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Authors' Club Best First Novel Award

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The Authors' Club Best First Novel Award is awarded by the Authors' Club to the most promising first novel of the year, written by a British or Irish author and published in the UK during the calendar year preceding the year in which the award is presented.[1] Inaugurated in 1954, the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award is the longest-running UK prize for debut fiction and – except for the James Tait Black and the Hawthornden – the oldest literary prize in Britain.

Winner

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Award recipients[2]
Year AuthorTitleRef.
1954 David UnwinThe Governor's Wife
1955 Brian MooreJudith Hearne
1956 Harry BloomEpisode
1957 Edmund WardSummer in Retreat
1958 Alan SillitoeSaturday Night and Sunday Morning
1959 David CauteAt Fever Pitch
1960 Lionel DavidsonThe Night of Wenceslas
1961 Jim HunterThe Sun in the Morning
1962 John PearsonGone to Timbuctoo
1963 David RubinThe Greater Darkness
1964 Robin Douglas-HomeHot for Certainties
1965 David James MossmanBeggars on Horseback
1966 Leslie ThomasThe Virgin Soldiers
1967 Paul BaileyAt the Jerusalem
1968 Barry EnglandFigures in a Landscape
1969 Peter TinniswoodA Touch of Daniel
1970 Rachel IngallsTheft
1971 Rosemary Hawley JarmanWe Speak No Treason
1973 Jennifer JohnstonThe Captains and the Kings
1975 Sasha MoorsomA Lavender Trip
1977 Barbara BensonThe Underlings
1978 Katharine GordonThe Emerald Peacock
1979 Martin PageThe Pilate Plot
1980 Dawn Lowe-WatsonThe Good Morrow
1981 Anne SmithThe Magic Glass
1982 Frances VernonPrivileged Children
1983 Katherine MooreSummer at the Haven
1984 Frederick R. Hyde-ChambersLama: A Novel of Tibet
1985 Magda SweetlandEightsome Reel
1986 Helen HarrisPlaying Fields in Winter
1987 Peter BensonThe Levels
1988 Gilbert AdairThe Holy Innocents
1989 Lindsey DavisThe Silver Pigs[3]
1990 Alan BrownjohnThe Way You Tell Them[4]
1991 Zina RohanThe Book of Wishes and Complaints[5]
1992 David ParkThe Healing[6]
1993 Nadeem AslamSeason of the Rainbirds[7]
1994 Andrew CowanPig
1995 T. J. ArmstrongWalter and the Resurrection of G
1996 Diran AdebayoSome Kind of Black
Rhidian Brook The Testimony of Taliesin Jones
1997 Mick JacksonThe Underground Man
1998 Jackie KayTrumpet
1999 Ann HarriesManly Pursuits
2000 Brian ClarkeThe Stream[8]
2001 Carl TigheBurning Worm[9]
2002 Ben FacciniThe Water Breather
2003 Dan RhodesTimoleon Vieta Come Home[10]
2004 Susan FletcherEve Green[11]
2004 Neil Griffiths Betrayal in Naples
2005 Henry ShukmanSandstorm[12]
2006 Nicola MonaghanThe Killing Jar[13]
2007 Segun AfolabiGoodbye Lucille[14]
2009 Laura BeattyPollard[15]
2010 Anthony QuinnThe Rescue Man[16][17]
2011 Jonathan KempLondon Triptych
2012 Kevin BarryCity of Bohane
2013 Ros BarberThe Marlowe Papers
I. J. Kay Mountains of the Moon
2014 Jack WolfThe Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones
2015 Carys BrayA Song for Issy Bradley
2016 Benjamin JohncockThe Last Pilot
2017 Rowan Hisayo BuchananHarmless Like You
2018 Gail HoneymanEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
2019 Guy GunaratneIn Our Mad and Furious City[18]
2020 Claire AdamGolden Child[19]
2021 Ingrid PersaudLove After Love[20]
2022 Tish DelaneyBefore My Actual Heart Breaks[21]
2023 Ayanna Lloyd BanwoWhen We Were Birds[22]
2024 Viktoria Lloyd-BarlowAll the Little Bird-Hearts [23]
2025 Ferdia LennonGlorious Exploits

References

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  1. ↑ "Error Page | BookTrust". www.booktrust.org.uk.
  2. ↑ Prizewinning Literature: UK Literary Award Winners by Anne Strachan, publ. 1989 by Library Association Publishing Ltd ISBN 0-85365-558-8
  3. ↑ "Lindsey Davis, audio books on Cassette and CD - UK Audiobooks". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
  4. ↑ "Alan Brownjohn". British Council Literature. British Council. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  5. ↑ "Zina Rohan - Books". Zinarohan.squarespace.com. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
  6. ↑ "David Park". www.fantasticfiction.com.
  7. ↑ "Nadeem Aslam". British Council Literature. British Council. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  8. ↑ Garrett, Jade; McCarthy, Michael (2001-04-27). "'Green' novel deprives Smith of hat-trick". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2009-11-27. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  9. ↑ Carl scoops best book honour – News – South Manchester Reporter
  10. ↑ "Dan Rhodes". British Council Literature. British Council. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  11. ↑ Penguin Books UK - Prize-winners
  12. ↑ "Contributors". Cimarron Review. Oklahoma State University. Archived from the original on 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  13. ↑ Archived October 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ Richardson, Anna (3 April 2008). "Cape author in best first novel win". The Bookseller. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  15. ↑ Neilan, Catherine (1 April 2009). "Beatty wins Author's Club Award". The Bookseller. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  16. ↑ Allen, Katie (12 April 2010). "Anthony Quinn in Author's Club win". The Bookseller. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  17. ↑ "Best First Novel Award | Authors' Club". Dolman Prize. Archived from the original on 2010-10-29. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
  18. ↑ Mansfield, Katie (2019-05-22). "Guy Gunaratne wins Authors' Club award". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  19. ↑ "Best First Novel Award". The Authors' Club. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  20. ↑ "Ingrid Persaud Wins Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2021". RCW Literary Agency. Retrieved 2025-03-22.
  21. ↑ "Winner of the 2022 Best First Novel Award | Authors' Club". The Authors' Club Since 1891. 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2025-03-22.
  22. ↑ "Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2023 Winner Announced". The Authors' Club Since 1891. 2023-05-24. Retrieved 2025-03-22.
  23. ↑ "2024 Best First Novel Award Winner Announced". The Authors' Club Since 1891. 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2025-03-22.
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