pigs[10]
- 1990 Alan Brownjohn The Way You Tell Them[11]
- 1992 David Park The Healing[12]
- 1993 Nadeem Aslam Season of the Rainbirds [13]
- 1994 Jay Rayner The Marble Kiss[14]
- 1995 John Pearson The Profession of Violence[15]
- 1996 Diran Adebayo Some Kind of Black[16]
- 1999 Jackie Kay Trumpet[17]
- 2000 Ann Harries Manly Pursuits[18]
- 2001 Zadie Smith White Teeth[19]
- 2002 Carl Tighe Burning Worm[20]
- 2003 Brian Clarke The Stream[21]
- 2004 Susan Fletcher Eve Green[22]
- 2006 Neil Griffiths Betrayal in Naples[23]
- 2007 Nicola Monaghan The Killing Jar [24]
[edit] References
- ^ Booktrust: > Home
- ^ Bloomsbury.com - Bloomsbury Catalogue
- ^ http://www.orlandomultimedia.net/news2004/dec/news12122004b.html
- ^ Edmund Ward - novelist and screenwriter
- ^ Alan Sillitoe
- ^ Lionel Davidson profile
- ^ http://www.collectible-treasures.com/catalog/items/item2722.htm
- ^ AbeBooks: Search Results - ISBN 0396090079
- ^ Gilbert Adair - Penguin UK Authors - Penguin UK
- ^ Lindsey Davis, audio books on Cassette and CD - UK Audiobooks
- ^ Alan Brownjohn
- ^ David Park
- ^ Contributors - The Cambridge Seminar - British Council - Seminars
- ^ Jay Rayner, feature writer, restaurant critic | Observer contacts | The Observer
- ^ Amazon.co.uk: The Cult of Violence: The Untold Story of the Krays: Books: John Pearson
- ^ Diran Adebayo
- ^ Jackie Kay CV at PFD
- ^ Bloomsbury.com - Bookshop - Manly Pursuits
- ^ White Teeth - Zadie Smith - Review - Was it really worth all those prizes?
- ^ Carl scoops best book honour - News - South Manchester Reporter
- ^ The Stream
- ^ Foyles : Fiction, medical, textbooks and more at our London store and online
- ^ Penguin Books UK - Prize-winners
- ^ http://www.literatureeastmidlands.co.uk/uploadfiles/upload/bulletin-may.doc
